Member Information
Links to the Council's membership list, Austin-area hotels and Texas institutions of higher education are provided below with a list of Council officers.
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Council Membership
The Council is comprised of the chief executive officers of the public general academic universities, system offices, health-related institutions, and the three two-year state colleges in the Houston/Gulf Coast area.
- Members as of December 1, 2023
- Hotels in the Austin area (click here)
- A map of of all higher education institutions in Texas is available here
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Council Officers
Chancellor Tedd Mitchell (Chair, Texas Tech University System), President Alisa White (Chair-elect, Sam Houston State University), President Pablo Arenaz (Secretary/Treasurer, Texas A&M International University), and President Lawrence Schovanec (Past Chairman, Texas Tech University).
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Executive Committee
FY24: Jennifer Cowley (University of Texas at Arlington), Taylor Eighmy (University of Texas at San Antonio), Thomas Johnson (Lamar State College - Orange), Jaime Taylor (Lamar University), Sidney Valentine (Lamar Institute of Technology), Richard Walker (University of Houston - Clear Lake), Walter Wendler (West Texas A&M University).
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Past Chairmen
Current members who have completed service as a Council chair:
Guy Bailey
University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Brian McCall
Texas State University System
Lawrence Schovanec
Texas Tech University