Leading bold change

Our volunteers ignite our campus with their heartfelt dedication and service. The success of our campaign would not be possible without the support of our community of volunteers across the Hilltop, Dallas and beyond. Their dedication to SMU’s mission and their collective vision for a brighter future inspire us and our donors to achieve great things together.

Campaign Leadership Council

This group of long-standing ��˾��supporters, donors and alumni is dedicated to the future growth and success of the University, its research and its students. The Campaign Leadership Council spearheads the efforts of ��˾��Ignited through bold leadership and steadfast commitment. Overseeing the campaign’s leadership gift solicitations, the council also provides general oversight to and support of the campaign’s volunteers and partnering organizations.

Michael M. Boone ’63, ’67, Co-Chair
Partner, Haynes and Boone
Kelly Hoglund Compton ’79, Co-Chair
Executive Director, The Hoglund Foundation
Robert H. Dedman, Jr. ’80, ’84, Co-Chair
President and Chief Executive Officer, DFI Management Ltd.
Gerald J. Ford ’66, ’69, Convening Co-Chair
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Diamond A Ford Corporation
Ray L. Hunt ’65, Co-Chair
Executive Chairman, Hunt Consolidated
David B. Miller ’72, ’73, Co-Chair
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, EnCap Investments LP
Caren H. Prothro, Co-Chair
Civic and Philanthropic Volunteer
Carl Sewell ’66, Co-Chair
Chairman, Sewell Automotive Companies
Richard K. Templeton, Co-Chair *
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Texas Instruments
R. Gerald Turner, President, Ex Officio
Brad E. Cheves, Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs

* not pictured

Campaign Steering Committees

This group includes passionate representatives from every corner of the Hilltop, from SMU’s academics and athletics departments to University development and administration. The Campaign Steering Committees ensure the forward momentum of ��˾��Ignited by advancing the specific funding needs and strategic priorities of their respective areas.

All volunteer lists as of March 6, 2023.

National
Edwin L. Cox School of Business
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Dedman School of Law
Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering
Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts
Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development
Athletics
Ex officio members of all Campaign Steering Committees

National

Kelvin L. Beachum, Jr. ’10, ’12
Martin L. Flanagan ’82, Co-Chair
Kristin Wagner Henderson ’82
Scott A. Johnson ’86
Steven J. Lindley ’74
Scott J. McLean ’78, Co-Chair
Jeanne L. Phillips ’76, Convening Co-Chair
Richard Ware ’68, Co-Chair
James J. White, Jr. ’82
Royce E. (Ed) Wilson, Sr., Co-Chair

Edwin L. Cox School of Business

Stephen L. Arata ’88
Pat S. Bolin ’73
Tucker S. Bridwell ’73, ’74, Convening Co-Chair
Katherine Raymond Crow ’94
Christopher W. Kleinert ’88
Kyle D. Miller ’01, Co-Chair
Matthew B. Myers, Dean, Ex Officio
Mark B. Plunkett ’96, Co-Chair
Kirk L. Rimer ’89, Co-Chair
William H. Vanderstraaten ’82

Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences

Jon J. Altschuler ’94, Co-Chair
Liz Martin Armstrong ’82, Co-Chair
Nathan Balke, Interim Dean, Ex Officio
M. Scott Gray ’90
Frederick B. Hegi, Jr. ’66
William “Bubba” Hines ’83
Ashlee Hunt Kleinert ’88, Co-Chair
Jason A. Kulas ’93
Betsy O’Brien Pitts ’87
Gloria McCall Snead ’93
R. Haynes Strader, Jr. ’11
Myra Nicol Williams ’63

Dedman School of Law

Jim Baldwin ’86, Co-Chair
A. Shonn Evans Brown ’95, ’98
David Haley ’86
Robert S. Hart ’86
Albon O. Head, Jr. ’68, ’71
David S. Huntley ’80, Co-Chair
Jason P. Nance, Dean, Ex Officio
D. Bobbitt Noel, Jr. ’76
Clement H. Osimetha ’95
Timothy E. Powers ’80
Mark M. Sloan ’90
Cynthia Hoff Trochu ’88
Amy Abboud Ware ’87, ’90, Co-Chair
Angela C. Zambrano ’97

Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering

Donald Berg ’70
Douglas R. Deason
Hilda C. Galvan, Co-Chair
Linda W. Hart ’65
Milledge A. Hart, III
Nader Jalili, Dean, Ex Officio
Bobby B. Lyle ’67, Convening Co-Chair
Angela Steffen Meyer, PhD, PE, ’83, ’85, ’87
Dale A. Petroskey
Walden C. Rhines ’75
Richard H. Schulze
Sogand Shoja
William T. Solomon ’64
Michael G. Sullivan ’85, ’91, Co-Chair
Richard K. Templeton, Co-Chair
Robert F. Weiss, Jr.

Algur H. Meadows School of the Arts

Jennifer Burr Altabef ’78, ’81, Co-Chair
Linda Pitts Custard ’60, ’99
Doyle D. Glass ’84, ’88
Kelli Herd ’83
Samuel S. Holland, Dean, Ex Officio
Todd M. Lemkin
Barbara Thomas Lemmon
Sarah Fullinwider Perot ’83, Co-Chair
Martha Peak Rochelle ’76
Peggy Higgins Sewell ’72, Co-Chair
Marvin B. Singleton ’89, Co-Chair

Joe and Lois Perkins School of Theology

Jane R. Bolin
Dodee Frost Crockett ’03, Co-Chair
Joe Hardt, Co-Chair
Katherine Glaze Lyle ’71, ’73, ’94
Hugo Magallanes, Dean ad interim, Ex Officio
Lael C. Melville ’16, ’21
Charles R. Millikan ’71
Gay F. Solomon
Julie Yarbrough, Co-Chair

Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development

Lottye Brodsky-Lyle
Calvert S. Collins-Bratton
Richard H. Collins ’69, Co-Chair
Regen Horchow
George W. Killebrew, IV ’85
Stephanie L. Knight, Dean, Ex Officio
Biegel Macaraeg ’05
Connie Blass O’Neill ’77, Co-Chair
Jeanne L. Phillips ’76
Carol Paris Seay ’66, ’71
Connie M. Sigel ’85
Philip J. Wise ’78, ’81
M. Catherine Zollars

Athletics

Kathryn Hedges Arata ’87, ’91
William D. Armstrong ’82, Co-Chair
R. Steve Folsom ’81
Rick Hart, Director of Athletics, Ex Officio
Kristin Wagner Henderson ’82
William J. Howard ’00
James E. Landen, Jr. ’10
Melody L. Mattox ’91
Bruce A. Robson ’74, Co-Chair
Thomas W. Sabin, Jr. ’79

Ex officio members of all Campaign Steering Committees

R. Gerald Turner, President
Brad E. Cheves, Senior Vice President for Development and External Affairs

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