Education Committee Chairs

Laura Lanza Tyson, Esq.
Partner, Baker Botts L.L.P.
Co-Chairman - Austin

Laura Tyson is a Partner with Baker Botts L.L.P., an international law firm with over 750 lawyers and a network of 13 offices worldwide. Laura began her practice in the Houston office of Baker Botts but has been in the Austin office since 2000. Her practice focuses on public and private securities offerings. She has significant experience representing private equity funds, hedge funds and other investors in their formation and ongoing compliance and in the conduct of investment activities.

Laura also represents issuers, underwriters and investors in a variety of equity and debt offerings, including public offerings, direct placements of securities, private placements and venture capital financings and she represents buyers and sellers of businesses. Laura received her J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Houston Law Center.

Barbara Stewart, ACC, CFP®
Accelus Partners, LLC
Chairman - Houston

Barbara Stewart is Principal and founder of Accelus Partners, LLC, providing business and personal coaching to financial services professionals. Barbara has been coaching individuals in business and personal finance for the past twenty years both in the United States and abroad. Her 20 year career as a financial advisor includes work in investment and insurance sales, trading, money manager due diligence and private client advising. She earned her CFP® while in Tokyo as an advisor to US citizen expatriates. Barbara has also owned and managed a Registered Investment Advisory firm that she later sold to a private wealth management group.

In 2010 she established Accelus Partners to broaden her scope of work with clients beyond merely financial. She supports financial services professionals in growing their business and improving the quality of their lives. Barbara holds a B.B.A in Management from Sam Houston State University. In 2011 she was awarded the ACC designation by the International Coaching Federation. In addition to her service to Texas Wall Street Women, Barbara is active in the Houston Financial Planning Association and Houston Coaches.

Susan P. Hartman
Director, AlixPartners LLP
Chair - Dallas

Susan has over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting. She is a Director in AlixPartners' Financial Advisory Services Practice based in Dallas focusing on forensic accounting investigations, valuations and expert testimony. She has been with AlixPartners since 2005 and was previously based in New York City.

Susan began her career at Lehman Brothers as an investment banking associate and has held internal M&A roles at both the Interpublic Group and DoubleClick.

Susan received a BS in Accounting from Tulane University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Education Committee Members:

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