Current Cohorts
Cohort XII (2023-2026)
April Bishop
Deputy Product Support Manager
Department of Defense; Department of Air Force
Midwest City, Oklahoma
Greg Povenski
Director of Portfolio Operations
Voyager Space Holdings (Denver, CO)
Hamilton, Montana
Darren Smith
Program Manager, K12 Education
Adobe, Inc.
Driftwood, Texas
Chris LaGrone
Partner
PwC
Dallas, Texas
Nora Richmond
Risk Advisory Experienced Manager
Grant Thornton, LLP
Charlotte, North Carolina
Julie Smith
Director, Enterprise Application Services
RTX
McKinney, Texas
Jordan Metteauer
Director of Retail Operations
H-E-B
Corpus Christi, Texas
Lauren Sarchet
Account Manager
Dorsett and Jackson
Fort Worth, Texas
Bill Toney
Vice President, Global RFID Market Development
Avery Dennison Corporation
Frisco, Texas
Cohort XI (2022-2025)
Katie Blevins
Coordinator of Promotions & Sponsorships, Campus Recreation
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, Texas
Rodrigo Tello
MBA Manager
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Russell Griffin
Senior Vice President, Programs & Marketing
RQI Partners, LLC
Prosper, Texas
Polly Wainaina
Senior Finance Manager, Utility Accounting Division
Tacoma Public Utility
University Place, Washington
Nikole Layton
Clinical Instructor
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
Cohort X (2021-2024)
Prashant Budhale
Vice President of Technology
SONIC/ Inspire Brands
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Dan Gregory
Vice President of Administration
Concordia University Texas
Austin, Texas
Robert Sapien
Chief Medical Officer
sapienWELLNESS, LLC
Distinguished Professor (with tenure) and Associate Dean
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Tome, New Mexico
Lance Coffman
Regional Business Consultant
Missouri SBDC at Missouri State University
Halfway, Missouri
Jesse Meldru
Chief Financial Officer
StaffDx
Minden, Nevada
Angela Schwartz
Services Practice Leader
Microsoft Corporation
Atlanta, Georgia
Bill Fairhurst
President / co-Founder
Riverford Exploration, LLC
Denton, Texas
Natasha Poularikas
Director of Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Cohort IX (2020-2023)
Matthew R. Daniel
Global Key Account Manager
Hempel A/S
Spring, Texas
Richard LeDuc
Co-Founder
Breez Corporation
Layton, Utah
Michael Stanley
Chief Executive Officer
CIS Group of Companies
Southlake, Texas
Daniel Deslatte
Senior Vice President
The University of Texas Health Science Center Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Jai Rajendran
Technology and Business Development Manager
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Joshua I. Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
Lake Point Advisory Group
Partner
Acruence Capital
Rockwall, Texas
Ally Hoffman
Senior IT and Cybersecurity Risk Specialist
Banking Supervision
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Curtis Schroeder
Managing Director of Strategic Sales Programs & Communications at Oracle
Adjunct Faculty in Marketing and Management at Baylor University
Waco, Texas