SCR Member Breakfast

March 29, 2023 | 8:00 am

River Crest Country Club

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Join SCR for the March Breakfast at River Crest Country Club. Our guest will be Kim McCuistion, Associate Vice Chancellor and inaugural Director for the Texas A&M System’s downtown Fort Worth research and academic campus, and Darryl Heath, Executive Director of the Fort Worth-Tarrant County Innovation Partnership.

Cost: $10 for SCR members and $25 for non-SCR members. If you are not a member of SCR, you can register using this form.

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Dr. Kim McCuistion serves as the Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the new Texas A&M University System Fort Worth campus.  In this role, Dr. McCuistion’s focus is to turn the new campus into a hub for collaboration between key Fort Worth industries and top research, education and workforce training assets of the Texas A&M System.

Prior to joining the Texas A&M System, she served as the Vice President for External Operations and Dean of the Fort Worth campus at Tarleton State University.  As dean of the Fort Worth campus, she worked with North Texas business and industry leaders, Tarleton faculty and staff, and community college partners to expand existing degree programs and add new ones.  She was responsible for the university’s teaching sites in Waco, Midlothian and Bryan as well.  Dr. McCuistion also served as Chief of Staff to Tarleton’s President James Hurley and President Emeritus Dominic Dottavio and was a tenured Professor in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Tarleton State University.  

Dr. McCuistion spent 11 years with Texas A&M University-Kingsville before moving to North Texas in 2017.  At A&M Kingsville, she had a split appointment with the Department of Animal, Rangeland and Wildlife Sciences and the King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management. She also served as Dean of Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Honors College for three years.

Dr. McCuistion holds a bachelor’s degree in animal science from Texas A&M University, a master’s in animal science from Kansas State University and a doctorate in agriculture from West Texas A&M University.

Darryl Heath is the owner of Heath Family Holdings, focused on investments in startups, restaurant franchises, technology companies, among other entities.  Darryl is the current interim Executive Director of the Fort Worth - Tarrant County Innovation Partnership focused on the growth and development of the new Texas A&M campus being built in downtown Fort Worth. He also spends time coaching and mentoring in Leadership, Relationship Management, Board Effectiveness and Change Management.

In 2015, Darryl retired from Accenture, one of the world’s largest technology consulting and services firms, after a 30+ year career. He is a Distinguished Alumni of the Texas A&M College of Engineering, where he holds a bachelor of science in industrial engineering.

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