Meet the Dean! Ken Colwell is Professor of Management and Dean of the College of Business. He was previously Dean of the School of Business at Central Connecticut State University and the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences at Long Island University/Brooklyn. Prior to taking his decanal post, he was Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the University of Miami School of Business Administration and a professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Drexel University. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Oregon and an MBA from San Francisco State University. He is the author of the Amazon bestseller The Quickstart Guide to Starting a Business and has been working with startup ventures for over 20 years as an entrepreneurship professor, consultant, coach, and entrepreneur.
The Executive Team consists of Dean Ken Colwell along with the Assistant Dean of Administration & Student Services, Chairs of our three departments, the Associate Deans of External Relations and International Programs, and the Director of Community Engagement.
Ken Colwell
Dean of College of Business
(361) 570-4241
Rhiannon Smith
Assistant Dean, Administration & Student Services
(361) 570-4232
Ronald Salazar
Associate Dean of External Relations
(281) 396-3750
Kaveh Moghaddam
Director of Community Engagement
(281) 396-3747
Jifu Wang
Associate Dean of International Programs & Chair, Management Dept.
(281) 396-3762
Xavier Garza-Gomez
Chair, Finance/Economics/Marketing Dept.
(281) 396-3766
Wei-Chih (Danny) Chiang
Chair, Accounting Dept.
(281) 396-3755
Dean Colwell’s Advisory Boards in Victoria and Katy consist of successful entrepreneurs and executives who help the Dean with his community engagement efforts and advise him on critical matters such as which programs meet the needs of local businesses and making our students ready for employment upon graduation.
Brian Billingsley
Vice President at Office Systems
Waylan Brannan
Owner of Brannan Paving
Hunter Follett
CEO at Tejas Production Services
Kenny French
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Brooke Garcia
Owner of BDG Texas; Clinical Assistant Professor of Management at UHV
Claude Jacobs
Partner at LodeStone Financial Services
Donald Jirkovsky
President at Lighthouse Development Resources LLC
Diane Kliem
President and Attorney at Kliem & Associates
Crystal Lindsey
Digital Marketing Manager at M. Roberts Media
Teri Moten
Owner of Moten Consulting Group
Kyle Noack
CFO at KMH Wealth Management LLC and Keller and Associates CPAs PLLC
Robert Royer
President at Building Brands Marketing and Consulting
Sara Vela
Owner of Vela Farms
Apollo Chang
General Manager at David McDavid Acura
Rick Ellis
Vice President at Katy Area Chamber of Commerce
Bin Feng
Co-Founder and COO at ArbiMed
Jennifer Guo
General Manager, Upstream Supply Chain Management at Chevron
Zachary Hodges
President at Houston Community College Northwest
Rocky Saint-Let Lai
President at Rocky Lai and Associates Ltd.
Sarah Martin
Director of Career & Technical Education for Katy ISD
Sara Montenegro
Assistant Vice President of Operations at Texas Children's Hospital
John Schroeder
Global Business Development Manager at Kalsi Engineering, Inc.
Alan Steinberg
President/CEO at West Houston Association
Mike Sullivan
Director of Governmental Affairs and Corporate Partnerships at Group 1 Automotive
Minly Sung
President at PR Trading Company, Inc.
Jeanette Winters
Managing Partner at Parrish Partners Leadership & Management Consulting; Clinical Professor of Management at UHV
Milton Yang
President at Evergreen General Agency
