Roxanne Qualls is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. She also served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor,having been elected in 1993. On August 8,2007,the Charter Committee announced her appointment to fill the unexpired term of council member Jim Tarbell. Qualls was elected to a two-year term on Cincinnati City Council in November 2007,and again in 2009 and 2011. She served as Vice Mayor,the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee,chair of the Livable Communities Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects.
Lex Frieden is an American educator,researcher,disability policy expert and disability rights activist. Frieden has been called "a chief architect of the Americans with Disabilities Act." He is also regarded as a founder and leader of the independent living movement by people with disabilities in the U.S.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by George W. Bush,was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by Donald Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by Joe Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Kase Lukman Lawal is a Nigerian-born businessman who lives and works in the United States.
Ellen Cohen is a Canadian American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 134 from 2007 to 2011 and later a member of the Houston City Council.
Dr. Betsy Vogel Boze,is an American academic and higher education administrator who is currently serving as the ninth President of The College of The Bahamas. Previously,she worked as a professor of marketing,department chair,dean,and CEO of Kent State University at Stark,before serving as the president of The College of The Bahamas. She is a senior fellow at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU),that researches alternative revenue streams for public colleges and universities.
Ben Taub (1889–1982) was a philanthropist and medical benefactor in Houston,Texas. Taub ran numerous businesses and served on the boards of directors for several Texas organizations. He helped in the expansion and development of Houston entities such as the Texas Medical Center and the University of Houston. Ben Taub General Hospital,a large hospital in Houston,is named for him.
Gerald D. Griffin is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA official,who served as a flight director during the Apollo program and director of Johnson Space Center,succeeding Chris Kraft in 1982.
Clarence O'Neal "C.O." Bradford,known as Brad Bradford during his campaign for Harris Country District Attorney,is an American politician who served as a Houston City Council member and as chief of police of Houston,Texas.
James Lee Kessler,the founder of the Texas Jewish Historical Society,was the first native Texan to serve as rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel in Galveston,Texas.
Larry Dwight Hall is a North Carolina government official. A longtime member of the North Carolina House of Representatives,he served as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs under Governor Roy Cooper from 2017 through January 2021.
Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Steven L. Miller is a businessman who has been a prominent leader in the American oil industry,serving as chairman of the board of directors,president,and CEO of Shell Oil Company from 1999 to his retirement in 2002. A native of Kansas City,Missouri,he was born in 1945,and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1967. He currently resides in Houston,Texas,where he promotes volunteer work through his company,SLM Discovery Ventures.
Alan P. Solow, founder of Grover Strategies LLC,is a public affairs consultant,political advisor,not-for-profit activist and former lawyer. He is a former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and was a national co-chair of the successful 2012 Obama-Biden re-election campaign.
Linda Leuchter Addison is an American business executive,lawyer and author. Addison served as U.S. Managing Partner,Chair of the U.S. Management Committee,and global board member of Norton Rose Fulbright. She is Founding President of the Center for Women in Law,and co-chaired the New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on the Future of the Legal Profession. Crain's New York Business named Addison one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in New York." She is a member of the Board of Directors of Globe Life Inc. Addison also is an independent board member of KPMG LLP,the U.S. audit,tax and advisory firm. She previously served on the Advisory Board of Northern Trust Bank,N.A.
Dr. Molly Beth Beene Malcolm is an American educator and former politician. She is the executive vice chancellor of operations and public affairs for Austin Community College in Austin,Texas.
Mark Cutifani is an Australian businessman and current chairman of the energy transition metals board at Vale Base Metals. He is the Senior Independent Director with Laing O'Rourke and chairs the board's Sustainability Committee. He is also a non-executive director of Total S.A and chairs the board's Sustainability Committee.
Joe B. Foster was an American businessman,oilman and philanthropist from Texas. From 1989 to 2005,Foster was chairman,president,and chief executive officer of Newfield Exploration Company,headquartered in Houston. Previously,Foster was chairman of Tenneco Oil Company and executive vice president and director of its parent,Tenneco Inc. He was with Tenneco for 31 years and also served as chairman of the Tenneco Gas Pipeline Group.
Ashok Kumar Mago, Distinguished Alumni of Naveen Jindal School of Management at University of Texas at Dallas is an Indian born American business person and the founder Chairman of Greater Dallas Indo American Chamber,now known as who is known for his involvement of the Senate India caucus. He was awarded the Padma Shree,the fourth highest civilian award,by the Government of India,in 2014,for his services to the trade and industry.
James Ray Fitterling is an American business executive. He is the chairman and CEO of Dow Inc.,Fitterling is vice chair of the National Association of Manufacturers, and on the boards of the American Chemistry Council and the U.S.-China Business Council. The first board-appointed out CEO of a Fortune 100 company;he was ranked the world's top LGBT executive by the Financial Times in 2018.
