VOELKEL SELECTED PRESIDENT OF A&M FOUNDATION

  

The Texas A&M Foundation’s board of trustees has selected Tyson Voelkel as its new president.

The U.S. Army veteran and 1996 graduate of Texas A&M University will take office Jan. 20.

Voelkel will oversee the recently launched $4 billion Lead by Example campaign, succeeding longtime foundation president Ed Davis, and has organizational leadership, asset management knowledge and diverse educational experience helped lead to his selection, foundation officials say.

At A&M, he served as leader in the Corps of Cadets and Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, student government, Traditions Council and other undergraduate activities.

Voelkel, a graduate of Brenham High School, served as corps commander, the group’s highest ranking member, his senior year.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in industrial distribution from Texas A&M’s College of Engineering, Voelkel began a 14-year career as an Army infantry officer in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

He served in Iraq twice as a company commander in the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment and earlier as a brigade assistant operations officer in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Since leaving the military in 2012, Voelkel has worked with private wealth management firms that serve high net worth investors.

In memory of their daughter Lily, Voelkel and his wife Christi founded the Lily Voelkel Foundation to serve deaf-blind children and those with CHARGE syndrome, a complex and life-threatening disorder in children.