Jimmy Mansour
CPRIT Foundation
Chairman
As chairman of the CPRIT Foundation and the Oversight Committee, Mr. James M. Mansour is responsible for important early successes of the Institute, including establishing the framework for the new state agency, guiding CPRIT through the 2009 Texas legislative session and passage of key legislation to strengthen the scientific review of research and prevention proposals, and recruiting CPRIT’s executive director and chief scientific officer. Mr. Mansour also chairs the executive committee for CPRIT’s Oversight Committee and works closely with CPRIT’s executive staff to implement CPRIT’s strategic vision for CPRIT.
Mr. Mansour’s unyielding commitment to changing the face of cancer in Texas also has a deeply personal connection – his wife Sarah was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2005. Together they fought and completed treatments ending with a successful remission of the disease.
He was appointed to the Oversight Committee by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and elected the founding chairman in 2008. Mr. Mansour brings to the Oversight Committee proven entrepreneurial leadership, having started and chaired several telecommunications companies.
Mr. Mansour is an appointed member of the Governor’s Business Council and the Advisory Board of Economic Development Stakeholders. Additionally, Mr. Mansour was Founding Chairman and served on the Board of CEO America, a non-profit organization providing education scholarships for low-income children in grades K-8.
