The Texas Business Hall of Fame congratulates all of our 2023 Award recipients for winning this prestigious honor. This is a happy and proud moment for not just the recipient, but also for the friends and family. Welcome to the Texas Business Hall of Fame organization. We look forward to your involvement and watching your passion take you to new heights.
2023 Winners
The university of texas at austin
T.T. & W.F. Chao Chairman’s Award
james clarke
the university of texas at dallas
AT&T Future Legend First in Family Award (in honor of richard fisher)
ashlee green
SHAUN D. KENNEDY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE IN EMPATHY & INNOVATION
ryan saavedra
baylor university
AT&T FUTURE EXECUTIVE LEADER OF DISTINCTION AWARD (In honor of randall stephenson)
pegah janpak
united states veteran
the brett wiggs innovative leadership award
luke simianer
united states veteran
The Douglas L. Foshee Future Texas Legend Veteran Award
shane faucheux
united states veteran
Nau Future Texas Legend Marine Corps
Veteran Award
michael pleasant
united states veteran
The Greg Armstrong Future Texas Legend Veteran Award
craig cummings
united states veteran
Future Texas Legend army Veteran Award (in honor of james galloway)
jeremy lowell
Baylor University
The Paul Foster Future Texas Business Legend Award
zach carrell
Dallas Baptist University
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
gavin duke
Dallas Baptist University
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
zak kos
Dallas Baptist University
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
ritesh rana
Lamar University
The Ben J. Rogers Award
cody tran
Rice University
T.T. & W.F. Chao Award
blake bunger
Sam Houston State University
The SWBC Foundation Award
kaeman perkins
Southern Methodist University
The Lucy Billingsley Future Texas
Business Legend Award
april kooiman
Southern Methodist University
The Robert H. Dedman Award
idowu itiola
St. Mary’s University
The William E. “Bill” Greehey Award
amanda uribe
Texas A&M University
The McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Future Texas Business Legend Award (in honor of James Galloway ’29)
mike ashley
Texas A&M University
The William Zartler Future Texas Business Legend Award
katie calderon
Texas Christian University
Future Texas Business Legend Award
brent bousquet
Texas State University
THE ALAN & BARBARA DREEBEN FUTURE TEXAS BUSINESS LEGEND AWARD
cruz untz
Texas Tech University – free market institute
the mclane company reading program award
ryan hartman
Texas Tech University – rawls college of business
The Pefanis Family Award
krishan sachdev
Trinity University
The Doug & Martha Hawthorne Family
Fund Award
aj clark
trinity university
The Carlos & MalÚ Alvarez Award
gabe ogden
University of Dallas
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
drew wooten
University of Houston
T.T. & W.F. Chao Award
diego de leon
University of North Texas
Future Texas Business Legend Award
asmara hagos
University of the incarnate word
the h-e-b award
marcos rodriguez
the University of Texas at arlington
the kelcy warren graduate fellowship for engineering
omar abdulla
the University of Texas at arlington
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
justin childers
the University of Texas at austin
The Mike A. Myers Award
kevin long
the University of Texas at Dallas
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
tamara marshall
the University of Texas at Dallas
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
amir muriby
the University of Texas at Dallas
The Mitchell Family Foundation Award
tim reazor
the University of Texas Rio GrandE Valley
James and Kathleen Collins & Vantage Bank Texas Future Texas Business Legend Award
javi becerril
University of Texas – San Antonio
The Harvey Najim Future Texas Business Legend Award
anna almaraz
2023 AWARD FINALISTS
We would like to thank those listed below for participating in the 2023 Texas Business Hall of Fame Award interview process and congratulate them on being one of our finalists. You have accomplished so much and aspire to accomplish so much, and we applaud you for all that you have achieved. We wish you every success and that your story continues to unfold in a way that not only brings you professional fulfillment but that also helps pave a better future for the state of Texas. Thank you for the time and effort you gave our organization in the application and interview process. We were and remain truly honored by your participation.
Baylor University
Zach Carrell
Nick Madincea
Pegah Janpak
Taylor Rosenthal
Dallas Baptist University
Gavin Duke
Rebecca Halbert
Zak Kos
Alec McKisic
Ritesh Rana
Lamar University
Emmanuel Grandeza
Cody Tran
Andrew Zinck
Rice University
Taylor Anne Adams
Blake Bunger
Jenny Huang
Chinenye Ozougwu
Sam Houston State University
Morgan Haddock
Addison Houston
Kaeman Perkins
Southern Methodist University
John Bowers
Charlie Flores
Idowu Itiola
April Kooiman
Jude Lugo
Mason Morland
Seun Suberu
St. Mary’s University
Pete Pedrozo
Emmett Pena
Amanda Uribe
Texas A&M University
Mike Ashley
Katie Calderon
Cory Griswold
Carter Heath
Jesse Kluckman
Farid Seami
Texas Christian University
Brent Bousquet
Payton Cranford
Jonah Doddridge
Courtney Jordan
Texas State University
Mason Espedal
Ronnie Ray Garcia Jr.
Cruz Untz
Texas Tech University
Roque Alaniz
Taylor Brewster
Ryan Hartman
Krishan Sachdev
Panashe Siachitema
Carissa White
Trinity University
Vikas Amara
AJ Clark
Payton Ferguson
Gabe Ogden
University of Dallas
Paiten Baesa
Christian De Leon
Robert Murimi
Drew Wooten
University of Houston
Erik Cisneros
Diego De Leon
Tiffany Eunmuo
University of the Incarnate Word
Valeria Ramos Cruel
Elizabeth Gonzales
Marcos Rodriguez
University of North Texas
Abby Cawthon
Asmara Hagos
Robi Lane
University of Texas
James Clarke
Shane Faucheux
Kevin Long
University of Texas – Arlington
Omar Abdulla
Justin Childers
Layth Ibrahim
University of Texas – Dallas
Paul Azizpour
Isreal Flores-Arbolay
Ashley Green
Lani Kim
Tamara Marshall
Amir Muriby
Kyle Poerschke
Tim Reazor
Addison Steelman
University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley
Javi Becerril
Mauricio Pina
David Salinas
University of Texas – San Antonio
Anna Almaraz
Jaz Burgess
Jesse Guillen
Arnob Haque
Jorge Murillo
VETERAN Award finalists
Dale Betz
Craig Cummings
Nathan Donham
Justin Harlin
Margo Jordan
Jeremy Lowell
Michael Pleasant
Chris Robinson
Luke Simianer
Kris Vandenberg
EXCELLENCE IN EMPATHY & INNOVATION FINALISTS
David Aspinall
Molly Oshinski
Lamarque Polvado
Ryan Saavedra