1990s
Kevin Brady (M.B.A. ’98) has been promoted
to vice president of sales and marketing for
Knowledge Systems.
Nicolas Brines (’92) has been named vice
president of the American Heart Association’s
Gulf Coast Division.

Crystal Brown |
Crystal Brown (’96) has been appointed
to the State Advocacy Committee of the American
Heart Association.
Lisa Chmiola Burns (’98) has transferred
to the Houston office of the American Heart Association,
where she is serving as corporate marketing director.
Carolyn Campbell (’92) has been promoted
to managing editor at Alvarez & Marsal Tax
Advisory Services, LLC.
Romulo “Rom” Crespo (’96)
has started a UH Alumni Club in Katy. Anyone
interested in joining may contact him at romcrespo@sbcglobal.net.
David Dang (’97) has been promoted to
vice president of information technology for
Members Choice Credit Union in Houston.
Donald (’95, M.A. ’96) and Stephanie
Dement (’95) are pleased to announce the
birth of their son, Jonah Fulton Dement, on May
12, 2005.
Ronald Green (’93) has been named chairman
of Houston’s Budget and Fiscal Affairs
Committee.
Brian Hanna (’98, M.H.M. ’05) has
been named training consultant for the Houston
Region Corporate Office of McDonald’s,
Inc.
Stephen C. Haynes (M.B.A. ’91) has been
named chief financial officer of Touchstone Resources
USA, Inc.
Richard S. Hellmann (M.B.A. ’91) has been
hired as vice president and director of investment
consultant relations of Eagle Global Advisors.

David Kaiser |
David Kaiser (’93) has
joined the SpawGlass Houston Region as a senior
estimator.
Robert Kramp (’96) has been named vice
president and director of the national research
and client services group of Grubb & Ellis
Company.
Kristen Loden (M.M. ’92) has been named
executive director of Houston Center for Contemporary
Craft.
Paul McNamara (M.H. ’90) of Red Lobster
Restaurants has been awarded the distinguished
alumnus award by the Hilton College Alumni Association.
Jacob Monty (J.D. ’93), managing partner
of Monty Partners, LLP, has been appointed by
President George W. Bush to the board of directors
for the Border Environment Cooperation Commission
and the North American Development Bank.
Dr. David C. Pate (J.D. ’96) is now the
senior vice president and CEO of St. Luke’s
Episcopal Hospital.
Gregory S. Perrin (’92, M.F.A. ’95)
has joined The University of Texas at Austin
as assistant director of development in the College
of Liberal Arts.
Mike Reeves (’94) has accepted the position
of managing partner for a Bennigan’s franchise
in Dallas.
Charles Robinson II (’87, Ph.D. ’97)
is expanding the African American Studies Program
at the University of Arkansas, where he is a
history professor and director of African American
Studies.
Paul Sarahan (’90, LL.M. ’93) has
joined the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski,
LLP as counsel in its environmental group.
E. Ashley Smith (LL.M. ’93) has been named
executive vice president, general counsel, and
chief legal officer of Houston-based Stewart
Information Services Corporation and its wholly
owned subsidiaries, Stewart Title Guaranty
Company and Stewart Title Company.
Ronald L. Smith (’95, M.S.W. ’01)
and longtime friend Vashonda Hickman (M.S.W. ’02)
are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter,
Aureyana Anjorin Biamila Smith, on November 18,
2005.
Kirk Tucker (J.D. ’99) has been elected
partner by Thompson & Knight, LLP.
Chin Yu (’96) has been promoted to senior
manager at UHY Advisors, Inc. in the firm’s
Forensic, Litigation and Valuation Services Group.
