Fellowships
Acton is the only MBA program in the country that offers every student a $35,000 Acton Fellowship to cover the full cost of tuition, fees, and materials.
Acton Fellowships are gifts from the business leaders of today to the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. The fellowships are a testament to our belief in the transformational power of the Acton program, and our faith that today's Acton Scholars will in turn invest in the following generation.
Each fellowship is named in honor of a leader who personifies Acton's highest principles. Some are famous. Others wealthy. Most belong to the majority of quiet entrepreneurs who build successful businesses, raise healthy families, and give back to their communities.
We believe that thoughtful, principled entrepreneurs are the secret
to America's success, and her scarcest resource. Attracting, nurturing
and developing the next generation of these entrepreneurs here and abroad
is Acton’s primary mission.
Featured Acton Fellowships
Additional Acton Fellowships offered:
- Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University; a research scholar in the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, and a Fellow of the Mercatus Center in Arlington, Virginia
- Author or co=author of over 200 articles and books on capital theory, finance, natural resource economics and experimental economics
- Served on the board of editors of the American Economic Review, The Cato Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, as well as several others
- He is a distinguished fellow of the American Economic Association, an Andersen Consulting Professor of the Year, and the 1995 Adam Smith award recipient conferred by the Association for Private Enterprise Education
- BS, electrical engineering, Cal Tech; PhD, economics, Harvard
- Founder and Chairman of the Board of Prime Cable
- Formally Vice-President of Texas Capital Corporation, a venture capital company
- Currently serves on the boards of Galveston-Houston Company and Atlantic Cellular, Inc.
- Founded the Austin-San Antonio chapter of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) and site on the board of television station KLRU, the PBS affiliate in Austin, Texas
- BS, chemical engineering, University of Oklahoma; MBA, Harvard Business School
- Chairman, BancFirst Corp and Chairman Emeritus, BancFirst
- Formally Chairman of United Community Corp; Chairman and President of the Federal National Bank
- Currently a Director and Partner for several corporations; and his numerous civic activities include Board of Governors for Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Director of Moran Museum, and Trustee of the Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation
- Awards include Lifetime Achievement Award from Leadership Oklahoma, Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and the Humanitarian Award from The National Conference for Community & Justice
- Served in the U.S. Army as a Artillery Officer, First Lieutenant and Intelligence Officer; received Bronze Star Medal and Army Commendation Medal
- BBA, Economics and MBA, University of Oklahoma; graduate, University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Banking
- Co-founder of Hill Partners, the largest Austin based commercial development firm that has developed over 5 million square feet of commercial space at a value of $500 million
- Formerly Marketing Director of Trammell Crow
- Currently on the Board of Directors of the ARC of the Capital Area, Ballet Austin, Active Power, and NetBotz Inc. Former Director of Keep Austin Beautiful and an Account Executive for the United Way
- BA, Southern Methodist University
- Principal, WaxmanCavnerLawson, a financial firm in Austin
- Author of over twenty insurance publications and presentations
- Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)
- MBA with Honors, University of Texas; BBA, University of Texas
- Founder, Wagner & Brown, Ltd., one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration companies in the nation
- Investor and entrepreneur in real estate, diversified manufacturing, and investing
- Major donor of the University of Oklahoma where he is an Energy Center Founder, Distinguished OU Associate, and founding member of the Seed Sower Society (that honors donors of $1 million or more)
- Mr. Wagner's most recent gift of $2.5 million to The University of Oklahoma will go to contruct a new academic services center and fund a scholarship
- BS, geology, The University of Oklahoma
- President and Chief Executive Officer of Latigo Petroleum, a privately owned E&P company
- Founded Colt Resources and Latriat Petroleum; formally President & CEO of Newfield Exploration Mid-Continent Inc.
- Currently on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Leadership Oklahoma, The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Oklahoma, and is President-Elect of the Thomas Gilcrease Museum Association
- BS, Geology, University of Texas; MS, Petroleum Engineering, University of Houston
- President of Collins & Ware Investments Co. and an independent oil and gas producer
- Involved in the oil and gas professional community for over 40 years; co-founded Collins & Ware, Inc.; formally President of Enron Oil and Gas; Executive Vice President and Director of American Quasar Petroleum Company
- Serves as the Chairman of the Midland Wildcat Committee; a board member of the Midland Metropolitan YMCA and the University of Oklahoma’s Sarkey Energy Center
- Formally a member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve
- BS, geological engineering, University of Oklahoma
- Mr. Collins’s son, Patrick, is a 2005 graduate of Acton; Mr. Collins currently resides in Midland, Texas
- Founder of R. Chaney & Co., the largest high-tech venture capital firm in the North American energy sector
- Co-founder of Paramount Petroleum; formally partner of Edge Petroleum
- Passionate collector of contemporary art and memorabilia
- BA, University of Texas at Austin
- Founder and General Partner, Blue Sage Capital
- Founder and CEO, Baskin Family Camps, a multi-site industry leader in the summer camp industry
- Formerly with Goldman Sachs and First Boston
- Former Board member of The American Camping Association and former Board Member of The University of Texas' Harry Ranson Library
- MBA, Yale University; BA and MA in Economics and Politics and Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, England; Phi Beta Kappa, Davidson College
- Co-founding partner of Denver Investment Advisors (retired), one of the nations preeminent investment advisory firms
- Member of the Executive Committee and Chairman of the Major Gifts Committee for the Imagine Miracles Campaign for The Children’s Hospital of Denver; former founding trustee and Chairman of the Board of The Children’s Hospital Foundation in Denver
- BA, Princeton University
- Board of Directors of Macrosolve
- Founded McGill Resources, a venture capital firm; Founder, Chairman & CEO of McGill Environmental Systems
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa and several other private companies
- Owner of Rockford Exploration, an exploration and development company
- Formally owner of Medallion Petroleum, Inc.; co-founder and Executive Vice President of Southport Exploration
- Founder of The Tulsa Innovation Center, which assists people in starting new businesses and providing employment for people in northeast Oklahoma; founder and director of the University of Oklahoma Sarkeys Energy Center; board member of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America; involved in a number of other civic organizations and charities
- Served in the U.S. Army
- B.S., geological engineering, University of Oklahoma
- Founder of Gigared, a telecommunication company
• Founder of Site Solutions
• Formerly with Trammell Crow and NAI/Commercial Industrial Properties
• Serves on the Board of Directors for Trinity Episcopal School and is on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Real Estate Council of Austin
• Co-founder of the Austin Air Force, a community group that monitors air quality, issues ozone advisory alerts and is actively educating the Austin community about air quality issues
• BA, Languages; BBA, International Business & Marketing, University of Texas at Austin
Founder and CEO of NFTE, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, which teaches entrepreneurship and helps low-income young people become economically productive members of societyFormerly Treasury Analyst for Ford Motor Company and founder of his own company, Mason Inport/Export ServicesLeft the corporate world to become a special education teacher in New York City Recipient of numerous awards including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the YearBBA, business economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; MBA, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
CEO of Angelou Economics
- Founder of The Zachary Group, a business consulting firm
- Former CFO of TriFusion; Partner of Gendeavor Consulting Group; CFO of American YouthWorks; Executive Director of Institute to End School Violence
- Former president of the Austin Visual Arts Association; member of Leadership Austin; Founder and President of The Group-Educational Forum
- BA, Business, Economics, & Political Science, Austin College; MBA, Acton School of Business
- Founder and Managing Director of Search Asian Mezzanine
- Formally CEO of Value Creation Inc.; President and CEO of CRB Broadcasting
- Decorated Sergeant, first in his class, U.S. Marine Corps
- BA, Independent Studies, Amherst College; MBA, Harvard Business School
- CEO of Enterprise Teaming LLC
- Formally CFO of Matrix NetSystems; has over 10 years experience in early stage technology ventures
- MBA, University of Texas; BS, Texas A&M University
- Vice-President of the National Christian Foundation, where he helps grow National Christian Foundations in cities across the United States
- Formerly a management consultant with Marakon Associates and the Mitchell Madison Group
- Serves on the boards of The Gathering, the Tijeras Foundation and the New Mexico Christian Community Foundation
- B.A., Duke University, MBA, University of Texas
- Founder of Golf512, a reservation system that sells golf tee times for 25 Austin-area golf courses
- Formerly a Trader for Citigroup
- BA, Dartmouth College; MBA, University of Texas
- Co-founder of Letting Everyone Achieve Dream (LEAD), a summer wilderness camp for underprivileged children from Houston
- Sales associate with Jackson Hole Real Estate & Appraisal in Wyoming
- Former 5th grade teacher in South Central Los Angeles for Teach for America
- B.A., History, Southern Methodist University; MBA, Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
- Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Trust and Global Partner of AMVESCAP
- Formerly Managing Director and National Director of the client strategy group for Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management
- Chairman of the Helen Keller Foundation, member of the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center, member of the Board of Directors for St. Joseph’s Hospital Mercy Foundation, and for Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Southeast
- BS, highest honors, Georgia Institute of Technology; MBA, Harvard Business School
- Founder and President of Esposito Communications
- Fifteen years of marketing, sales and management experience with Cover Girl cosmetics, Miller Lite, and Burger King
- Mentor to women MBA students from Acton and University of Texas; involved in the Forte Foundation
- BBA and MBA, University of Texas
- Founder and managing partner of Whiterock Partners
- Former partner at Connet & Company; principal at TMP Worldwide; consultant at McKinsey & Company
- Former Software engineer at Honeywell Avionics and engineer at GTE
- M.S. and B.S., (magna cum laude), computer science, University of South Florida; MBA, University of Texas
- Founder of Liahona Ventures
- Founder of Virtus Financial Group; cofounder of Gendeavor
- US Army Special Operations Forces, Special Warfare Soldier of the Year
- B.S., Campbell University; MBA, Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
- Currently with Kennedy Associates
- Founder of Poston Real Estate
- Co founder of the Rise School of Dallas
- BS in Speech Communication, University of Texas; MBA, Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
- Currently CFO of Index Hospitality Austin, which runs a group of restaurants including The Hole in the Wall and Austin's Pizza
- Formerly Project Manager with Accenture
- BS in Finance, Notre Dame; MBA, Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship
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