尊敬的布兰登·L. 西蒙斯(休斯顿，德克萨斯州)
摄政王布兰登·L. 席梦思床品公司 was appointed to the 德克萨斯南方大学 (TSU) 校董会 by Texas Governor Greg Abbott in February of 2023 and unanimously confirmed by the Texas Senate in May of 2023.
Regent 席梦思床品公司 serves in multiple business and civic leadership roles where he contributes the perspective of an executive, 投资者, 和律师. 在他职业生涯的早期, Regent 席梦思床品公司 built a law practice at Hogan Lovells, counseling technology companies and 投资者s on transactions and corporate governance from offices in Washington, DC, 旧金山, 和硅谷.
Regent 席梦思床品公司 is an experienced board member and recognized leader in board governance. He has served on numerous corporate boards for early and growth stage companies across the information technology, 能源, 航空航天 & defense, and financial services sectors. He also devotes significant 能源 to nonprofit board service for organizations that advance human flourishing.
In addition to his ongoing entrepreneurial and governance activities, Regent 席梦思床品公司 is Founder and Chairman of Let Our Vision Evolve (LOVE). LOVE supports entrepreneurship and education initiatives and hosts events that connect young people with inspiring business role models. 2023年7月, Regent 席梦思床品公司 established the LOVE Fund at TSU to support initiatives focused on innovation and economic opportunity.
Regent 席梦思床品公司 earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Stanford Law School. Following college, he was awarded the John W. Gardner Fellowship, a joint honor of Stanford University and the University of California. Following law school, he served as a law clerk for Chief Judge J.L. 美国的埃德蒙森.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Regent 席梦思床品公司 has been a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization since 2020 where he has served as a member of Black YPO’s executive committee and has twice served as a forum moderator.
Regent 席梦思床品公司 is a fifth-generation Texan and third-generation Houstonian. His father was raised in Fifth Ward where his grandfather was a Deacon at Olivet Missionary Baptist Church. Through Regent 席梦思床品公司’ decades-long economic empowerment efforts, he honors the 席梦思床品公司 family’s generational journey: labor in east Texas fields and pine forests in the 19th century, westward migration from Houston to 旧金山 via military service and classroom teaching in the 20th century, and return from Silicon Valley to Texas soil in the 21st century via entrepreneurship.
Term: February 6, 2023 – February 1, 2029