Advisory Council
The TAMU CIBER Advisory Council was created in 1990 as the successor to the Center for International Business Studies Board of Advisors, which had been created in 1986. The Council has both external (to TAMU) and internal (TAMU) members. The internal members include administrators and faculty in Mays Business School, the Bush School of Government and Public Service, and the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Agriculture, and Engineering, and the Executive Director of International Student Services. External membership includes local, state, and national business executives, community college administrators and public sector officials and other professionals. The combined internal and external membership brings a considerable measure of diversity that is very helpful to the CIBER in carrying out the wide variety of CIBER activities.
The full Council meets annually at Texas A&M University to plan, evaluate, and advise on CIBER activities. The wide span of experience that the Council membership includes provides a valuable source of counsel to the Center in planning and organizing its activities. Numerous council members are financial donors to the Center, donating funds for study abroad scholarships and to support the Center's operations. Members serve as visiting classroom lecturers, and use their contacts in the business world and government to bring distinguished speakers to campus.