A Culture of Performance and Innovative Thinking

Cory Whitaker launched Bowie in 2014. He also serves as an advisory director for Petrus Trust Company, which is the trustee for the Perot family’s trusts, and serves on the advisory board of the Terry Foundation. Cory has over 25 years of personal and professional investing experience across all major asset classes.

Prior to founding Bowie Capital Management, Cory was the portfolio manager for public equities at Perot Investments. He also sourced and executed private equity and debt investments. Prior to Perot, he worked in New York as an investment associate with J.P. Morgan Partners in private equity and as an investment banking analyst with Citigroup. He held internships as an investment analyst with Blue Ridge Capital, a long/short hedge fund, and as an audit intern with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Cory was born in Bowie, Texas. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas A&M University where he attended as a Terry Scholar and earned a B.B.A. in Accounting and M.S. in Finance. He was active in the Corps of Cadets and student government. He also earned his M.B.A. with high distinction from Harvard Business School where he was designated a Baker Scholar and awarded the John Loeb Fellowship as the top finance graduate. Mr. Whitaker is also a CFA^® Charterholder.

Maegan Anders joined Bowie at inception in 2014. Prior to Bowie, she was a Managing Director at Blue River Partners, helping clients launch new advisory firms and private funds as well as serving as their outsourced Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to Blue River, she worked as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Fountainhead Partners, an advisor to two private investment partnerships. She began her career in Fort Worth on the Financial Control Team at Q Investments.

Maegan earned her B.B.A in Finance from Abilene Christian University, graduating summa cum laude and was awarded the University Scholar Medal. She earned the Certified Private Wealth Advisor (CPWA)^® Certification after completing the Yale School of Management’s Wealth Management Theory & Practice program.

Paige Pettitt joined Bowie in 2016 as an Accounting and Operations Associate and was promoted to Director of Accounting and Operations in 2020. Prior to joining Bowie, she was a Senior Tax Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the asset management group, helping private equity and hedge fund clients complete their federal tax obligations. Prior to graduating, she obtained her Real Estate License while working for Austin City Realty and held summer internships at Thomson Reuters in the property tax group.

Paige is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Accounting and an M.P.A., Master in Professional Accounting.

Jared Balbach joined Bowie in 2020. Prior to joining Bowie, Jared worked 10 years at New Mountain Capital in New York, training across multiple disciplines of the business from an operations analyst culminating with being named Director and the Head Trader for their public equity investment funds.  In addition to his trading responsibilities, Mr. Balbach spent a large portion of his time working side by side with firm leadership, overseeing the day to day operations of the funds, and as a liaison with the Investor Relations team to manage client requests and communicate with both existing and prospective limited partners on investment strategy.

He received his B.S., summa cum laude, in Finance from Sacred Heart University in 2009 after graduating in 3 years and his M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from the John F. Welch College of Business at Sacred Heart University in 2010.  Mr. Balbach was a lefty pitcher for the Division I baseball program all four years, serving as a captain his senior year.

James Nguyen joined Bowie as an Investment Analyst Intern in 2016 working part-time while attending college. James joined full-time as an Investment Analyst in 2018 following graduation. He also held a finance internship at Viet Duong Alsaleh Investment and Trade JSC in Hanoi, Vietnam.

James graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with a B.S. in Finance and Information Technology and Systems while being awarded the Outstanding Finance Student Award. James is a CFA^® level 3 candidate.

Kelly Widder joined Bowie in 2020.  Prior to joining Bowie, she was a Senior Tax Associate at KPMG in the alternative investments group, assisting partnership and real estate clients with their federal tax obligations. She also previously held a finance and accounting internship at Wally Tingley & Associates, PC.

Kelly is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is a graduate of the University of Texas with a B.B.A. in Accounting and an M.P.A., Master in Professional Accounting.

Dr. Davis joined the Advisory Board for Bowie Capital Management, LLC in April 2016.

He served as President of the Texas A&M Foundation for 23 years, retiring in 2016. He also served as interim president of the Texas A&M University for 14 months following Bob Gates’ appointment as Secretary of Defense. He continues to provide philanthropic counsel to donors and the Foundation as a principal gifts officer. He is recognized nationally for his expertise in higher education philanthropy and has more than 45 years of experience in higher education financial and endowment management. Dr. Davis has also been instrumental in modernizing the Foundation’s endowment portfolio and improving returns. During his tenure the Foundation’s assets have grown from $150 million to over $1.8 billion. During that same time, the Foundation provided more than $800 million to Texas A&M for expenditure.

In 2008, Dr. Davis was a recipient of the National Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation Award by the Council for Advancement in Support of Education (CASE).

Prior to his time with the Foundation, Dr. Davis held every key financial position, including CFO, at the university and The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS). He ultimately served as executive deputy chancellor. In that position he was the chief operating officer for The Texas A&M University System and managed the financial and administrative operations of TAMUS. He directed operating budgets of more than $1.1 billion, capital construction of $180 million, management of 15,000 employees, plus the legislative and state affairs and investment programs of the A&M System.

Dr. Davis earned his B.S., M.Ed. and Ph.D. from Texas A&M. He also attended Harvard Business School. His masters and doctoral degrees are in educational administration focused on the management and financial operations of higher education. From 1993 to 2010 he served as a tenured professor. From 1981 to 2010, he taught Educational Administration 611—Higher Education Business and Finance, a doctoral level course focused on the relationship between financial resources and decision-making in institutions of higher education. His student teaching evaluations were consistently among the highest in the college. His doctoral graduates are highly placed among the chief financial, chief development and chief executives in higher education in the U.S.

After four years in the Army, including a tour with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam, Dr. Davis returned to work at Texas A&M in 1972. He is also a retired Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves.

Mr. Freeman joined the Advisory Board for Bowie Capital Management, LLC in April 2016.

He serves as the Vice Chairman of the board, Vice President for Petrus Trust Company, which is the trustee for Perot family’s trusts. Mr. Freeman is the Chief Executive Officer of Hillwood International Energy, a Perot company, and its subsidiary, HKN Energy, Ltd for which he serves as a board member.

Mr. Freeman is a co-founder and non-executive managing member of GuideIT, LLC which is an IT services company. Mr. Freeman also serves as a board member for Cricut which operates in the project and crafting industry.

Russell Freeman has more than twenty-five years of operational, financial management, and business development experience, twenty of which were with Perot Systems Corporation. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Perot Systems from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this role, he served as Chief Financial Officer for seven years and was the main interface to the investment community, overseeing merger and acquisitions activities, and was responsible for the corporation’s planning, accounting, and treasury functions. He previously served as Corporate Controller and was a member of the leadership teams for several of the company’s operating units. Prior to joining Perot Systems in 1989, he worked for Arthur Young & Company.

Mr. Freeman previously received his certificate as a certified public accountant. He received his B.B.A in accounting from Texas Tech University.