August 14, 2009

New Members Named to Texas Tech Foundation Board

New board members important to future of Texas Tech System.

Eleven new members were approved Aug. 13 by the Texas Tech University System Foundation Board of Directors. The new directors will serve four-year terms beginning Sept. 1. The nominees, all graduates or former students of Texas Tech, are:

David Alderson, president and chief executive officer of Alderson Enterprises, L.P., from Lubbock.
Kenneth L. Burgess, Sr., owner of Ken Burgess, Inc., of Abilene.
H. Craig Evans, owner and president S.C. Companies and owner of Ranch 182, LLC; Matt E. Malouf, owner of Malouf Interests, Inc.; and Robert R. Matejek, recently retired from Merit Energy Company as president and chief operating officer, all of Dallas.
Terry E. Fuller, president of Phoenix Petrocorp, Inc., from Southlake.
H. Christopher Mott, an attorney and shareholder of Gordon, Mott & Davis, P.C., of El Paso.
Bradley C. Barron, senior vice president, general counsel, and secretary of NuStar Energy, L.P. and Fern “Missy” Finck, owner of Finck Properties, both from San Antonio.
Robert B. Horsman, founder, president and chief executive officer of San Diego National Bank, from San Diego, Calif.
R. Randall Onstead, Jr., principal of Lone Star Retail Partners, LLC., from Houston and Santa Fe, N.M

“The experience these men and women bring to the foundation board is important for our future of our universities,” said Kelly Overley, chief operating officer of the foundation and vice chancellor of institutional advancement for the system. “They will strengthen our board and enable the foundation to continue to support the programs that create an excellent academic experience for all of our students.” The Texas Tech Foundation Inc. was established in 1939 and provides volunteer leadership to facilitate institutional advancement programs and assist with fundraising activities, stewardship and major capital campaigns for the system.