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2022 Annual Report

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2022 New Awards

The contributions from our Legends and philanthropic partners are significant and play an integral role in our mission of supporting higher education and entrepreneurship in Texas. TBHF is pleased to announce several new Texas Business Hall of Fame scholar awards this year. Thank you all for your commitment to our program.

  • The McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship Future Texas Business Legend Award In honor of James Galloway, Class of ’29
  • The Paul Foster Future Texas Business Legend Award
  • The William Zartler Future Texas Business Legend Award
  • The TBHF Alumni Association Outstanding High School Entrepreneur Award in Honor of Coulter and Lily Rush Hoppess

2022 Award Donors
and Philanthropic Partners

Carlos and Malú Alvarez 

Legend, Class of 2010

Charlie Amato, Gary Dudley
and the SWBC Foundation

Legends, Class of 2013

Greg Armstrong 

Legend, Class of 2015

AT&T 

in honor of Richard W. Fisher
Legend, Class of 2019

AT&T 

in honor of Randall Stephenson
Legend, Class of 2020/2021

Lucy & Henry Billingsley at Texas Women’s Foundation

Legend, Class of 2017

The Chao Family

Legend, Class of 2018

James and Kathleen Collins
and Vantage Bank Texas

Board of Directors

Robert H. Dedman

Legend, Class of 1987

Douglas L. Foshee

Legend, Class of 2012

Paul & Alejandra Foster

Legend, Class of 2013

The Galloway Foundation

William E. “Bill” Greehey

Legend, Class of 2002

Martha and Doug Hawthorne
and the Hawthorne Foundation

Legend, Class of 2014

H-E-B

Legend, Class of 2013

The McFerrin Center For Entrepreneurship

University Partner

Lee Roy Mitchell
and the Mitchell Family Foundation

Legend, Class of 2011

Stewart Morris

Legend, Class of 1995

Mike A. Myers

Legend, Class of 2008

Harvey E. Najim

Legend, Class of 2010

John L. Nau, III

Legend, Class of 2012

The Pefanis Family

Legend, Class of 2015

Regina Rogers,
Daughter of Ben J. Rogers

Legend, Class of 1991

Grady Rosier
and the McLane Company

Legend, Class of 2015

Kelcy Warren

Legend, Class of 2014

Wiggs Family Foundation

TBHF Scholar Award Recipient, Class of 1993

2022 Event Sponsors

Ric Campo

Alejandra & Paul Foster

Jeffery D. Mindy Hildebrand

John L. Nau, III

Nabors Logo

in honor of Jeffery D. Hildebrand

Harry N. Pefanis &
Greg L. Armstrong

in honor of Jeffery D. Hildebrand, 
Jerry L. Susser & Sam J. Susser

& Mark A. Wallace

in honor of Jeffery D. Hildebrand

Avalon Advisors

Amanda & Robert Brock

DOCUmation

Marcy & Robert Duncan

Enterprise Products

The Friedkin Group

in honor of Thomas H. Friedkin

Genesis Park LP

in honor of Paul W. Hobby

Messick Peacock & Associates

NRG

in honor of Paul W. Hobby

Southwest Airlines

The University of Texas System / The University of Texas at Austin

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks
& Jeffery D. Hildebrand

Bonnie & David Weekley

in honor of Ric Campo

Bill & Angie Zartler & Aris Water Solutions

Elaine Agather & J.P. Morgan

Steve Alvis / Terri & John Havens 

in honor of Jeffery D. Hildebrand

Amegy Bank

Aon

Articulate Strategic Communication, LaRhesa Moon

Baker Botts

CAPTRUST

Colleen C. Barrett

Big Sky Funds, LLC & Jason L. Signor

Bowers Properties, Inc.

Beta Academy

Leland Burk

Janet Campbell-Clark, BellaMia Technologies, Inc. & Dominion Aesthetics

Albert & James Chao 

Janet & Ernie Cockrell

Kevin Cumming

Carolyn Faulk, AC Plastics 

Demand Control 2, LLC

Paul Dobrowski 

Drilling Tools International, Inc.

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks

Brenna & Kirk Edwards

EPIC & Commerce Street Holdings

Ernst & Young LLP

Tres Evans

Sarah & Doug Foshee

Frost

Friends of Thomas O. Hicks

Helen & Brian Garrison

W. Carl Glaw GLO CPAs, LLLP

Cami & John Goff 

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks

Goldman Sachs

Matt Gorges

Michael Gorton

Greenberg Traurig

Cinda & Thomas O. Hicks

Paul W. Hobby

Hobby Communications 

in honor of Paul W. Hobby

Christine Hollinden,
Hollinden | inbound + strategists

Woody & Gayle Hunt Family Foundation

David & Tracey Huntley 

Lori & Jon Karp

Luther King Capital Management

Walter Kinzie

Locke Lord LLP

Whitney & Leigh Martin

Walter Mischer, Jr. & Patricia Will

Naveen Jindal School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas

Lila Ontiveros

Gary Petersen 

in honor of Jeffery D. Hildebrand

PlainsCapital Bank

PNC Business Credit 

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks

Primavera Resources

PwC

Cory Ramsey, Amarillo National Bank 

Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University

Richards, Rodriguez, Skeith LLP

Regina Rogers & Lamar University 

in loving memory of Ben Rogers

Rose Rougeau

Kevin Ryan

William Ryan Homes – Dallas

Sam Houston State University College of Business Administration

Simmons Bank

Spencer Stuart

Spindletop Capital, Evan Melrose, MD

Guillermo Trevino & Southern Distributing

Vantage Bank Texas 

WAFD Bank

Dick Weekley

Welcome Group, LLC

Graham Weston

Trisha Wilson & Jeb Terry

University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley

Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer Foundation Inc

YPO Forum III 

in honor of Paul W. Hobby

Zachry Group

Barry Andrews

J.D. Bucky Allshouse
& Cynthia Allshouse 

on behalf of Rice University 
in honor of Laura & John Arnold

John Arnold

BDO

David Bonderman

John Paul DeJoria

Michael Dell

Gerald J. Ford 

in honor of Whitney Wolfe Herd

Shelby & Travis Goff 

in honor of Whitney Wolfe Herd

Greenberg Traurig 

in honor of John Arnold

GPG Ventures

Janet Gurwitch

Maureen & James Hackett

Whitney Wolfe Herd

Forrest Hoglund

Intrepid Financial Services 

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks & 
Jeffery D. Hildebrand 

Gary Kusin 

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks

Drayton McLane, Jr.

Harvey E. Najim

Mary Olga & John Lovett, Jr. 

in honor of John Arnold

Origin Bank

Bina Palnitkar Patel
& Dr. Nimesh H. Patel 

in honor of Whitney Wolfe Herd

Ross Perot Jr.

Pierpont

Nancy Rogers 

in honor of Whitney Wolfe Herd

Jeff Sandefer (ED Foundation)

Yava Scott

Dian Graves Stai

Dary Stone 

in honor of Thomas O. Hicks

The Todd Wagner Foundation

Inductee Announcement Sponsor

Annual Scholar
& Veteran Luncheon Sponsor

Scholar & Veteran Alumni Association Breakfast Sponsor

John O’Shea
President of MNGB Club LLC

Luncheon & Dinner Program
Printing Sponsor

Marsha Clarke & Associates

Max Lang

Vari

YETI

Charitybuzz Auction

For the fourth year in a row, TBHF partnered with Charitybuzz, an online charity auction platform founded by Legend Todd Wagner.

This year, we had seven individuals participate in the auction on behalf of TBHF. Thank you to John Arnold, David Bonderman, John Paul DeJoria, Michael Dell, Janet Gurwitch, Whitney Wolfe Herd, and Ross Perot Jr.

This year we raised $103,780.56 through the auction.