The 1911 Group
The 1911 Group is a curated community of accomplished SMU alumni driving business and leadership across Dallas–Fort Worth. Members gain access to exclusive luncheons featuring prominent speakers from business and sports, private dinners at top Park Cities restaurants, and a 300+ member alumni directory to expand both personal and professional networks. With monthly gatherings and over fifteen signature luncheons each year, The 1911 Group fosters genuine connections, collaboration, and idea exchange among SMU’s most driven alumni.
Episodes
63 episodes
The Art of Building Brands and Communities
Morganne Stewart is a creative strategist, entrepreneur, and marketing leader with more than a decade of experience building brands, leading high-impact initiatives, and connecting business, creativity, and community. She is the founder of Morg...
Inside the Growing Ceramics Scene in Dallas | Marcello Andres Ceramics
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with SMU alum Marcello Andres Ortega, founder of Marcello Andres Ceramics and a Dallas-based ceramic artist redefining functional design.After earning his degree in economics and finance from SMU, M...
Building Legacies That Last: Inside Boswell PLLC | Aubrey Boswell
This week on SMU Stories we sat down with Aubrey Boswell (’06, ’09), an alumnus of Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business and Dedman School of Law, and Founder of Boswell PLLC, to talk about estate planning, probate, and high leve...
Inside Shug’s Bagels: Building a Dallas Staple | Justin Shugrue
This week on SMU Stories we sat down with Justin Shugrue (’17), an SMU Cox School of Business alumnus and Founder of Shug’s Bagels, to discuss his transition from finance to establishing a Dallas staple.Originally from Westchester, New Y...
SMU Alum Ryan Ball (’08) on Buying and Transforming Rockwall Services
This week on SMU Stories we sat down with Ryan Ball (’08), an SMU Lyle School of Engineering alumnus and CEO of Rockwall Services, to talk about his path from engineering to entrepreneurship.Ryan shares how his mechanical engineering deg...
Pioneering a Real Estate Career in Dallas with Torrey Littlejohn
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Torrey Littlejohn, Senior Managing Director and North Texas Broker Lead at JLL, to discuss her career in tenant representation and strategic real estate advisory.A graduate of the University of ...
From Bud Light & Frito Lay to Marketing Director: Charlotte Hatterick’s Playbook
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Charlotte Hatterick, the Marketing Director at EIGHT Elite Light Beer. She is a proud SMU alum of the Meadows School of the Arts and the Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences.In this episod...
The Power of Continuity: Scaling Security National Bank in North Texas
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with James Landen Jr., SMU alumnus (Class of 2010) and Chief Revenue Officer & Market President at Security National Bank of Texas, a proud sponsor of the 1911 Group.James shares his family’s mul...
Douglas Newby on Preserving Dallas Through Architecture
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Douglas Newby (BS ’74, MPA ’80), past president of the SMU Town and Gown Club and founder of Architecturally Sig...
From NASA Intern to Investment Banking to Custom Homebuilding: Benjamin Lavine ('98)
From NASA intern to investment banking to custom homebuilding.In this episode of SMU Stories, we interview Benjamin Lavine (BBA ’98, Cox School of Business), owner of Stone Acorn Builders, a Texas-based custom homebuilding firm.<...
Career Change, Education, and Wealth Management: A Conversation with Kyle Manley (MBA ’10)
This week on SMU Stories, we spoke with Kyle Manley (MBA ’10), Partner and Client Advisor at Brown Advisory in Dallas.Kyle discusses his unconventional path from education and mathematics into finance, and how his time at SMU Cox positi...
Doyle Glass: Insights from a Career Spanning Law, Art, and Historical Narratives
This week on SMU Stories, we had the privilege of sitting down with Doyle Glass (SMU ’84, ’88), an SMU alumnus whose career reflects intellectual discipline, creative ambition, and a profound commitment to public service.Doyle Glass, a ...
Sam Sawyer on Building Pinnacle Realty: A New Brokerage Era
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Sam Sawyer — CEO of Pinnacle Realty Advisors and proud SMU alum from the Class of 2009. Since 2020, he has led Pinnacle from Austin, developing a cloud-based brokerage platform that enables real-estate...
Ra Kazadi on Building Nostalgia and Noise: A Creative Agency
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Ra Kazadi, SMU football alumnus, Dallas-based artist, and cofounder of Nostalgia and Noise, a creative agency merging art, music, and culture. Ra’s path began on the field at Southern Methodist Univers...
Nick Clark: Revolutionizing Co-Working Spaces
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with Nick Clark, SMU alumnus, founder of Common Desk, and now co-founder of Stonethrow, a first-of-its-kind families-only private club coming to East Dallas.Nick graduated from Southern Methodist Un...
From Engineering to Private Equity: Jimmy Watson’s Journey from SMU to Clavis Capital
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with SMU alumnus Jimmy Watson.Jimmy is currently a Managing Director at Clavis Capital Partners,...
SMU Stories: Paul Bigham
This week on SMU Stories, we sat down with proud SMU alum E. Paul Bigham. An accomplished academic, E. Paul Bigham earned both his BBA and MBA from Southern Methodist University an...
Teaser: SMU Stories Featuring Tony Mugavero
Tony Mugavero is a four-time media tech entrepreneur, investor, and executive with multiple successful exits and hundreds of millions of dollars in enterprise value creation. He has spoken at leading global events in AI, media, XR, and blockcha...
Teaser: SMU Stories Featuring Tony Mugavero
Tony Mugavero is a four-time media tech entrepreneur, investor, and executive with multiple successful exits and hundreds of millions of dollars in enterprise value creation. He has spoken at leading global events in AI, media, XR, and blockcha...
SMU Stories: Tony Mugavero
Tony Mugavero is a four-time media tech entrepreneur, investor, and executive with multiple successful exits and hundreds of millions of dollars in enterprise value creation. He has spoken at leading global events in AI, media, XR, and blockcha...
SMU Stories: Kerrie and Ross Forbes
This week on SMU Stories, co-founder of the 1911 Group Lindsey Marsh Brown sits down with Kerrie and Ross Forbes, proud members of the SMU Class of 1993, partners in both life and law, and longtime leaders in their fields. From Kerrie’s move fr...
SMU Stories: Jerad Romo
This week on SMU Stories we sit down with Jerad Romo, former Mustang quarterback and proud member of the class of 2006. Jerad currently serves as Vice President of Sales for Sewell Automotive Companies, where he leads with a commitment to excel...
SMU Stories: The Sack Club
This week on SMU Stories, Bill Rowe sits down with Stephen Benotti and Matt Ayres from the SMU Sack Club.The Sack Club is a fantastic way to support Mustang Football. What began as a grassroots donor program has now raised over $750,000...
SMU Stories: Jordan Miller
On this week’s upcoming SMU Stories episode, we sit down with SMU alumnus Jordan Miller, Co-founder and CEO of Yendo, a fintech company redefining access to credit by leveraging vehicle equity. Yendo’s mission is rooted in the belief that equit...
