Board of Advisors and Ambassadors
Coach Dale Brown
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Louisiana State University
Coach John Calipari
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, University of Kentucky
Scott Carr
President and CEO, Bonded Logistics
Coach Cori Close
Women’s Head Basketball Coach, UCLA
Phil Cohn
President and Owner, Gold Medallion Homes
Wes Cruickshank
Founding Member, CitiGroup
Coach Homer Drew
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Valparaiso University
Bob Emory
CEO and Founder, Blacklion Stores
Michael Handley
CEO and Co-Founder, Townsend
Hal Hawisher
Account Executive, Workday
Jim Hoefflin
President and CEO, Empower Software Solutions
Coach Ron Hunter
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Georgia State University
Coach Jeff Jones
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Old Dominion University
Ernie Johnson
NBA Host, TNT
Herb Johnson
President and CEO, San Diego Rescue Mission
Rev. Kwesi Kamau
Lead Pastor of IMPACT Church DFW
Matt Kuruvilla
CEO, MK Capital, LLC
Coach Alan Major
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, UNCC
Bernie Mason
President and CEO, Xinergy Ltd.
Bishop Terrell Murphy
Senior Pastor, Life Center International
Coach Scott Nagy
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Wright State
Bill Parmelee
CFO, Oxbow Corporation
Coach Saul Phillips
Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Ohio University
Mike Pitman
Board Member, Premier Sports Management
Raj Pragasam
Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Compass Group
Jonathan Ramsey
Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual
Peter Rieke
Director, Ballantyne Group, Inc.
J. Rollins
Executive Vice President, Optoro, Inc.
Coach Sue Semrau
Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Florida State University
Marcus Smith
President and COO, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Doug Stafford
CEO, Griffin Stafford, LLC
Rev. Michael A. Stevens
Pastor, University City Church
Paul Thompson
CEO, Transportation Insight, LLC
Dr. Kehinde Tokunboh
President, Grace Medical Clinic
Perry Tuttle
Professional Sports Chaplain, Charlotte Hornets
Brad Violette
President & Co-Founder, Talent Bridge Companies
Grant Wilson
Managing Partner, Force Management, LLC