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Jason Shiver Named to Texas 100 Influential Professionals to Watch

01/25/2023

By Colin Pope, Austin Business Journal, December 20, 2022

Our annual Texas 100 is a list of impactful Texans who will likely play crucial roles in the economy during the coming year.

Many powerful billionaires, business mavens and regulators don’t make this cut. Sure, there are a couple of well-known names because we think they’ll make unusual waves in the coming year. But, for the most part, this is not a list of obvious power players. In fact, there are likely several names that will be new to you. We hope that’s the case, because we’re in the business of facilitating connections.

Put simply, the professionals spotlighted in the following features are likely to be people to watch in 2023. They run the gamut, from tech entrepreneurs to real estate gurus to sports stars.

The Texas 100 is an effort by the business journals in Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. It is an assessment based on our newsrooms’ reporting and expertise covering the region’s high-powered business community. We strive to help you understand who’s driving decisions, both in the headlines and behind the scenes.

We asked ourselves a series of questions to develop this list: Who has the power to move the market? Whose clout reaches beyond their company or industry? Who in the business community does the mayor or the governor call for help? Who do you need to know to do business in this town? Who is likely to shape our futures?

We want to hear what you think of our picks. Please send us a note or share your thoughts on social media with the hashtag #Texas100.

2023 Texas 100 (alphabetical order)

  1. Michele Anderson, Austin Habitat for Humanity
  2. Andres Andujar, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp.
  3. Sheldon Arora, LiquidAgents Healthcare
  4. Dusty Baker, Houston Astros
  5. Fred Balda, Hillwood Communities
  6. Jason Ballard, Icon
  7. Melissa Bauman, Harvey E. Najim Charitable Foundation
  8. Natara Branch, Houston Exponential
  9. Clark Briner, Revere Capital
  10. Matt Brown, Centro San Antonio
  11. Janis Burke, Harris County Houston Sports Authority
  12. Todd Burnette, JLL
  13. Danny Charbel, Keller Williams City View
  14. Daniel Chu, Tricolor
  15. Chad Cook, Quadrant Investment Properties
  16. Adriana Cruz, State of Texas
  17. Susan Dawson, E3 Alliance
  18. Kelly Ann Doherty, Mr. Cooper Group
  19. Greg Ebel, Enbridge
  20. Nuha Elkhiamy, Google
  21. David Fonseca, VelocityTX
  22. Hugh Forrest, South by Southwest
  23. Bob Franklin, Stellar
  24. Rudy Garza, CPS Energy
  25. Jordan Ghawi, Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council
  26. Michael Girdley, Girdley Enterprises
  27. Connie Gonzalez, Brooks
  28. Omar Gonzalez, Oxbow Development Group
  29. Alan Graham, Mobile Loaves & Fishes and Community First Village
  30. Mauricio Gutierrez, NRG Energy Inc.
  31. Aleric Heck, AdOutreach
  32. Jessica Miller Essl and Susan Gruppi, M2G Ventures
  33. Jay Hartzell, University of Texas at Austin
  34. Dr. William Henrich, UT Health San Antonio
  35. Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, greater:SATX
  36. Bruce Hill, San Antonio Missions Baseball LLC
  37. Joe Iannacone, Titan Development
  38. Ashley Jackson, Austin Board of Realtors
  39. Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Sire Spirits
  40. Jerome Karam, JMK5 Holdings LLC
  41. Daryl Kenningham, Group 1 Automotive
  42. Ali Khataw, Austin Chamber of Commerce, Encotech Engineering Consultants
  43. Merrilee Kick, BuzzBallz
  44. Steve Kuhn, Major League Pickleball
  45. Charles Leddy, Presidian Hotels & Resorts
  46. Tomika LeGrande, Prairie View A&M University
  47. Jon Lambert, The Cannon
  48. Kris Larson, Central Houston Inc.
  49. Lorie Logan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  50. Michael Lynd, Jr., Kairoi Residential
  51. Danny Martin, Esposure
  52. Jim McIngvale, Gallery Furniture
  53. Cassandra McKinney, Comerica
  54. Robert Melvin, San Antonio for Growth on the Eastside
  55. Sander Mohn, Endeavor Real Estate Group
  56. Elon Musk, Tesla/SpaceX/Boring Co./Neuralink/Twitter
  57. David Northern, Houston Housing Authority
  58. Anne Olson, Buffalo Bayou Partnership
  59. David O’Reilly, Howard Hughes Corp.
  60. Ryan Pape, XPEL
  61. Mattie Parker, mayor of Fort Worth
  62. Meg Paulus, Holt Ventures
  63. Jim Perschbach, Port San Antonio
  64. Wade Phillips, Houston Roughnecks
  65. Laura Hines-Pierce, Hines
  66. Dave Porter, Williamson County Economic Development Partnership
  67. Andrew Price, CBRE
  68. Sylnovia Holt-Rabb, Austin Economic Development Department
  69. Vasu Raja, American Airlines
  70. William Redd, Brandywine Realty Trust
  71. Amber Rogers, Hunton Andrews Kurth
  72. Kate Rogers, Alamo Trust Inc.
  73. Thad Rutherford, SouthStar Communities
  74. Caitlyn Ryan, Stream Realty Partners
  75. G. Brint Ryan, Ryan
  76. Jean Savage, Trinity Industries
  77. Andrew Schaap, Aligned Data Centers
  78. Ted Segal, Houston Dynamo Football Club
  79. Katherine Shappley, Meta
  80. Kent Sharp, Sherman Economic Development Corp.
  81. Taylor Shead, STEMuli Studios

Jason Shiver, Waterloo Sparkling Water

Jon Silberman, Partners

Randy Smith, Weston Urban

Lauren Sparks, Agility Bank

Jon Taylor, Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Sylvester Turner, mayor of Houston

Nina Vaca, Pinnacle Group

Peter Vanacker, LyondellBasell

Benjamin Vann, Impact Ventures

Hines Ward, San Antonio Brahmas

Kirk Watson, mayor of Austin

Andrew Watterson, Southwest Airlines

Melva K. Williams, Huston-Tillotson University

Taylor Wilson, Wilson Capital

Lindsey Wright, KKR

Vanessa Wyche, NASA’s Johnson Space Center

Bryan Wysong, Texas Tumblestyles

Lesia Crumpton-Young, Texas Southern University

Maria Zannes, bioAffinity Technologies Inc.