About Us
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors, composed solely of Horatio Alger Members, is charged with guiding the Association in advancing its mission and ensuring the achievement of strategic goals. To this effect, the Board has established core policies to govern its actions and ensure the overall effectiveness of the organization. Board Members are elected by the membership to serve four-year terms and may serve consecutive terms.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN
Matthew K. Rose
Retired Chairman-CEO
BNSF Railway Company
PRESIDENT
James F. Dicke II
Chairman-CEO
Crown Equipment Corporation
TREASURER
Anthony Welters
Executive Chairman
BlackIvy Group, LLC
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
Byron D. Trott
Founder & CEO
BDT & Company
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Paul Anthony Novelly
Owner, St. Albans Global Management
Apex Oil Company and AIC, Limited
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Dennis R. Washington
Founder
The Washington Companies
ENDOWMENT FUND CHM & PRES
Walter Scott, Jr.
Suzanne and Walter Scott Foundation
HORATIO ALGER ASSOCIATION OF
CANADA REPRESENTATIVE
V. Prem Watsa
Chairman and CEO
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Valerie Montgomery Rice
President and Dean
Morehouse School of Medicine
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
George L. Argyros
Chairman and CEO
Arnel & Affiliates
Wanda M. Austin
President and CEO, Retired
The Aerospace Corporation
Ronald M. Bergeron, Sr.
Founder and CEO
Bergeron Land development, Inc.
Bergeron Family of Companies, and
Bergeron Properties & Investment Corp.
Robert J. Brown
Founder, Chairman and CEO
B&C Associates, Inc.
Arthur A. Ciocca
Founder & Chairman Emeritus
The Wine Group, Inc.
Leon G. Cooperman
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Omega Advisors, Inc.
Dean A. Cortopassi
Owner/CEO
San Tomo Group
Don R. Daseke
Founder, Chairman, & CEO
Daseke, Inc.
William J. Doré
CEO
Doré Energy Corporation
William F. Farley
Chairman and Owner
Liam Ventures
Sam Fox
Former U.S. Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Belgium
Founder, Harbour Group
Patrick P. Lee
Chairman, Patrick P. Lee Foundation
Chairman and CEO, Lee Capital
Gilbert Edward LeVasseur, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
LeVasseur Capital Partners, LLC
Harvey L. Massey
Chairman and CEO
Massey Services, Inc.
Craig O. McCaw
CEO, Eagle River, Inc.
Chairman, Pendrell Corp.
Howard M. Meyers
Chairman
Quexco Incorporated
Lee E. Mikles
Chairman
First Montecito Advisors, LLC
Alan B. Miller
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
Universal Health Services, Inc.
Robert G. Miller
Chairman and CEO
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
James R. Moffett
Chairman Emeritus
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
Brian Mulroney, P.C., C.C., LL.D.
Former Prime Minister of Canada
Senior Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
Joseph Neubauer
Former Chairman of the Board, Aramark
Next Egg Group
R. James Nicholson
Senior Counsel
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
Ronald M. Simon
Chairman
RSI Holding LLC
CHAIRMAN EMERITUS
David L. Sokol
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Teton Capital, LLC
Chairman of the Board, Seaspan Corporation
Earl W. Stafford, Sr.
Chief Executive Officer
The Wentworth Group LLC
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Stafford Foundation, Inc.
Glenn B. Stearns
Chairman and Owner
Stearns Corporation
David L. Steward
Founder and Chairman
World Wide Technology, Inc.
Peter W. Stott
President
Columbia Investments, Ltd.
Chairman & Chief Executive
Market Express, LLC
Chris Sullivan
MVP Holdings LLC
Marcia G. Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bennett International Group, LLC
AT-LARGE MEMBER
Greg P. Renker
Co-Founder & Co-Chairman
Guthy-Renker
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Lou Dobbs
Host, Lou Dobbs Tonight
Fox Business Network
Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice
United States Supreme Court
BOARD MEMBERS
Gregory E. Abel
Vice Chairman – Non-Insurance Businesses Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Executive Chairman
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Charles C. Anderson, Sr.
Chairman Emeritus
Anderson Companies
Lee R. Anderson, Sr.
Owner and Chairman
APi Group, Inc.
Al Annexstad
Chairman Emeritus, Federated
Insurance Companies
AMA Investments, L.L.C.
Foster Stephen Friess
Founder and Retired Chairman
Friess Associates LLC
Terry M. Giles
President
Giles Enterprises
Jack M. Gill
The Gill Foundation of Texas
& Gilfin International
Vanguard Venture Partners
Joseph M. Grant
Chairman and Partner, BankCap Partners
Chairman Emeritus, Texas Capital Bancshares
Bill Greehey
Chairman of the Board
NuStar Energy
John F. Grundhofer
Chairman Emeritus
U.S. Bancorp
Edmund A. Hajim
Chairman
HighVista Strategies LLC
Craig Hall
Chairman and Founder
Hall Group
Ronald G. Harrington
Chairman
BioMotiv/Harrington Project
Melvyn N. Klein
Founder
Melvyn N. Klein Interests
Kenneth G. Langone
Founder, President & CEO
Invemed Associates, LLC
Harry S. Patten
Founder, Chairman and CEO
National Land Partners, LLC and
Inland Management
Patten Family Foundation
Nido Qubein
President
High Point University
Linda D. Rabbitt
Founder and Chairman
rand* construction corporation
Ernest S. Rady
Founder, Executive Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer, and President, American Assets Trust, Inc.
Founder and Executive Chairman
ICW Group Insurance Companies
Jeffrey A. Rich
Managing Director
Plumtree Partners, LLC
Carl H. Ricker, Jr.
Founder, Chairman and CEO, Azalea Holdings
Chairman, Gensys Ballasts
Harry S. Rinker
Founder and CEO
Rinker Development Company
T. Denny Sanford
Chairman of the Board
United National Corporation
Stephen C. Schott
Owner & CEO
S.C.S. Development Co. / Award Homes
James M. Seneff, Jr.
Executive Chairman
CNL Financial Group
Thomas Joseph Shannon, Jr.
Founder, T-Bird Restaurant Group, Inc.
Founder, Village Development Co.
John H. Weiland
Vice Chairman, President and
Chief Operating Officer (Retired)
C.R. Bard, Inc.
Sidney D. Wolk
Founder, Chairman & CEO
The Cross Country Group
Robert L. Wright, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
FE Holdings, Inc.
Terrence J. Giroux
Executive Director
