# Agribusiness Profs-for-a-Day
**Source**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/agribusiness-profs-for-a-day/
**Parent**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/agribusiness-entrepreneurship/
Our professional network is comprised of former students, donors and friends of the program and extends across Texas and beyond. We are fortunate to have some of those inspiring minds come visit Aggieland and serve as professors for a day, sharing with students some of the lessons they’ve learned through success and failure, as they’ve built their own enterprises.
[2023](https://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2023)
[2022](https://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2022)
[2021](http://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2021)
[2020](http://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2020)
[2019](https://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2019)
[2018](https://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2018)
[2017](https://agecon.tamu.edu/types/2017)
## Past Prof-for-a-Day Participants
- ## [Mary & Wade Beckman '90](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/beckman-90-mary-wade/)
Owners, Admiral Catering, Amico Nave, Shipwreck, 3rd on Main
- ## [Maggie Branch Awalt '19](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/branch-awalt-19-maggie/)
Owner & Manager of The Branch Coffeehouse
- ## [Kalyn Carroll '12](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/carroll-12-kalyn/)
Senior Manager at ATKG
979-777-9022
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfd4dcdecdcdd0d3d3ffdecbd4d8dccfde91dcd0d2)
- ## [Rachel Cutrer '01](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/cutrer-01-rachel/)
Founder & CEO of Ranch House Designs, Inc.
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb998a88838e87ab998a85888383849e988e8f8e98828c8598c5888486)
- ## [Clay Deen '16](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/deen-16-clay/)
Owner & CEO of RopeMetrics, LLC & Livestock Technology Services, LLC
214-592-2577
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#157679746c7170707b27557278747c793b767a78)
- ## [Caden Eary '18](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/eary-18-caden/)
Owner & Operator of Shimmer Lane Mobile Detailing
- ## [Lorenzo Gomez, III](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/gomez-iii-lorenzo/)
Cofounder & CEO of WeTree; and Co-founder, Confluence Capital Group
Cell phone: 210-548-6244
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cfa3a0bdaaa1b5a08fa8aabbb8aabbbdaaaae1aca0a2)
- ## [Hunter Goodwin '96](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/goodwin-96-hunter/)
President & COO of Oldham Goodwin Group
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4bca1baa0b1a6fab3bbbbb0a3bdba94bbb8b0bcb5b9b3bbbbb0a3bdbafab7bbb9)
- ## [Benjamin Knox '90](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/knox-90-benjamin/)
Benjamin Knox Gallery
- ## [Derek Kothmann '08](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/kothmann-08-derek/)
Ingram ReadyMix, Inc.
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#66020d09120e0b070808260f140b121e4805090b)
- ## [Randi Mays-Knapp '79](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/mays-knapp-79-randi/)
Certified Etiquette & Leadership Coach
979-450-1649
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d2f3c333934303c242e36333c2d2d1d3a303c3431733e3230)
- ## [Casey Oldham '02](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/oldham-02-casey/)
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Oldham Goodwin Group
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d1e1c0e180453121119151c103d121119151c101a1212190a1413531e1210)
- ## [Jim Pillans](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/pillans-jim/)
Director of Brazos Valley Small Business Development Center
979-260-5222
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6208120b0e0e030c1122170a4c070617)
- ## [Ray Smaistrla '85](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/smaistrla-85-ray/)
Senior Vice President – Middle Market Commercial of Amegy Bank
Office: 713-232-1514
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7200130b5c011f131b0106001e1332131f17150b10131c195c111d1f)
- ## [Kelsea Vaughan '15](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/vaughan-15-kelsea/)
Touch of Whimsy & Vaughan Enterprises
940-391-7670
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f575a5353507f535a4b4c585a4b485756524c565c5e53115c5052)
- ## [J. Boyd Vaughan '15](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/vaughan-15-j-boyd/)
Capital Ranch Sales & Vaughan Enterprises
830-400-9108
- ## [Chad Wootan '92](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/wootan-92-chad/)
Lone Star Realty Group, Wootan Homes, and Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que, Aggieland
Office: 979-485-5227
[[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#accfc4cdc8eccfc3c3dcc9dedfcecedd82cfc3c1)
- ## [Chad Young '94](https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/young-94-chad/)
Area Vice President Benefits Consultant at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.