Tower Center Board of Directors

The Tower Center Board of Directors serves as the Center's advisory panel. The board is composed of three Lifetime Directors, 14 Honorary Directors, four University Directors, and 36 Elected Directors. The Board of Directors is responsible for providing the Center with advice and direction, as well as maintaining the financial health of the Center through active fundraising.

Dan Branch, Chair 
Winstead 

 



Marjorie Adams
Marjorie Adams, Inc. 

 

 Nancy Halbreich
Philanthropist and Community Leader 

 

 

Gene C. Jones
Philanthropist and Community Leader 

Allie Beth Allman
Allie Beth Allman & Associates 

 

Robert W. Jordan
Philanthropist and Community Leader 

Lucy Bannon
NexPoint

 

Enrique Marroquin
Zaro Transportation, LLC
Lucy Billingsley
Billingsley & Co. 

 

Vidal Martinez
Martinez Partners LLP 

Jan Hart Black
Philanthropist and Community Leader 

 

Linda McFarland
Philanthropist and Community Leader
Cullum Clark
George W. Bush Institute  
Sarah F. Perot
Hillwood 
Richard H. Collins
iStation

 

Jeanne L. Phillips
SMU Trustee, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.

Penny Tower Cook, Lifetime Director
Philanthropist  

 

 

Holly Reed
Philanthropist and Community Leader  
Berry Rife Cox, Lifetime Director
Cox Partners, Inc.  

 

Peggy Sewell
Philanthropist and Community Leader
Jeanne Tower Cox, Lifetime Director 
SMU Trustee, Philanthropist, Community Leader

 

John P. Tatum, II
Genesco Sports

Robert A. Estrada
Estrada Hinojosa

 

Carter Tolleson
Tolleson Wealth Management

 

 

Brad Cheves, ex officio
Luisa del Rosal, ex officio
Thomas DiPiero, ex officio
James F. Hollifield, ex officio 


 

Honorary Board of Directors
The Honorable William L. Ball III
The Honorable William S. Cohen
The Honorable Richard W. Fisher
The Honorable J. French Hill
The Honorable Karen P. Hughes
The Honorable Kay Bailey Hutchison
The Honorable Tom Loeffler
The Honorable Frederick D. McClure
Dr. Nicholas Rostow
The Honorable Joseph Richard Straus III
The Honorable Carole Keeton Strayhor
Darab Ganji
Best Associates 

 


Linda Gibbons
Philanthropist and Community Leader 

 

 

Don M. Glendenning
Locke Lord