Current Cohorts
Cohort XIV (2025-2028)
Jill Castilla
Chairman, President & CEO
Citizens Bank of Edmond
Edmond, Oklahoma
Porter MacPherson
Vice President of Sales
Taylor Morrison
Atlanta, GA
Eric Spann, MD
Physician
Syngent
Mountain View, Arkansas
Willie Green III
Lead, Talent Outreach
Atlanta, Georgia
Taylor Rebollar
Business Specialist
Oliver Wyman Vector
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Mahi Hari
Vice President, HR Operations and Payroll
RWE Clean Energy, LLC.
Austin, Texas
Samir Singh
BigQuery & Teradata Database Administrator
Walmart Inc.
Bentonville, Arkansas
Cohort XIII (2024-2027)
Amelia Abernathy
Instructor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Danielle Deterding
Partner & Federal Contractor
BCL Leasing and Construction
Enid, Oklahoma
Paul Pippin
Undersecretary and Operations
The Chickasaw Nation
Edmond, Oklahoma
Dean Bishop
Director of Business Architecture
Oracle Corporation
Frisco, Texas
Tim Duray
President and Owner
Duray Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Leesburg, Virginia
Lauren Sarchet
Account Manager
Dorsett & Jackson
Forth Worth, Texas
Rudy Chervil
Senior Director of Engineering
Daikin Applied America
Harrisonburg, Virginia and Lucas, Texas
Kyle Goodin
Instructor - School of Accountancy
Missouri State University
Springfield, Missouri
Cohort XII (2023-2026)
Chris LaGrone
Partner
PwC
Dallas, Texas
Nora Richmond
Senior Manager, Risk Advisory
Grant Thornton Advisors LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina
Bill Toney
Vice President, Global RFID Market Development
Avery Dennison Corporation
Frisco, Texas
Jordan Metteauer
Director of Retail Operations
H-E-B
Corpus Christi, Texas
Darren Smith
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Texas State University
Adjunct, The University of Texas at Austin
Driftwood, Texas
Greg Povenski
Hamilton, Montana
Julie Smith
Director, Enterprise Application Services
RTX
McKinney, Texas
Cohort XI (2022-2025)
Katie Blevins
Lecturer, Marketing
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
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Management
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho