AOMA Leadership
Board of Governors
AOMA’s seven-member governing board is the legal body granted specific authority over the institution’s governance. This authority is delegated to the board of governors by the shareholders of the institution through the corporate bylaws.
The governing board of the Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin consists of seven members—prominent Texas citizens who are nominated by the board of directors and elected by the governing board in accordance with the corporate bylaws. The members of AOMA’s governing board are elected based upon their ability, skills, and experience to set the strategic plan and policies that ensure the institution will achieve its mission.
Chair: JoyLynn Hailey Reed
Director, Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching; Clinical Assistant Professor; SACS Executive Team, University of Texas at Dallas
PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, 1989
MA, Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1983
BS, Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 1981
BA, English, University of Texas at Austin, 1980
Kenneth H. Beck
Co-founder, The Crossings - Austin, Texas
Former Senior Vice-President, Dell Computer Corporation
BS, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1967
Glenda J. Chamberlain
Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice-President, Whole Foods Market - Austin, Texas
BBA, University of Texas at Austin, 1973
Glynn Harmon
Professor, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin
MBA, Business Administration, Southwest Texas State University, 1973
PhD, Information Science (Public Administration cognate), Case Western Reserve University, 1970
MS, Library and Information Science, Case Western Reserve University, 1965
MA, Political Science (Public Administration), University of California, Berkeley, 1963
BA, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1960
Additional majors completed in natural science and psychology.
Leslie Lynn Myers
Consultant – Texas Institute of Continuing Legal Education (former Program Director, State Bar of Texas, Professional Development) - Austin, Texas
MS, Oriental Medicine, Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas, 1996
JD, St. Mary’s University, 1984
Karen E. Nunley
Licensed Acupuncturist in Private Practice - Austin, Texas
MS, Oriental Medicine, Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin, Texas, 1996
Richard D. Pomp
Alva P. Loiselle Professor of Law, University of Connecticut - Hartford, Connecticut
Adjunct Professor, Columbia Law School, New York
Adjunct Professor, NYU Law School, New York
JD, magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972
BS, summa cum laude, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967