The economic revival advisory panel created by President Donald Trump is stacked with North Texas connections.
Besides sports team owners Jerry Jones and Mark Cuban, the panel includes a host of CEOs of companies based in Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as parent companies of businesses located in the region.
Trump identified 202 business leaders Tuesday, including these local executives:
- Ray Washburne, cofounder of M Crowd Restaurant Group and co-owner of Highland Park Village shopping center. He’s been a Republican Party fundraiser for Trump.
- Real estate developer and technology investor Ross Perot Jr.
- Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods.
- Fluor CEO Carlos Hernandez.
- McKesson CEO Brian Tyler.
- PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta. PepsiCo is the parent company of Plano-based Frito-Lay.
- Yum Brands CEO David Gibbs. Yum is the parent company of Plano-based Pizza Hut.
Trump isn’t the only elected official assembling business leaders for advice on how to stoke economic recovery. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson last week formed a task force and appointed former Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher to lead it.
And Collin County Judge Chris Hill last week named 31 business leaders to his economic recovery group. They are:
- David Bristol, CEO, Employee Solutions.
- Kyle Armstrong, chief operating officer, Baylor University Medical Center.
- Mark Davis Bailey, CEO, The Original Pancake House (DFW).
- David Brooks, CEO, Independent Bank.
- Scott Burchett, chief operating officer, Frisco RoughRiders.
- Pete Carey, vice president, Toyota Financial Services.
- Bob Collins, senior lecturer and executive in residence, Texas A&M University-Commerce.
- Dr. Tyler Cooper, CEO, Cooper Aerobics.
- Phil Crone, executive director, Dallas Builders Association.
- Randy DeWitt, CEO, Front Burner Restaurants.
- Tony Ewing, CEO, Advanced Fixtures Inc.
- Nick Ganter, senior population health account executive, AbbVie.
- Roger Harris, CEO, Metro Linen.
- Jamee Jolly, senior executive director, Plano ISD Education Foundation.
- David Kemp, retired IT professional.
- Jerry Kezhaya, CEO, The Auto Shop.
- Pat Lobb, CEO, Toyota of McKinney.
- Adam Majorie, chief advocacy officer, Collin County Association of Realtors.
- Dave Osburn, CEO, Osburn Contractors LLC.
- Linda Paulk, CEO, Sky Ranch.
- Jeff Place, Raytheon Intelligence and Space vice president operations and supply chain.
- Ben Pogue, CEO, Pogue Construction.
- Barry Rich, CEO, RPM xConstruction LLC.
- Keresa Richardson, CEO, Lawton Commercial Services and Benjamin Franklin Plumbing.
- Amanda Rockow, vice president of public affairs, The University of Texas at Dallas.
- Virginia Schaefer, director of government relations, Texas Instruments.
- John Scheef, founding partner, Scheef and Stone Attorneys.
- Nathan Sheets, CEO, Nature Nate’s Honey.
- Robb Temple, chief government affairs officer, Independent Bank.
- Mark Ulfig, executive vice president, Sanden Holdings Corp.
- Rick Wells, CEO, Wells Hospitality Group.
