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The volunteer leadership for the Texas Heart Institute is composed of a Board of Trustees and a National Advisory Council. For further information, contact the office of public affairs. See also Administration.

Nolan Ryan, Dr. James T. Willerson, Dr. Denton A. Cooley and Hakeem Olajuwon 

Legends meet to stand up against heart disease
Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan (left)and basketball legend Hakeem Olajuwon (right) have more in common than just being exceptional athletes: both are among Houston's most admired sports figures, both wore No. 34 on their uniforms, and both serve in volunteer leadership roles at THI, standing up against heart disease. Surprisingly, the two had never met in person before a meeting here on April 30, 2012. They posed with THI founder, Dr. Denton A. Cooley and THI president,
Dr. James T. Willerson.

Board of Trustees

Founding Member
Denton A.Cooley, MD
THI Surgeon-in-Chief and
President Emeritus
Surgical Associates of Texas

Special Member
James T. Willerson, MD
President and Medical Director
Texas Heart Institute

Chairman 
Steven L. Miller

Vice Chairmen
David Grimes
Bobby S. Shackouls

Chairmen Emeritus
Isaac Arnold, Jr.
Meredith J. Long
  

Members

Charles C. Butt

David M. Carmichael

Robert Cizik
Cizik Interests

Morton A. Cohn
Morton Cohn Investments

Peter Coneway
Riverstone Holdings, LLC
Managing Director

James L. Daniel, Jr.
Daniel Enterprises, Inc.
President

Jan E. Duncan

John H. Duncan

Donald L. Evans

Tilman J. Fertitta
Landry's Restaurants Inc.
Chairman, President and CEO

Alfred C. Glassell III
Glassell Producing Company, Inc.
President

Julius Glickman
Glickman, Carter & Bachynsky, LLP
Managing Partner

David M. Grimes
Grimes Energy Company
Principal

Henry R. Hamman

Frank J. Hevrdejs
The Sterling Group, LP
Chairman & Partner

William M. Hitchcock

Kay Holmes

Lindsay Holstead

Barbara Hurwitz

Joseph D. Jamail
Jamail & Kolius

Jodie Lee Jiles 
RBC Capital Markets 
Managing Director

Kelli Kickerillo
Kickerillo Companies
Executive Vice President/
Chief Marketing Officer
 

 

Elyse Lanier

R. Bruce LaBoon

Michael Linn

Linn Energy, LLC
Founder, Chairman, CEO

Rodney H. Margolis
Margolis Interests

Frances Marzio
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Office of the Director

S. Reed Morian
DX Services Company, Inc.
Chairman and President

T. William Porter
Porter & Hedges, LLP
Sr. Partner and Chairman

Thomas A. Roupe
Aqueduct Capital Group
Co-founder and Managing Partner

Christopher Sarofim
Sarofim International Management
President

Fayez Sarofim
Fayez Sarofim & Co.
President and CEO

L.E. Simmons

Edward B. Singleton, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Diagnostic Imaging Department

Roland E. Sledge
VAALCO Energy, Inc.
Vice President, Legal

Mort Topfer

Dan Tutcher

Tony Vallone
Vallone Restaurant Group

Margaret Alkek Williams

Wallace S. Wilson

John H. Young
John H. Young, Inc.
President

Fred S. Zeidman

Honorary Trustees

James A. Baker III
Baker Botts
Senior Partner

Sheldon R. Erikson
Cameron International
Chairman of the Board

Will Farish

Jack Hunt
King Ranch Inc.
President and CEO

Drayton McLane, Jr.
McLane Group
Chairman

 

Robert C. McNair
The McNair Group
Chairman and CEO

John L. Nau III
Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P.
President and CEO

Hakeem Olajuwon

Anthony G. Petrello
Nabors Corporate Services
President and CEO

EX-OFFICIO MEMBER

David J. Fine
St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System
President and CEO

TRUSTEE EMERITUS

Howard W. Horne, Sr.
Cushman & Wakefield of Texas
Vice Chairman


SPECIAL LIAISON FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM

Randa S. Safady, PhD
Vice Chancellor for External Relations
 

National Advisory Council

Josephine Abercrombie

James A. Baker III

Philip Burguieres

Eugene A. Cernan

Robert Cizik

William Clay Ford

Clare Glassell

Lee A. Iacocca

Don D. Jordan

James L. Ketelsen

Larry King

C. Everett Koop, MD

George P. Mitchell

John T. Montford

Frederick R. Nederlander

Greg Norman

Darrell Royal

Nolan Ryan


Contact:
Office of Public Affairs
Texas Heart Institute Administrative Offices
Phone: 832-355-4011


Updated May 2012
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