Current Cohorts
Cohort XII (2023-2026)
Chris LaGrone
Partner
PwC
Dallas, Texas
Nora Richmond
Risk Advisory Experienced Manager
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
Program Manager, K12 Education
Adobe, Inc.
Driftwood, Texas
Greg Povenski
Director of Portfolio Operations
Voyager Space Holdings (Denver, CO)
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
Cohort X (2021-2024)
Prashant Budhale
Chief Technology Officer
QDOBA
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
Associate Dean
Scheller College of Business
Georgia Institute of Technology
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