Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees 2009-2010
 From left: John E. Bethancourt ’74, Richard Kardys ’67, Ray A. Rothrock ’77, Charles H. Gregory ’64, Bob J. Surovik ’58, Melbern G. Glasscock ’59, Thomas J. Saylak ’82 and Foundation President Eddie J. Davis ’67
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The Foundation is governed by seven trustees, each appointed for a period of seven years. A new trustee is appointed each year to ensure continuity
- Thomas J. Saylak ’82, Chairman is a private investor. He was a special advisor to the Foundation’s Investment Advisory Board from 2002 to 2006. Saylak was the 2001 Mays Business School Outstanding Alumnus and has hosted the Aggies on Wall Street program. He grew up in Bryan and is a dedicated supporter of Texas A&M’s Singing Cadets.
- Bob J. Surovik ’58, Chairman-Electis an attorney and president of McMahon, Surovik, Suttle Attorneys PC, a law firm in Abilene. He is a past president of the Association of Former Students and the Abilene A&M Club. He served on Texas A&M’s Vision 2020 task force.
- John E. Bethancourt ’74, is an executive vice president of Chevron Corp. He was named a 2007 Dwight Look College of Engineering Outstanding Alumnus and serves on the university’s International Programs Board and the Petroleum Engineering Advisory Countil. Bethancourt is a scholarship donor and an active financial supporter of Texas A&M athletics.
- Melbern G. Glasscock ’59 founded Texas Aromatics, Inc. and is president and CEO. He has served as vice chairman of the One Spirit One Vision Campaign Executive Committee and established the Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, the Glasscock chair in history and multiple study abroad scholarships.
- Charles H. Gregory ’64 is president and director of Rupley Holdings Inc. in Houston. Gregory has made several major gifts to Texas A&M, including the Charles H. Gregory ’64 Chair in Liberal Arts, endowed in 2001. With his mother and siblings, he also founded a faculty chair in civil engineering in honor of his late father, R.P. Gregory, Class of ’32. Gregory served on A&M’s One Spirit One Vision capital campaign executive committee and is a Century Club member of The Association of Former Students.
- Richard Kardys ’67 is group executive vice president and chief trust officer at Frost National Bank in San Antonio and is also a certified trust financial advisor. He is a member of the Texas A&M Foundation’s Planned Giving Council and has served on Texas A&M’s last two capital campaign committees. He’s part of the 12th Man Foundation Champions Council and its Council of Athletic Ambassadors, and is past president of The Association of Former Students.
- Ray A. Rothrock ’77 is a managing general partner at Venrock in Palo Alto, California, one of the oldest venture capital firms in the United States. He is a past director of The Association of Former Students. He has served on the Texas A&M Foundation Investment Advisory Committee and co-chaired the arts and sciences group for Texas A&M's Vision 2020 initiative.
