MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors welcomes 14 new members
MD Anderson News Release October 09, 2015
Business and community leaders are committed to advance institution’s efforts to end cancer
MD Anderson News Release 10/09/2015
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors, an appointed board of volunteers charged with advancing MD Anderson’s goal to end cancer, will welcome 14 new members at its annual meeting Oct. 28-29 in Houston. The incoming group reflects the board’s national and international presence. The new members represent five states across the nation and hail from as far away as Spain:
• Andrew M. Baker, Houston, Texas — Managing partner, Baker Botts LLP
• Alejandra De la Vega Foster, El Paso, Texas — President,
Almacenes Distribuidores de la Frontera (Chihuahua, Mexico)
• J. Robert Brown, El Paso, Texas — Owner and president,
Brownco Capital LLC
• Anthony Ray "Tony" Chase, Houston, Texas — Chairman and CEO,
ChaseSource LP
• Diane Dilworth Gates, Corpus Christi, Texas — Retired teacher, counselor,
Laredo private school administrator
• Robert (Bob) G. Gwin, The Woodlands, Texas – Executive vice president,
finance, and CFO, Anadarko Petroleum
• Wyck A. Knox Jr. , Augusta, Ga. — Of counsel, retired partner and former
chairman of the law firm Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
• Andrew D. McCullough, Houston, Texas — Self-employed private investor,
Ashe Family Interests
• Charles D. McVean, Memphis, Tenn. — Founder, chairman and CEO,
McVean Trading & Investments LLC
• George E. Norcross III, Cherry Hill, N.J. — Executive chairman,
Conner Strong & Buckelew
• Ana Palacio, Madrid, Spain — Founding partner, Palacios & Afociados and member of the
Council of State of Spain
• Donald R. Sinclair, Houston, Texas — President, CEO and a director
of Western Gas Partners LP and Western Gas Equity Partners LP
• Glenn B. Stearns, Wilson, Wyo. — Chairman, Stearns®
• S. Wil VanLoh Jr., Houston, Texas — Co-founder, president and CEO,
Quantum Energy Partners
“It is an honor to welcome each of these outstanding men and women to the Board of Visitors,” said Mel Klein, BOV chair, of Corpus Christi. “It is a privilege to be a part of MD Anderson’s history and to help advance its future by raising funds, awareness and support. We are grateful for these dedicated volunteers who have enthusiastically joined us as ambassadors of this great institution.”
Since the board’s inception in 1957, it has played a crucial role in advancing the world’s leading cancer treatment and research center.
“Our Board of Visitors members dedicate their time, wisdom, influence and resources to our shared goal to end cancer here at home and globally,” said Ronald DePinho, M.D., president of MD Anderson. “Their compassion for all cancer patients and their commitment to MD Anderson fuel our efforts in Making Cancer History.”