ADVISORY BOARD – NSIIP (last updated 2017)
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 local chapters and developing the Annual Summit programs and speakers. The Texas Advisory Board was active from 2006 until 2017 when the Hyphen Network was asked to take over coordinating the Annual Summit.
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