2025 Residency Week Speakers
Ms. Katharyne Gabriel
Chief of Human Resources
North America Operating Unit at The CocaCola Company
Katharyne serves as Chief of HR for the North America Operating Unit of The Coca-Cola Company. Katharyne and her team support people strategies for $17B in revenue delivered by 6,200 Coca-Cola employees across plants, warehouses and office locations.
Before her current role, Katharyne led a global transformation of organization design, operating model optimization and talent strategies for corporate function colleagues around the world and operating across 200 countries.
Katharyne started her career at The Home Depot, growing across numerous teams in the organization, including Mergers and Acquisitions, Employee Relations, Supply Chain, Operations and as Chief of Staff to the CHRO. She then joined YUM! Brands as Director HR United Kingdom and Ireland. She supported the KFC brand, comprising over 800 restaurants and 25,000 team members. After returning from London, Katharyne was vice president of human resources for IHG Hotels and Resorts, supporting corporate teams, 4,000 franchise hotels and 250 company-managed hotels across Canada, the United States and Mexico/Latin America.
Mr. Federico Muyshondt
Chief Executive Officer
Bodyarmor Sports Nutrition
Federico (Fed) Muyshondt joined Bodyarmor Sports Nutrition (BASN) as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in May 2022 with a focus on driving growth for the company. Since then, his team has expanded to also managing Powerade, which Fed was instrumental in re-launching in 2023 through a new visual identity, brand purpose and breakthrough formula. Together with Bodyarmor and Powerade, BASN is on a mission to become #1 in sports hydration under his leadership.
Before joining BASN, Fed had executive roles at Chobani, serving as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), where he played an integral role in transforming Chobani from a yogurt-only company to a multi-category food company with impressive growth. Before Chobani, Fed worked at Danone and Frito-Lay, serving in various marketing roles. Through his leadership and excellence, He has been featured in Hispanic Executive for his role as a Latino game-changer in the industry. In 2024, he also received the Cornerstone Award from the CEO of Operation Homefront for his commitment and partnership with the organization.
Fed obtained a BS in Business Administration from the Mays School of Business at Texas A&M University and an MBA from the Jones School at Rice University.
Ms. Jennifer Felch
Technology Executive | Former Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer
Dell
Jennifer (Jen) Felch is an experienced Chief Digital Officer, Chief Information Officer, and Business Transformation leader with a proven track record in driving transformation, building high-performing teams, and managing risk in a large, complex global environment.
Jen's career started in engineering and product management with fast-growing start-ups. It later transformed into leading Dell’s digital/IT organization as the company grew to over $100B in revenue. She is passionate about using technology (including artificial intelligence) to deliver great experiences, be more competitive and eliminate waste. Jen loves a good scoreboard.
She has led engineering and operations teams of all sizes, from a 10-person product management team to over 10,000 people building and operating all of the systems for Dell Technologies around the globe.
Mr. Tobin J. Williams
Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Transformation
Stellantis
Tobin J. Williams is the current Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Transformation for Stellantis. Tobin brings over 36 years of extensive global, operations and corporate experience in Human Resources (HR). In 2003, Tobin was appointed Vice President of HR for General Motors (GM) Thailand and Director of HR Association of Southeastern Asian Nations (ASEAN) Operations, which included Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and later (2006) Vice President HR for GM India. In 2007, he was appointed Director of Regional HR for Asia Pacific and later GM International Operations.
In 2010, Tobin was repatriated to the United States and appointed Director of Organization Capability. He received two final appointments. First, in 2012, Executive Director of HR Corporate Staff and second, in 2017, Vice President of HR GM South America. In this role, Tobin led the core HR responsibilities, end to end, for the South American Region. Before this appointment, he was Executive Director of HR Corporate Staff, Communications, Information Technology, Public Policy, Legal and Human Resources.
Tobin is a graduate of Central Michigan University with both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Administration.
2024 Residency Week Speakers
Mr. John Fleming
Partner in an international consulting firm.
Lieutenant General John Van Alystyne
Retired, U.S. Army
Dr. Elsa Murano
Director, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
Professor and President Emerita, Texas A&M University
Mrs. Brittany Taylor
Global Alliance Director, Data Center Solutions at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions
Mr. Daniel Lawson
Senior Vice-President, Verizon
Ms. Denise Harrington
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Speaking With Impact™
Ms. Nia Harrington
Chief Development Officer, Speaking With Impact™
2023 Residency Week Speakers
Dr. W.C. (Kip) Gary
President and CEO, The Brock Group
General Joseph (Joe) W. Ashy
Retired, U.S. Air Force
Dr. Melissa Flagg
Founder and President, Flagg Consulting LLC
Mr. Matthew Edghill
Engineering Director for Structures Engineering, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
2022 Residency Week Speakers
Dr. Mike Yokell
Director in Systems Engineering, Raytheon Technologies Corporation
Dr. Kaffia Jones
Brigadier General (Retired), U.S. Army
Ms. Sunshine Webster
Senior Manager Talent Development, Q2
Mr. Ali Asgharzadeh
Chief Commercial Officer, Etisalat Afghanistan
2021 Residency Week Speakers
Dr. Cynthia Hipwell
Oscar J. Wyatt Jr. ’45 Chair II Professor, J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Mr. Chris Havern
Group President of Integrity Management, Shawcor
Mr. Rich Armour
Senior Advisor, Nozomi Networks, McKinsey & Company
Dr. Tauseef Salma
Vice President of Marketing & Technology, Flowserve Corporation
2020 Residency Week Speakers
Dr. Elsa A. Murano
Director, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
Professor and President Emerita, Texas A&M University
Mr. Scott Tingey
Chief Operating Officer for Facility and Operation, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Mr. Kevin McMahon
General Manager, U.S. Operations
Shell
General Joe E. Ramirez
Commandant, Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets
Brigadier General (Retired), United States Army
2019 Residency Week Speakers
Mr. Ahmed Mahmoud
Chief Information Officer, Global Manufacturing and Supply Chain
General Motors
Mr. Gordon England
Former Secretary of Navy
Former President of General Dynamics
Mr. Andrew Nelson
Mayor of Bryan, Texas
CEO and Co-Founder of Lisam America
Mr. George Anderson
Managing Partner, Anderson & Anderson
2018 Residency Week Speakers
Dr. Elsa A. Murano
Director, Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture
Professor and President Emerita, Texas A&M University
Ms. Lisa Spence
Master of Engineering Technical Management Industry Professor, Texas A&M University
Colonel James Bright
Deputy Director, Texas A&M University System
Mr. Paul Hill
Former Director of Mission Operations, NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Executive Leadership Evangelist and Speaker, Atlas Executive Consulting, LLC