# 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.