Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Baker Hughes Incorporated announced Trey Clark will become the global oilfield service company's vice president of investor relations.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Southwest Securities FSB, the commercial banking subsidiary of SWS Group Inc. elected Robert Chereck as executive chairman of the bank's board of directors. 

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—Acision appointed James Israel as senior vice president and general manager, North America.

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Salient Partners LP, a $17 billion asset management firm, appointed J. Philip Ferguson as the newest member of Salient's board of managers.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Hire International Inc. promoted Chris Beck, its executive vice president of sales and president of Soar Consulting Inc. to be the company's new chief executive. 

 Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—SWS Group Inc. named William Nelson as president of Southwest Insurance Agency (SWIA), the firm's wholly owned subsidiary offering insurance products and services.

Texas Business reports: PLANO—J. C. Penney Company Inc. named Ken Hannah as chief financial officer.

Jonathan M. Clarkson

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON— Parker Drilling elected two new members to its board of directors, expanding the group's membership to ten.  Jonathan M. Clarkson and Richard D. Paterson bring extensive energy sector and global financial and operations expertise to Parker.

Texas Business reports: DALLAS—The Five Star Institute announced Sean Galaise joined its ranks as senior vice president of business development with a focus on the Federation of REO Certified Experts (the FORCE).

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Rev Worldwide, a global leader in financial services and mobile payment products for underserved markets, welcomed former GE Capital executive Mauricio Benavides as the company's chief executive officer of Latin America; former Visa Executive Daryn Griggs as the chief executive officer of the company's Asia Pacific region; and former Dell executive director David Clifton, as the company's senior vice president of global merchant services.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—National Instruments promoted Jin Bains to vice president of research and development of RF products. 

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—Key to its vision of becoming America's favorite store, J. C. Penney Company Inc. appointed several positions.

Texas Business reports:  McKINNEY—Torchmark Corporation  announced changes to the company's executive leadership team.  Effective June 1, 2012, chairman and chief executive Mark S. McAndrew, with 32 years of service to Torchmark, will step down as chief executive.   

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Independence Contract Drilling announced that Matthew Fitzgerald has joined its board of directors and will also serve as chairman of its audit committee.  

Texas Business reports: FORT WORTH—Union Drilling Inc. announced Alan Roachell joined Union Drilling as vice president of health, safety & environmental (HSE) and training.

Texas Business reports: DALLAS & OKLAHOMA CITY—First Capital, a commercial finance company, hired Christopher Gouskos to be responsible for new business development throughout the Texas markets for First Capital's Midwest Region.

Texas Business reports:  BEAUMONT—Conn's Inc., a specialty retailer of home appliances, furniture, mattresses, consumer electronics, computers and lawn and garden promoted Michael J. Poppe to serve as the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer, and appointed Brian E. Taylor to serve as the company's vice president and chief financial officer.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—David Cistola  has been named vice president for research at the UNT Health Science Center, announced president Scott Ransom. 

Texas Business reports: PLANO—Cobalt Mortgage one of the largest privately owned mortgage-banking firms in the West, recently named Mike Matthews as regional manager for Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas—NBC 5 / KXAS-TV announced that Mark Hayes will co-anchor NBC 5 News Today from 4:30 a.m. – 7 a.m. weekdays with Deborah Ferguson, starting in May.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—FSG Energy has hired Joseph “Joe” Hill.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Tejas Securities Group Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Westech Capital Corp., added Peter Wooldridge as head of the corporate bond division.

Guillermo Trevino

 Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—BBVA Compass appointed Guillermo Trevino to the boards of directors of BBVA Compass and its parent, BBVA Compass Bancshares Inc. 

Texas Business reports:  LEWISVILLE—Uranium Resources Inc, a uranium development and mining company with resources in New Mexico and Texas, appointed Dean T. (Ted) Wilton as vice president and chief geologist.

John P. Quinones

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—John P. Quinones, an information technology professional with more than 35 years of experience in technology innovation, design and management, has joined Colonial Savings as the company's chief information officer.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Rice University solar physicist David Alexander has been named director of the Rice Space Institute (RSI), which coordinates the university’s space-related research, education and outreach programs.

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—MetroCorp Bancshares Inc. appointed Y Ping Sun as a Class II director to fill a vacancy existing on the company's board of directors.

Texas Business reports: DALLAS—Southwest Airlines announced executive changes within the technology department at the  company.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—eDoorways International Corporation  announced Peter Strople joined the company as a business development and financial consultant.

Rick Lynch

Texas Business reports:  The University of Texas at Arlington  named Rick Lynch, a recently retired Army lieutenant general with a background in robotics research, as executive director of the Automation Robotics and Research Institute in Fort Worth.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—American Campus Communities Inc., the nation's largest owner and manager of student housing properties, announced Joseph M. Macchione declined to stand for re-election to the board of directors due to time demands of his business activities.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Southwest Airlines announced several executive changes at the Company.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—eDoorways International Corporation named former Dell executive Chris Mitchell as chief financial officer. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Rock Candy Media, an Austin-based design and marketing firm that produces all creative in-house, recently hired internationally-experienced Julien Libersat to head its creative team.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Rosendin Electric, a private, employee-owned electrical contractor, named Jonas McBride to the newly created role of director, Central U.S. Engineering, to help oversee multi-office engineering projects and expand Rosendin Electric's operations in the central United States.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—eDoorways International Corporation appointed Robert B. Wesson as chief executive officer of its wholly owned subsidiary, Learning Research Inc.  

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Republic Companies  Inc.  named Joseph E. Mattingly to serve as the company's president and chief executive officer.

Texas Business reports:  SAN ANTONIO—Tootie Pie Company Inc. added two members to its board of directors: Leslie E. Doss, of San Antonio and Cliff Rogers of Dallas. 

Texas Business reports:  HUMBLE, Texas—Baskins, which operates apparel stores that specialize in western wear and work wear, appointed Antoinette (Toni) Rumley as vice president, general merchandise manager.

Texas Business reports: FORT WORTH—RadioShack Corp. promoted William (Bill) Nebes III to senior vice president, overseeing the company's operations in Mexico.

Texas Business reports: PLANO— J. C. Penney Company Inc. named Laurie Beja Miller as executive vice president, The Square and will lead the company's efforts to execute its new center core strategy that will serve as a gathering place with ongoing attractions and services.

Texas Business Reports:  CARROLLTON—RealPage Inc., a leading provider of on demand software and software-enabled services to the rental housing industry appointed Scott Ingraham as a member of the board and designated him as a class II director to stand for election at RealPage's 2012 annual meeting of stockholders. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Silicon Laboratories Inc., a provider of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), announced that Necip Sayiner will step down as president and chief executive officer on April 18^th.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation promoted Todd L. Liebl to the new position of vice president, land and business development, and the appointment of Deidre L. Shearer to corporate secretary and managing counsel, replacing Lisa A. Machesney, vice president, who is retiring next month.

 Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—The Dallas Morning News named local industry veteran Robert Wilonsky as assistant digital managing editor for dallasnews.com.

Texas Business reports:  TEMPLE—McLane Advanced Technologies, a global provider of logistics solutions, announced that Lieutenant General (R) Mitchell H. Stevenson will join the company's Strategic Advisory Group (SAG).

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Oasis Petroleum Inc. appointed Bobby S. Shackouls has been appointed as a director of the company effective March 1, 2012.

Texas Business reports: AMARILLO—Amarillo Biosciences Inc. appointed Stephen T. Chen as chairman of the board and chief executive officer.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Golfsmith International Holdings Inc. appointed Sue E. Gove as president of the company, in addition to maintaining her role as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Whole Foods Market, an organic and natural foods supermarket, announced two regional presidents, David Lannon and Ken Meyer, have been promoted to executive vice-presidents of operations, joining the executive leadership team. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Iconixx Software appointed Bruce Jackson as president and chief operating officer.

Texas Business reports:  AMARILLO—EnergyNet promoted Chris Atherton to vice president of business development.

Texas Business reports:  IRVING—ACE Cash Express, Inc., a retailer of financial services, announced Douglas Lindsay has been promoted to the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer and Temple Weiss will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer effective immediately.

Texas Business reports: PLANO—Lee Roy Mitchell, chairman of Cinemark Holdings Inc. (announced that Tim Warner, who led the company’s expansion throughout Latin America as the president of Cinemark International before becoming president of the domestic circuit in 2006, has been promoted to the position of chief executive officer. 

Texas Business reports:  GRAPEVINE, Texas—GreenHunter Energy  Inc., a diversified renewable energy company predominately focused on water resource management in the unconventional oil and gas shale resource plays, appointed  Ernie Easley to its board of directors. 

Texas Business reports:  ABILENE—First Financial Bankshares  Inc. announced several promotions for officers based in Abilene and Fort Worth.

Texas Business reports:  TEMPLE—Wilsonart International and Illinois Tool Works (ITW) named Kristen Manos as president of Wilsonart.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Insuraprise Inc., a Medicare Supplemental Insurance agency, promoted Casey Hughes, its vice president, market development to chief operating officer.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—J--W Energy Company announced that Perry A. Harris has accepted the position of president of J-W Wireline Company.

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS—Huntsman Corporation appointed Jon Huntsman, Jr. as a new director to its board.

Texas Business reports:  SUGAR LAND—CVR Partners LP, a master limited partnership and manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer products, announced that Kevan A. Vick, executive vice president and fertilizer general manager for the general partner of CVR Partners LP and CVR Energy, elected to retire after more than 35 years in the fertilizer industry.

Emily A. Parker

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP named Emily A. Parker as managing partner of the Firm effective February 15.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Virtual Bridges Inc. appointed Iser Cukierman to the company’s executive leadership team.

Texas Business reports:   AUSTIN—Buffalo Technology, a designer, developer and manufacturer of wired and wireless networking and network and direct attached storage solutions, appointed Hajime Nakai as chief executive officer of Buffalo Technology (USA) Inc. 

Texas Business reports:  RICHARDSON—Mavenir Systems appointed Hubert de Pesquidoux to its board of directors.

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Reservoir Group's surface logging business, Empirica, appointed Etienne Roux as its new managing director.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN— AdRevolution, a provider of digital marketing software solutions, appointed Michael Perham as vice president of business development.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—UNT Health Science Center President Scott Ransom, announced the appointment of Myron (Mike) Jacobson, as the founding dean of the UNT System College of Pharmacy.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Interline Resources, a twenty year old midstream, natural gas and oil development company, announced a completely new board of directors, new management team and plans for its pipeline and oil well assets.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS— Behringer Harvard announced  Mark V. Petersen has joined Behringer Harvard as Head of Distribution – Retail.

Texas Business reports:  KATY—Phoenix DataLabs Inc., named Jim Oxley as chief operating officer.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (TSRHC) announced new appointments to its senior medical and management staff and plans to form a Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Foundation.

David Aronson

Texas Business reports:  NEW YORK—Mall media provider, EYE (EYE_OutofHome), appointed David Aronson to the role of regional sales executive for the Texas region.

John Warner

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—UT Southwestern Medical Center announced that John Warner, who has been instrumental in the design and planning of the new University Hospital currently under construction, has been named chief executive officer for UT Southwestern Hospitals, effective Feb. 1.

Matt Howitt

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—WhaleShark Media Inc., a marketplace for online coupon codes and deals, named Matt Howitt as the vice president of engineering, reporting into the company’s chief technology officer, Paul Rogers.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—American Airlines appointed Lauri Curtis as vice president—onboard services.

 Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Trilogy Software today appointed Richard Ellenberger to the role of managing director, Trilogy Telecom, Technology, and Media Division, and Ian Dix, to the role of senior vice president, market management and development, also for the new Trilogy TTM division.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Multimedia Games Holding Company Inc. announced Dennis Neilander, 50, has been retained as a consultant for compliance and gaming regulatory matters and has assumed the role of Regulatory Compliance Committee Chairman, subject to any required regulatory approvals.

 Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Former TxDOT deputy executive director Steve Simmons, PE has joined Huitt-Zollars Inc. as vice president and will focus on the firm's highway practice.  

Chet Edwards

Texas Business reports: Elizabeth Davis, executive vice president and provost at Baylor University, announced the appointment of former U.S. Congressman Chet Edwards as The W.R. Poage Distinguished Chair for Public Service.

Texas Business reports:  SUGAR LAND—US Dataworks Inc., a provider of payment processing solutions, announced Marc Palombo joined the company as senior vice president of sales. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Martin Craighead assumed the role of Baker Hughes’ president and chief executive officer.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—OGRE SystemsInc., a provider of reserve and economic software, secured the service of Greg Hibbard as chief executive officer.

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Integrated Electrical Services Inc. promoted Robert Lewey to senior vice president and chief financial officer to replace Terry Freeman upon his retirement from the company, effective January 20, 2012.

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—VaraLogix, a provider of integrated Application Deployment Automation and Configuration Management solutions, announced that David Stokey has joined VaraLogix as national director of sales where he is responsible for leading North American Fortune and Mid-Market sales activities.

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—Zane Rowland was named marketing company president of U-Haul Company of North Texas.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—HomeAway Inc., a provider of online vacation rentals, named Jon Gray as vice president of HomeAway, North America. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Energy Solutions International Inc., a provider of oil and gas pipeline management software and services, appointed TengBeng Koid as chief executive 0fficer and a member of the company's board of directors.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc. announced that its board of directors elected Patricia B. Shrader, vice president of Global Regulatory Affairs at Medtronic Inc., to join the board as a director.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Planview, a portfolio manager, brought on board Madison Laird, a former portfolio manager of Cisco's long-range planning initiative, as an executive-in-residence.

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—ViewCast Corporation, a developer of solutions for the transformation, management and delivery of digital media over enterprise, broadband, and mobile networks, announced John C. Hammock has been named president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors, effective immediately. 

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas PC (PKF Texas) announced that its president, Kenneth Guidry, has been named chairman of the board of directors of PKF North America for 2012.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Flotek Industries Inc. named Marc K. (Kevin) Fisher as Executive Vice President, Global Business Development.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Brinker International, Inc. announced Carin Stutz, president of Global Business Development, resigned her position to step into the role of chief executive officer and president of Cosi Inc.  

Texas Business reports:  MCKINNEY—Torchmark Corporation appointed Steve DiChiaro as executive vice president and chief agency officer of Liberty National Life Insurance Company (Liberty National).  

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Endicott Biofuels LLC, (EBF) announced Bruce C. York has joined the company in the newly-created position of vice president, construction. 

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—American Airlines named Suzanne Rubin as  president of the American Airlines AAdvantage program, succeeding Maya Leibman, recently promoted to American's chief information officer and senior vice president – information technology.

Texas Business reports:  BEAUMONT—Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. named Rix Garey as general manager of KFDM-TV (CBS 6 and the CW of Southeast Texas) in Beaumont, Texas. 

Texas Business reports:  ARLINGTON—The University of Texas at Arlington appointed Jim Baker, currently the UT Austin associate athletic director for events and operations, as the University's new director of intercollegiate athletics.

Texas Business reports:  SUGAR LAND—CVR Energy Inc., a refiner and marketer of petroleum fuels and the majority owner in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturer CVR Partners LP, announced that Frank A. Pici will become the companies' chief financial officer effective Jan. 4, 2012. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—WhaleShark Media Inc., the world's largest marketplace for online coupons, promotional codes and deals, appointed Lou Agnese as the company's first general counsel.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—OrthoAccel Technologies Inc., developers of the AcceleDent System, which is an acceleration device to enhance orthodontics, named Andrew Layman as chief financial officer.

Texas Business reports:  IRVING—Nexstar Broadcasting Group Inc. named Rick Rogala as senior vice president of sales, a new position at the company. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Dallas appellate law firm Hankinson LLP hired J. Carl Cecere, whose appellate work has included cases involving issues in bankruptcy, constitutional law, insurance, whistleblower protections, family law, complex business law, and habeas corpus.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Pivot3 Inc, a provider of unified storage and compute appliances, named James Hajek as the company's chief financial officer, effective immediately. 

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—PwC US announced that Erik Hansen has joined the firm as a partner in the firm's Risk Assurance Services practice.  

Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Andrews Kurth LLP elected eight of its lawyers to the partnership. Jon W. Daly, Richard D. Deutsch, Tanya A. Fischer, R. Casey Low, Philip H. Peacock, Cameron P. Pope, Kelly Sandill and George J. Vlahakos will assume their new positions on January 1, 2012.

Andrew Cahn

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Insurance industry veteran Andrew Cahn joined Lockton as a vice president and producer in its Dallas office where he will focus on business development and client advocacy in property-casualty insurance.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—RadioShack Corp., a national retailer of mobile and technology products, services and accessories, today announced that Robert E. Abernathy, 57, has been elected to the company's board of directors. 

Texas Business reports: DALLAS—Ketchum, a public relations agency, hired Don Bartholomew to serve as senior vice president of digital and social media research for the Ketchum Global Research Network. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—SWS Group Inc. announced the election of Christie S. Flanagan and Tyree B. "Ty" Miller to its board of directors at a meeting of the company's board, following the company's annual meeting of stockholders.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—SWS Group Inc. announced that Paul D. Vinton, executive vice president of SWS Group, is retiring effective December 31, 2011.  

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—AMR Corporation named Pedro Fabregas as senior vice president-customer service for American Eagle. 

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—AMR Corporation appointed Charles Schubert to vice president – network planning and Andrew Backover to vice president – corporate communications for American Airlines.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Lacy Newman has been named chief credit officer of Southwest Securities FSB, the commercial banking subsidiary of SWS Group Inc. 

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS—TETRA Technologies Inc  announced that its board of directors has increased the size of the board from nine to ten members and has appointed Thomas R. Bates Jr. to fill the vacancy created by the increase. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Sirius Solutions LLLP, an independent business consulting firm, appointed Derek K. Hall as director in the firm's energy advisory practice.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody—an Austin, Texas-based law firm with 67 attorneys—announced the addition of Tom Mason, former general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), to the firm. 

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS—TETRA Technologies Inc. appointed Peter J. Pintar to the position of senior vice president, corporate strategy and development.

Texas Business reports: PLANO— J. C. Penney Company Inc. named Daniel Walker as chief talent officer.

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—NX Global Inc. announced a slate of new officers and directors and the resignations of its existing board of directors and officers.

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—J. C. Penney Company Inc. named Michael W. Kramer as  chief operating officer, effective Dec. 5, 2011.

Texas Business reports:  SUGAR LAND—CVR Partners LP, a manufacturer of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) solution fertilizer products, named Wes Harris vice president of investor relations for the partnership's general partner, CVR GP LLC.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Ryan, a tax services firm with the largest indirect tax practice in North America, announced Steven Hsu and Robert D. Jones have been promoted to principal.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Forestar Group Inc. named Anna Torma as senior vice president - corporate affairs.

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—ViewCast Corporation, a developer of industry-leading solutions that helps companies deliver video to broadband and mobile networks, named appointment of video industry veteran Mike Galli as vice president of marketing.

Texas Business reports:  IRVING—Fluor Corporation elected Alan M. Bennett to its board of directors. Bennett is the recently retired president and chief executive officer of H&R Block Inc.

Texas Business reports:  SAN ANTONIO—As Preston Atkinson, current president and chief operating officer, prepares to step into his new role as president and chief executive officer, Whataburger announced a slate of promotions within its executive leadership team, to take effect January 3, 2012.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Ross W. Nager has been named "Of Counsel" at Sentinel Trust Company. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS— Plexon Inc, a leading provider of neurotechnology research systems, is pleased to welcome Stacie Hyatt to the company.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—Entech Solar Inc. chief technology officer Mark O'Neill and inventor of its patented IP is leaving the company effective November 11.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Wealth Masters International (WMI) named information technology veteran Troy Allen as Chief Technology Officer.

Ginny Abiassi

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—North American Title Insurance Company (NATIC), a national title insurance underwriter, appointed Ginny Abiassi as the new Texas Regional Counsel.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—FTS International (FTS), an independent provider of oil and gas well stimulation services, added three executive officers to the company's corporate management team.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN--WhaleShark Media  Inc., a marketplace for online coupon codes and deals,  named Jeff Smith as its senior director of search engine optimization (SEO) and Brian Hoyt as the company's head of communications.

Steven Warach

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—UT Southwestern Medical Center has appointed Steven Warach, a neurologist and senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as the founding executive director of the new Seton/UT Southwestern Clinical Research Institute in Austin. The recruitment of Warach was done in collaboration with Seton Healthcare Family.

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Active Power Inc., manufacturer of critical backup power systems and continuous power and infrastructure solutions, has appointed company director Jan Lindelow as interim president and chief executive effective immediately.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Dave & Buster's, Inc., an operator of high volume entertainment/dining venues, appointed Michael Griffith as a member of the company's board of directors, effective November 1, 2011. 

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—NASA has selected three new flight directors to manage International Space Station operations. Judd Frieling, Tomas Gonzalez-Torres and Greg Whitney will join a select group of human spaceflight leaders in the Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Luis Aguilar

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc. (S&P) announced that Luis Aguilar was named Latino Construction Superstar of the Month for October by TEXO.

Thomas M. Carbone

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—Thomas M. Carbone has been appointed president of Tri Global Energy, a renewable energy project developer and operator with fifteen utility-scale wind farms under development in the Southwest.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company appointed  of Michael “Willy” D. Andersen as vice president and program director for of the V-22 Osprey and deputy director of the Bell-Boeing Program office.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Gila LLC, a provider of receivables management and business process outsourcing solutions, added Doug Holt to its executive team.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Roxanna Castillo has been named general manager at the Residence Inn by Marriott Houston Galleria.

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Texas American Resources Company  named Tim Taylor as  executive vice president.

Texas Business reports:  B. Forrest Taylor has joined Mutual of Omaha Bank’s new energy lending group in Houston. In this expanded role, Taylor will work with oil and gas companies in North America, primarily focusing on financing Oilfield Services companies (OFS), as well as Exploration and Production (E&P) and Midstream projects.

Texas Business reports:  Scott Hasson, a professor in the Angelo State University physical therapy program, was appointed to the Sports Training and Rehabilitation Committee (STRC) of the China Olympic Committee to assist the Chinese Olympic Team prepare for and compete in the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Texas Business reports: AUSTIN--AdRevolution appointed John Engler as chief revenue officer.

Texas Business reports: Devcon Security, the 13th largest and fastest growing home security monitoring and business alarm company in the United States, has named six general managers in Texas:

Texas Business reports: Former Denver Bronco Dan Neil joined  the Austin office of Wortham Insurance & Risk Management.

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS—Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (Chevron Phillips Chemical) announced several management changes within its affiliated companies.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Patent Calls Inc., a provider of technology-based patent analysis services and solutions,  appointed Patrick Anderson as president.

Texas Business reports:  PLANO—Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.  announced that Carolyn Ross, vice president of investor relations, will assume leadership of the company’s investor relations function, reporting directly to CFO Marty Ellen.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Republic Business Credit LLC, a working capital finance firm, announced that Kristina Von Woglom joined Republic as vice president for its Houston regional office.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Convivio Inc., a provider of on-demand constituent engagement solutions that enable nonprofit organizations to increase the value of relationships, appointed Patricia Hume as vice president of Worldwide Sales.

Leslie Brennan

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—SmithGroup, an architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning firms, named Leslie Brennan as director of business development for its Dallas office.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON and KEMAH, Texas—Brenham Oil & Gas Corp., a subsidiary of American International Industries Inc., named Bryant Mook as vice president, subsurface engineering.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—National Instruments  named NI veteran Ajit Gokhale as a new vice president of product marketing effective Aug. 1, 2011.

Steve Canter

Texas Business reports:  TDIndustries announced that Steve Canter, P.E., has been promoted to Chief Technology  Officer. 

Texas Business reports:  IRVING—Cano Petroleum Inc. appointed John H. Homier as chief financial officer and secretary of Cano.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Law firm Winstead PC officially hired the 39th lateral attorney for 2011, surpassing their Texas lateral hiring total from 2010 by 18 lateral hires already, and the firm isn't finished hiring.

Kenneth H. Jones Jr.

Texas Business reports:  FORT WORTH—Republic Business Credit LLC, a working capital finance firm, announced Kenneth H. Jones, Jr. joined as vice chairman.

Texas Business reports:  WICHITA FALLS—Haven Behavioral Healthcare's Red River Hospital, an inpatient treatment facility for psychiatric illness and chemical dependency, named Robert E. Mansfield as the new chief executive officer.

James L. Klein

Texas Business reports:  HILLSBORO, Ore. & RICHARDSON, Texas—TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. announced that James L. Klein has joined the company as vice president and general manager of its defense and aerospace business.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS— Scott Conard will serve as chief medical officer and David Toomey has been named a principal in insurance brokerage firm Holmes Murphy & Associates.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—based Malauzai Software Inc. will add two financial services and technology industry veteran executives to its board of directors.

Brad Crisp

Texas Business reports:  ACU's School of Information Technology and Computing named Brad Crisp as director of the SITC, also known as the iSchool.

Texas Business reports:  Roy Busby has been appointed interim dean for the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas effective July 1.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON—Accomplished juvenile diabetes physician-scientist Jake A. Kushner has been recruited to Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital.

Texas Business reports:  HOUSTON and KEMAH, Texas—American International Industries Inc. appointed S. Scott Gaille as president.

Jean-Pierre Bardet

Texas Business reports:  ARLINGTON—The University of Texas at Arlington announced that Jean-Pierre Bardet, chair of the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California, has been named dean of the College of Engineering.

Texas Business reports:  SAN ANTONIO—Operation Homefront, the nonprofit that provides emergency financial and other assistance to military families and wounded warriors, today announced the addition of three members to its national board of directors. 

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Gazzang Inc. appointed Heidi Farris as director of online marketing, where she will oversee web, email and social media programs, including demand and lead generation.

Texas Business reports:  AUSTIN—Mirna Therapeutics Inc.  named Arthur M. Krieg as a scientific advisor.

Texas Business reports:  Irving— Cano Petroleum Inc. announced that Michael J. Ricketts resigned from his positions as the senior vice president and chief financial officer of Cano and from all other positions he holds with Cano or any of its subsidiaries, effective as of the close of business on June 20, 2011. 

Frances Jeter

Texas Business reports:  Houston—Spectra Energy Corp named Frances Jeter as group vice president of internal and external affairs, responsible for internal and external communications, crisis communications, branding and graphics, communications services, stakeholder outreach and sustainability.  

Texas Business reports:  SailPoint hired J. Cameron “Cam” McMartin to be its chief financial officer.

 Texas Business reports:  Austin—SolarBridge Technologies (SolarBridge), a developer of module-integrated microinverters for the solar industry, announced that Bill Mulligan has been appointed to the company’s board of directors and Bill Paape will join SolarBridge as chief financial officer (CFO).

Texas Business reports:  Austin—David A. Laude, senior associate dean for academic affairs and a University Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed interim dean of the university's College of Natural Sciences.

Texas Business reports:  Houston—A. Martin Wickliff Jr., Alton J. Hall Jr. and 12 lawyers from the Houston office of Epstein Becker Green Wickliff & Hall have joined Cozen O'Connor, a full-service litigation and business law firm with more than 550 attorneys practicing in 22 offices throughout the United States and in Toronto and London. 

Sean Morrison

Texas Business reports:  Dallas—UT Southwestern Medical Center, in collaboration with Children’s Medical Center, has recruited Sean Morrison, an internationally recognized leader in adult stem cell research, to lead new pediatric research initiatives.

Texas Business reports:  For the past three-and-a-half years, Zach Burns has served as the general manager at the Courtyard by Marriott near the airport in Austin. He recently moved into the same position at Courtyard by Marriott near the University of Texas campus in Austin.

Texas Business reports:  Dallas—The residential mortgage law firm Polunsky & Beitelis announcing the addition of d financial services attorney Marty Green to lead the firm's operations in Dallas/Fort Worth.

Texas Business reports:  Dallas—Corgan, one of the largest U.S.-based architectural and interior design firms, has recently promoted three employees on its aviation team. Bob Emery has been named a vice president, and Karen Farmer and Farhad F. Mody have been named associates. 

Texas Business reports:  Houston—Far East Energy Corporation named David J. Minor as executive director of operations reporting directly to chief executive Michael R. McElwrath.

Bruce Beutler

Texas Business reports:  Dallas--Bruce Beutler, an internationally recognized leader in immunology and member of the National Academy of Sciences, has been appointed the founding director of a new Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Texas Business reports:  Temple—Sue Rothberg, vice president of manufacturing for Wilsonart International Inc., announced the promotion of Linda Drozd as plant manager for the company’s Temple facility.

Texas Business reports: Austin--Texas businessman, philanthropist and sports team owner Red McCombs has joined the board of directors of Cinsay Inc., the Austin-based new technology company whose proprietary portable web-based video player eCommerce platform has agreements with a wide range of national and international business brands.

Texas Business reports:  Irving—WEB-TPA, Inc., a provider of health plan management services and an AmWINS Group company, appointed Lisa Stoudt as vice president of WEB-TPA’s Communitas Care Management division.

Texas Business reports:  Irving—Commercial Metals Company, headquartered in Irving,  announced today that effective June 1, 2011, Barbara R. Smith will assume the role of senior vice president and chief financial officer for the company, reporting to Joe Alvarado, president and  chief operating officer.

Ted Ricciardello

Texas Business reports:  The Beck Group’s Fort Worth office named Ted Ricciardello as senior preconstruction manager.

Texas Business reports:  Veteran White Lodging employee Sandi Fredrickson has been promoted to general manager of the Courtyard by Marriott in Mesquite.

Texas Business reports: Courtroom attorney Tim Shelby  joined the complex commercial litigation law firm Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos. .

Laura Pontikes

Texas Business reports:  Laura Pontikes, executive vice president of Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc. (S&P) will be a featured panelist at the Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference on May 9-10 in New York City.

Texas Business reports:  Houston—Texas Rare Earth Resources Corp., a heavy rare earths mining company that is developing Round Top Mountain, elected James J. Graham to its board of directors.

Texas Business reports:  Houston—Luby’s Inc. announced that Harris J. Pappas, 66, has resigned from his role as chief operating officer and has retired from the day-to-day operations of the company.

Texas Business reports:  DeVry University appointed Kim Nugent as president of its Houston metro.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—Insuraprise Inc., a Medigap insurance agency, hired Brian McKinney as director of direct marketing.

Texas Business reports:  Dallas—The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas recenlty announced several announcements. 

Texas Business reports:  Austin—WhaleShark Media Inc., a marketplace for coupons and deals, announced that Jag Bath has joined the company as senior vice president of product.

Texas Business reports:  Irving—The Huntington Hotel Group announced the following staff additions/promotions:

Texas Business reports:  International Human Resources Development Corporation (IHRDC) reopened of an office in Houston after a hiatus of 10 years and appointed Pete Ryckman as its Southwest regional manager.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—The board of directors of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) voted to extend an offer of employment to John Polak as the Association's interim general manager.

Texas Business reports: United Recovery SystemsLP, an account receivables management firm, announced the addition of Sheri Jouas to its senior management team as vice president of marketing. 

Texas Business reports:  Christie M. Ballantyne, professor of medicine, has been named chief of the section of cardiology in the Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

Jim Kee

Texas Business reports:  San Antonio—James (Jim) Kee has been named president of South Texas Money Management Ltd.

James O'Hare

Texas Business reports:  Medicus Insurance Company, a medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) carriers, named James O’Hare as claims director for its MPLI business. 

Texas Business reports:  Commercial Metals Company, headquartered in Irving, announced today that its board of eirectors has promoted Joe Alvarado to the position of president and chief operating officer. 

Texas Business reports: Arthur T. Ross of Texas Terminals L.P., Houston was appointed to the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.

Texas Business reports: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP named 12 attorneys to the partnership.

Casey Herren

Texas Business reports:  Dallas—Highland Capital Management  L.P.,  an investment management firm, announced Casey Herren has joined the firm as a director, a newly created position at the firm.

Texas Business reports:  Austin’s NextIO, aprovider of next-generation I/O consolidation solutions, announced that Michael Logan has joined the company as director of sales for EMEA.

Heidi Alderman, Senior Vice President, BASF Petrochemicals in North America.

 Texas Business reports:  Heidi Alderman was named senior vice president of BASF's Petrochemicals division in North America based in Houston.

Texas Business reports:  Fort Worth—Amon Carter Museum of American Art announced three promotions in the development and accounting departments.

Tad Patzek

Texas Business reports:  Austin—Tad Patzek, chair of the department of petroleum and geosystems engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed to a national advisory committee charged with providing guidance to the federal government on how to improve offshore drilling safety, well containment and spill response as the U.S. explores new energy frontiers.

Matt Buckley

Texas Business reports Southwest Airlines named Matt Buckley as vice president cargo & charters.

Robert Steckler

Texas Business reports:  Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano named Robert Steckler, M.D., oncologic surgeon, as medical director of surgical oncology.

Texas Business reports:  Pamela S. Morris, a veteran mortgage banker with more than 20 years experience in residential home lending, has joined Colonial National Mortgage as branch manager. 

Scott W. Waite

Texas Business reports:  Kevin Boltz, senior vice president, MPR Services Inc. (MPR) announced that Scott W. Waite has returned to MPR as vice president of technology.

Texas Business reports:  Houston’s Prognosis Health Information Systems Inc. named several health information technology executives to its executive team.   

Texas Business reports:  Houston American Energy Corp. appointed Richard J. Howe Ph.D.  as a class A director of the company and as a member of the company's audit committee and compensation committee.

Nathan Scott Robins

Texas Business reports:  Irving—HCA's North Texas Division announced the appointment of  Nathan Scott Robins as chief medical officer.

Texas Business reports:  Pearson Partners International, a retained executive search and assessment firm, announces the addition of four members to its board of advisors.

Carol Piering

Texas Business reports:  Associa, a national community association management firm, named Carol Piering vice president of corporate communications.

Texas Business reports:  The Texas Rangers  announced that chief executive officer Chuck Greenberg is leaving the organization.

Texas Business reports:  Spark Energy named Phillip W. Tonge as president.

Texas Business reports:  USTC Holdings LLC, the investor consortium that acquired Xe Services LLC,  named Admiral Bobby R. Inman as an independent director.

Texas Business reports:  FORT HOOD—Lt. General Robert W. Cone, currently the III Corps and Fort Hood commanding general, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of general and assignment as Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, Va.

Texas Business reports:  Seguin—Alamo Group Inc. named Helen W. Cornell to the board as a new independent director.

Texas Business reports:  Austin’s Medicus Insurance Company, a medical professional liability insurance carrier, named Kevin Wier as marketing manager for its MPLI business.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. appointed J. Daniel McCranie to its board of directors.

Texas Business reports:  Terrabon, a Houston-based technology transfer company delivering sustainable bioenergy solutions, announced today that it has retained Tri Nguyen to act as general counsel on behalf of the company’s operations.

Texas Business reports:  Phillip B. Douglas has been named chairman and chief executive officer of LifeCare Holdings Inc., a 20-facility long term acute care hospital system based in Plano.

Arumugam “Ram” Manthiram

 Texas Business reports:  Austin—Mechanical engineering professor Arumugam "Ram" Manthiram, of the Cockrell School of Engineering, has been named director of the Texas Materials Institute (TMI) at The University of Texas at Austin, the university announced in a formal statement.

Texas Buiness reports:  Beaumont—Conn’s Inc., a specialty retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, furniture, mattresses, computers and lawn and garden products, announced Timothy L. Frank has elected to step down as president and chief executive officer and has resigned his position as a director of the company to pursue other opportunities.

Texas Business reports:  Southlake—Andrews Logistics Inc. (ALI), an asset-based transportation-logistics company headquartered in Southlake, named Brian Jarvis president and chief operating officer. 

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ El Paso Branch has reelected Cindy Ramos-Davidson of El Paso as chairman pro tem for 2011.

DALLAS—The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ El Paso Branch has reelected D. Kirk Edwards of Odessa as chairman for 2011.

Texas Business reports:  Austin—Steve Sexton, former president and chief executive of Churchill Downs Entertainment and former President of Churchill Downs, has joined the Formula 1 United States management team as President.

Texas Business reports:  Houston—TPC Group Inc. elected Eugene Allspach to the board of directors, increasing the board’s size from seven to eight.

Texas Business reports:  Robert E. Sanchez, president of Global Fleet Management Solutions for Ryder System Inc., has been elected to Texas Instruments’ board of directors, effective March 15.   

 Texas Business reports:  T.G.I. Friday's named Anita Phillips as the president and chief operating officer of T.G.I. Friday's USA company-owned restaurants.

Texas Business reports:  DALLAS—The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas appointed Gerald B. Smith of Houston to the Bank’s Houston Branch board of directors for a three-year term ending December 31, 2013.

Texas Business reports:  Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., appointed Virgil "Chip" Duffie as Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, responsible for the company's overall Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) and corporate compliance programs.

Texas Business reports: The Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) board of trustees appointed Brian Guthrie as the system’s new executive director, effective September 1.

Texas Business reports:  Thompson & Knight LLP is expanding the firm’s oil and gas section with the addition of Richard B. Hemingway Jr. as partner, as well as attorneys Karen E. Lynch, Rachel F. Harrison, Robert P. Dougherty III, and Anna R. Irion.   

Texas Business reports:  Dana A. Drago   joined Comerica Bank as executive vice president, National Retail Bank Director, the company announced.

Texas Business reports:  Irving’s Fluor Corporation named David T. Seaton to the position of chief executive and company director, consistent with the transition plan previously announced.

Texas Business reports:  Mathew Knowles, the founder, president and chief executive of Music World Entertainment (MWE), has been elected to the Board of Trustees of Fisk University.

Jorge A. Bermudez

Texas Business reports:  The board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Houston Branch has elected Paul Hobby of Houston as chairman and Jorge A. Bermudez of College Station as chairman pro tem for 2011.

Texas Business reports:  Cox Media Group named its new publisher its lead Texas newspaper. 

Texas Business reports:  Alfred B. Knight, M.D. will finalize his transition from president and chief executive of Scott & White Healthcare to his new full-time role as president of the Scott & White Healthcare Foundation (Scott & White's philanthropic arm), effective April 15, 2011.

Texas Business reports: Patriot Coal Corporation announced the appointment of Janiece M. Longoria to its board of directors.

Texas Business reports:  Burleson Cooke added  four attorneys to its San Antonio office, further broadening the scope of services and litigation capabilities the energy law firm provides companies with interests in the Eagle Ford Shale play.

Texas Business reports:  The law firm Thompson & Knight LLP named Armando Cavanha as president and chief executive officer of Thompson & Knight Global Energy Services LLC. 

Texas Business reports:  Daniel Von Hoff, MD, is working with Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center at Dallas as it develops its Innovative Clinical Trials Center (ICTC).

Texas Business reports:  The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Board of Directors elected regulatory and governmental affairs professional Laura Doll as chair, and former interim chair Michehl Gent as vice-chair.   

Texas Business reports:  MIDLAND—Concho Resources Inc. announced the promotions of E. Joseph Wright to senior vice president and chief operating officer and Jack F. Harper to senior vice president and chief of staff. 

Texas Business reports:    Ivanhoe Mines  named Robert B. Holland III, a Dallas  oil executive and former United States Executive Director of the World Bank to its board of directors. 

Texas Business notes this announcement by Baylor University:  Baylor University President Ken Starr today announced the appointment of Tommye Lou Davis, associate dean of the Honors College, associate professor of classics and Master Teacher, to his executive council as vice president for constituent engagement, effective at the start of the spring semester.

Texas Business reports:  THE WOODLANDS  - On Center Software, industry leader in construction software development,  announced that Chris Buzz has joined the company in the newly created position of business intelligence manager. 

Texas Business reports:  Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon and Texas Land & Cattle Steak House announced that Patrick Droesch, currently chief operating officer, has been named president and chief operating officer.    

Texas Business reports: Barclays Wealth,  a financial management firm that specializes in high net worth individuals and families, hired Stephen Head as managing director and regional manager for Texas.

Texas Business reports:  Houston’s  Geokinetics Inc. today announced that Ronald D. Cayon has been appointed as the company's interim chief financial officer pending completion of a search for a permanent replacement. 

TexasBusiness.com reports:  Dallas-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world's largest regional theme park operator, today announced that James Reid-Anderson has been named chairman, president and chief executive officer, effective immediately.

TexasBusiness.com recommends this story by Lori Hawkins of the Austin American-Statesman:  Two years ago, Apple Inc. went to a lot of trouble to hire Mark Papermaster away from IBM Corp., where he was a top engineering executive in Austin.

TexasBusiness.com reports: Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America and one of the largest providers of security services in the U.S., named Greg Goree as general Manager responsible for overseeing their Dallas/Fort Worth operation.  Goree will be responsible for management and expansion of Universal Protection Service's security solutions in the commercial real estate and corporate facility industries throughout Texas.  

Two years ago, he became the first non-Hispanic to lead the local organization, reports the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. 

AMR Corp. named Tom Horton as its president, the No. 2 position at the corporate parent of Fort Worth-based American Airlines, as part of a restructuring in its executive ranks. The promotion should put Horton, previously chief financial officer, next in line to lead Tarrant County's largest employer, reports Andrea Ahles of the Fort Worth Star Telegram.