Margolis previously served as vice chair and has been a member of the board since 1993. He is in addition a trustee of the Texas Heart Institute at which many UT-Houston faculty have joint appointments. The board was created by the regents of The University of Texas System in 1978.
Membership requires confirmation by the regents.
Their advocacy is essential, their contributions to the advancement of UT-Houston are substantial, and their advice and council are invaluable. Goodman is currently on the UT-Houston development council as well as the Texas Children's Hospital Advisory Board and is a trustee of the Houston Children's Museum. This UT alumnus also serves as director of Goodman Manufacturing and Dayton Manufacturing and as advisory director for Southwest Bank of Texas. Lasher, a longstanding friend of UT, is a trustee for the Weingarten Fund, Kinkaid School, the Hermann Eye Fund and Congregation Beth Israel, and serves as the president for the Society for the Performing Arts. Murphy is trustee and former chairman of Business ArtsFund, trustee of the finance committee for Children's Museum of Houston and sits on the advisory board for Mississippi State University where he graduated with a bachelor of science.