Author: Sara Samora

The nonprofit has promoted a senior executive from within its finance division to succeed the previous CFO, who held the role for 17 years.

The funds will go toward establishing a new center to further research and debate on affordable housing and community development policy.

Although the Texas A&M alum resides in Puerto Rico, his company is based in Houston.

The incoming executive director has been at BP America Inc. for over 20 years and has collaborated with over 100 organizations globally in the energy industry.

A retired OB-GYN and the CEO of the newly formed HEQ Deepwater made a huge contribution after hearing Houston Methodist Cancer Center’s director talk about treatments to patients faster.

Forbes partnered with Statista, a global market and consumer data company based in Hamburg, Germany, to survey 85,000 women in 40 countries for the list.

This isn’t the first time the H-E-B CEO and chairman has contributed to the historically black university.

The architecture will honor the former Rice Media Center and Art Barn, which was commissioned by Houston art patrons John and Dominique de Menil in 1969.

The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine released the 16th annual Top Schools for Entrepreneurship Studies lists on Nov. 16, and two Houston universities are three-peats at the top.

The gift was also matched by an anonymous donor, making it a $2 million endowment.