

He was recognized with the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010. While a student at UT Dallas, Jindal served as both Student Government vice president and president and earned the Student Leader of the Year Award. He previously served two terms as a member of parliament in India, representing his home district of Kurukshetra. Jindal Global University in Haryana, India. Jindal is chairman of Jindal Steel and Power and is also the founder and chancellor of O.P. The Naveen Jindal School of Management now bears his name in recognition of his impact.
At the time, Jindal’s gift was the largest ever made by a UT Dallas alumnus. In 2011, he made a significant pledge to UT Dallas’ business school, creating endowed faculty positions, scholarships, fellowships and the Naveen Jindal Institute for Indo-American Business Studies.

Naveen Jindal MBA’92 became one of UT Dallas’ premier benefactors after graduation. At UT Dallas, he served as co-chair of Realize the Vision: The Campaign for Tier One and Beyond, the University’s first comprehensive campaign. He was also a member of the board of directors for UTIMCO, which manages the UT Systems’ $35 billion endowment. He is a former chairman of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, a position he held from 10. Huffines was appointed to a number of Texas state commissions during his career, including the State of Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the COVID Strike Force to Open Texas. from 2010 to 2015 before becoming chief operating officer for subsidiaries of Hilltop Holdings. Previously, he served as president and chief operating officer of PlainsCapital Corp. He currently serves on the board of directors for The Greenbrier Companies and Susser Bank and is chair of Southwestern Medical Foundation’s executive committee. Huffines is a commercial banker with more than 35 years of experience in banking and finance. In a volunteer capacity, she has supported Crossroads Bible Church, Pilots for Kids, Salvation Army, the Girl Scouts and the Boy Scouts of America.

Hudgins-Boudreaux received the Woman of the Year Award from American Biographical Institute in 2002 and was named to the Who’s Who in Executives and Businesses list in 19. She has worked in the semiconductor industry since 1988, joining NOVA in 1991 before purchasing the company in 1995. Lauri Hudgins-Boudreaux BA'93 is president and CEO of NOVA Electronic Materials, a supplier of silicon wafers and other materials for semiconductor manufacturing. President and CEO, NOVA Electronic Materials In 2021, he was named to the D CEO’s Dallas 500 list of most influential business leaders in North Texas. He is a member of the Dallas Citizens Council and an advisor to the Child Poverty Action Lab, a nonprofit dedicated to ending childhood poverty in Dallas. A real estate finance veteran with over 22 years of experience, Healy is an active member of the Dallas business and civic community. real estate where he has overseen over $1.9 billion of investments. Healy BA’00 is the founder and CEO of Civitas Capital Group, an alternative investment management company specializing in U.S. Today, Cheng competes in amateur piano competitions, earning top-three prizes in Chicago, Boston, Colorado Springs, Paris, Warsaw and Washington, D.C.ĭaniel J. The Chongqing, China, native studied computer science at UT Dallas, but was also heavily involved with the undergraduate chamber music ensemble Musica Nova. Gorden Cheng BS’03 has over 20 years of experience in the information security and IT fields, currently serving as deputy corporate security architect for Oracle Inc., the world’s largest database management company. Deputy Corporate Security Architect, Oracle Inc.
