ADVISORY BOARD
The mission of the Texas Advisory Board is to advise the NSIIP Board of Directors and assist NSIIP with various projects such as creating additional NSIIP chapters, developing NSIIP Annual Summit programs and speakers.
Austin
Brady Edwards, CFA
President
Hartlane Investments
Sampson (Sam) K. Jordan
Pension Administrator
Austin Police Retirement System
Danny Sachnowitz
Chief Investment Officer
Texas Treasury & Tobacco Fund
Dallas
Charles Ballard
Assistant Treasurer, Global Operations
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Rodric Cummins
Retired Executive Officer, Investment Services
GuideStone Capital Management
Cynthia Floyd
Manager, Employee Benefits Fund Investments
Texas Instruments Inc.
Wm. David Lawson
Executive Director, Portfolio & Client Services
UBS Realty Investors, LLC
Daniel E. O’Grady, CFA, CPA
Executive Director – Investments
AT&T Inc.
David J. Pittman
Past Chairman
Catholic Charities/PIMCO Retired
Frederic D. Richmond
VP & Chief Investment Officer
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Richard E. Scott
Managing Director
Vista American Financial Group LLC
John E. Thompson, Jr.
Investment Committee Chair
Circle Ten Boy Scout Foundation
Joe H. Wright
Senior VP & Chief Investment Officer
HighGround Advisors (formerly Baptist Foundation of Texas)
El Paso
Robert B. Ash
Pension Administrator
El Paso City Employees’ Pension Fund
Jeffrey D. Cotham
Trustee
El Paso Firemen & Policemen’s Pension Fund
Ft. Worth
Bruce Cox
Past Board Member
Fort Worth Employees’ Retirement Fund
Jim Hille
Chief Investment Officer
Texas Christian University Endowment
Patrick B. O’Connor
Chief Investment Officer
Cook Children’s Health Care System
Cynthia Thatcher, CFA
Portfolio Manager, Asset Management
American Beacon/American Airlines
Houston
Bill Blythe
Retired State Representative
Employees Retirement System of Texas Texas Pension Review Board, Past Chairman
Michael J. Curran, CPA
Manager of Pension, Trust and Tax Revenue
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
Dennis D. Veal
Assistant Treasurer
Dresser-Rand, A Siemens Business
Irving
Bryan M. Hedrick, CFA, CAIA
Retirement Fund Manager
DFW Airport
Randall L. Kopsa
Retired Treasury Manager
Boy Scouts of America
Laredo
James B. Harrell
Trustee
Laredo Area Community Foundation
San Antonio
Lois M. Emerson
Senior Manager – Benefit Trust
Administration
CPS Energy
Diane Tobin, CFA, CPA
AVP, Chief Investment Office
USAA