Advisory Council
The Harry Ransom Center Advisory Council is comprised of influential friends from across the state and nation, and international community. It serves as an advisory group to the director and makes a significant difference in the success of the institution.
Council members work with the director and staff to increase private support of the Ransom Center and to champion development and outreach priorities. They promote awareness among constituencies of the broad value and impact of the Center on The University of Texas at Austin campus and beyond. They also encourage philanthropy as a means to enhance public support to fulfill the mission of the Center.
CHAIR: Lynne B. Bentsen, Houston, Texas
Sergio Alcocer, Austin, Texas
Gordon Appleman, Fort Worth, Texas
Rudolf Bekink, Austin, Texas
Dawn Black, Austin, Texas
David Brennan, New York, New York
Claudia Chidester, Austin, Texas
Paul Coggins, Dallas, Texas
Eric Craven, Austin, Texas
Mandy Dealey, Austin, Texas
Sandi Haber Fifield Sag Harbor, New York
Richard A. Groenendyke, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Noah Hawley, Austin, Texas
Matt Henneman, Houston, Texas
Tom Kirdahy, New York, New York
B. Alexander Kress, Austin, Texas
Wendi Kushner Austin, Texas
Heather Stallings Little, Austin, Texas
Beth Madison, Houston, Texas
Gilbert Lang Mathews, San Antonio, Texas
Katherine McAllen, Linn, Texas
Patricia Miller, Kansas City, Missouri
Frank Needham, Dallas, Texas
Harriett O’Neill, Austin, Texas
Rosalba Ojeda, Mexico City, Mexico
Heather Pesanti, Austin, Texas
Sam Radin, New York, New York
Michael Seidenberg San Francisco, California
Cherise Smith Austin, Texas
Jeffrey M. Sone, Dallas, Texas
Lois Farfel Stark, Houston, Texas
Steven Stodghill, Dallas, Texas
Marion Lear Swaybill, New York, New York
Nelda A. Treviño, Austin, Texas
Mitch Vernick, Austin, Texas
Mark L.D. Wawro, Houston, Texas
Richard Wechsler, New York, New York
Laura C. Wilson, Dallas, Texas
Emeritus
Ramona C. Adams, Houston, Texas
Joe Armstrong, Plano, Texas
Robert A. Franden, Delray Beach, Florida
Nancy Inman, Austin, Texas
Nancy Scanlan, Austin, Texas
Contact
Lois Kim
Chief Development Officer
lois.kim@austin.utexas.edu
512-471-9643