Time to Mentor

Connect with McCombs to find a way to mentor that’s right for you 

Texas McCombs is known as a connector, helping to enhance careers and seeding long, fulfilling friendships. Mentorship programs are often the key to unlocking those relationships. McCombs offers a variety of opportunities for mentors and mentees, from an annual dinner that brings together undergrads and executives to industry-specific match-ups to a new virtual community called McCombs Connect, which includes mentoring opportunities for alumni and students. 

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Ed Tonkon, BBA ‘78, at this year’s Executive Mentorship Dinner

Would you like to mentor someone in their academic studies or career journey?

Here are opportunities McCombs offers for alumni to connect:

McCombs Connect

Launched last year, McCombs Connect is a comprehensive virtual community for alumni and students offering alumni career management resources, including mentoring, coaching, career education, and a job board. Look for information and opportunities for formal and informal mentorship programs or groups tailored to your education, industry, affinity group, and location. Look for ways to mentor (or benefit as a mentee) for specific McCombs programs, from BBA to MBA. Mentoring is easy, with matches based on data and even “flash mentoring” with one to two sessions. Students and alumni can find connection and community through this program with tons of resources, event information, and career content, plus video chats and discussion boards.

Sign up here
Canfield BHP Alumni Mentor Network 

This program matches alumni to Canfield Business Honors sophomores and juniors based on similar academic or professional interests. Canfield BHP alumni come from a variety of fields and may advise their mentees on academic majors and career exploration, graduate school preparation, and professional development, as well as balancing school, career, and outside interests.  The matches are made in the fall and mentors and mentees communicate monthly. 

Contact: Stephanie Cantu stephanie.cantu@mccombs.utexas.edu
KBH Energy Center’s Annual Energy Mentoring Program

This is an excellent opportunity for students to be mentored by experts in the energy, law, and business industries. The center is looking for mentors to guide and help rising talent. The Annual Energy Mentoring Program is a two-semester experience that matches mentors with students from various parts of campus based on industry interests. The expectation is that the mentee and mentor build their relationship virtually or in person through monthly meetings.

Contact: Alexa Robinson at alexa.robinson@mccombs.utexas.edu by Oct. 6, 2023
Wall Street for McCombs

This program develops high-performing undergraduate and graduate students to become financial services industry leaders. WSFM graduates mentor students in the program, serve on the New York for McCombs Council, and act as UT ambassadors at their companies.

Contact: Xavier Sztejnberg at xavier.sztejnberg@mccombs.utexas.edu
Wealth Management Center

The McCombs Wealth Management Center’s Mentorship Program connects students with wealth management professionals and provides them with an invaluable opportunity to learn and develop relevant industry skills. Mentors will be paired with two to three students for a fall or spring semester. 

Contact: Lorna Henry at msb-wmp@mccombs.utexas.edu
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs

Although TVL does not offer a traditional mentoring program, TVL alumni lend their expertise to young entrepreneurs through TVL classes, competitions, and public events.

Contact: Christy Grady at infoTVL@mccombs.utexas.edu
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Mentor Program 

Join this program through the Harkey Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and empower aspiring entrepreneurs with your guidance and support. Share your expertise and real-world experiences to shape the next generation of business leaders. Engage in one-on-one mentorship sessions, judge business plans, host webinars, or contribute to the institute.

Contact: entminor@utexas.edu
Graduate Women in Business 

GWiB provides resources for women at McCombs to enhance their professional skills and support the advancement of women in the workplace. It offers an annual mentorship program for first- and second-year MBA student members. GWiB second-year MBA students and recent alumni members can serve as mentors to first-year MBA students seeking guidance as they navigate the internship and job search process. 

Contact: graduatewomeninbusiness@mccombs.utexas.edu
Subiendo Academy

Undergrad and graduate McCombs students work with rising high school seniors during the summer to help shape them as future leaders. The student mentors volunteer as team leaders and may join the Subiendo Longhorn Chapter. In addition, business community volunteers assist with encouraging the teens in the program. That may include speaking at an event, hosting a get-together, or serving as a resource for a student project.

Contact: Leticia Acosta, Director, leticia.acosta@mccombs.utexas.edu 512-232-6780
Annual Executive Mentorship Dinner

Celebrating its 10th year, this popular gathering was created by the McCombs BBA Advisory Board and is endowed by Ed Tonkon, BBA ’78, president of Zebra Retail Solutions at Zebra Technologies. About 150 high-achieving undergraduate business students dine with about 15-20 executive-level mentors who are invited to attend. In this intimate setting, students get access to some of McCombs’ most successful graduates and friends, along with a chance to learn more about the mentor’s field and gain career insights. 

Contact: alumni@mccombs.utexas.edu
Subiendo Academy

Undergrad and graduate McCombs students work with rising high school seniors during the summer to help shape them as future leaders. The student mentors volunteer as team leaders and may join the Subiendo Longhorn Chapter. In addition, business community volunteers assist with encouraging the teens in the program. That may include speaking at an event, hosting a get-together, or serving as a resource for a student project.

Contact: Leticia Acosta, Director, leticia.acosta@mccombs.utexas.edu 512-232-6780

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