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The Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute (KS WELI) was founded as an interdisciplinary curricular and co-curricular campus entity.
KS WELI was founded with three original campus partners and Deans: College of Fine Arts (COFA), McCombs School of Business, and the School of Undergraduate Studies (UGS). In the Fall of 2020, the College of Natural Sciences and the Cockrell School of Engineering joined the Institute to grow and support the number of women-led and women-owned businesses on the Forty Acres - and beyond.
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Board of Directors

Kelsey Evans

Kelsey Evans

Corporate Relations
Executive Director

Lesley Robinson

Lesley Robinson

KS WELI
Founding Director

Lillian Mills

Lillian Mills

McCombs School of Business
Dean
KS WELI Current Board Chair, 2022

Ramon Rivera-Severa

Ramón Rivera-Servera

College of Fine Arts
Dean

Roger Bonnecaze

Roger Bonnecaze

Cockrell School of Engineering
Dean

Sheena Wilde

Sheena Wilde

Kendra Scott
Vice President, Philanthrophy

Stephen Russell

Stephen Russell

College of Natural Sciences
Department Chair, Human Development & Family Sciences Director, School of Human Ecology

Sydney Key

Sydney Key

KS WELI
Student Board President 2023-2024

Past Board Members

Brent Iverson

Brent Iverson

School of Undergraduate Studies
Former Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies
KS WELI, Founding Board Member & Board Chair 2021-2022

Doug Dempster

Doug Dempster

College of Fine Arts
Retired
Former Dean, College of Fine Arts KS WELI, Founding Board Member & Board Chair 2019-2021

Ingrid Villarreal

Ingrid Villarreal ’23

KS WELI
Student Board President 2022-2023

Jan Ryan

Jan Ryan

College of Fine Arts
Professor of Practice
Former Executive Director, Center for Creative Entrepreneurship KS WELI, Founding Board Member

Jay Hartzell

Jay Hartzell

University of Texas at Austin
President
Former Dean, McCombs School of Business KS WELI, Founding Board Member

Paul Goldbart

Paul Goldbart

College of Natural Sciences
Former Dean

Samantha Bryant

Samantha Bryant

KS WELI
Past President, Student Board 2020-2021

Sharon Wood

Sharon Wood

University of Texas at Austin
Executive Vice President & Provost
Former Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering

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