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2025 Residency Week Speakers

Katharyne Gabriel

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.


Federico Muyshondt

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.



Jennifer Felch

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.


Tobin Williams

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