Texas Tech Appoints Larry K. Anders

Mr. Larry K. Anders was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System on March 21, 2005. Mr. Anders currently serves as the chairman of the Board of Regents, having been elected to that position on March 2, 2009. He served as the Board’s vice chairman from June 28, 2007 to March 2, 2009. He also currently serves as the Board’s representative on Texas Tech’s Investment Advisory Committee. Mr. Anders previously served on the Facilities and the Finance and Administration Committees. Mr. Anders’ term expires on January 31, 2011.

Mr. Anders is the chairman and majority owner of Summit Alliance Companies, an independent investment advisory and financial services firm in Dallas.

Mr. Anders has approximately 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, beginning his career in 1979 with Mass Mutual in Lubbock. That same year he began work with Transamerica, where in October 1991 he became general manager of Transamerica’s branch office in Dallas. Under Anders’ leadership, the Dallas branch won Transamerica’s prestigious President’s Cup Award three times and was twice named the top branch office nationwide. His firm today ranks as the number one general agency and Transamerica’s top producing firm for the past fourteen consecutive years.

Mr. Anders earned a Certified Life Underwriter designation in 1989. He has been a Life and Qualifying Member of the Million Dollar Round Table since 1980 and a member of the American Society of CLU and ChFC, Association for Advanced Life Underwriting, National Association of Life Underwriters, Dallas Association of Life Underwriters and Dallas Estate Planning Council. In addition, Anders is a current member and qualifier of the MDRT’s illustrious Top of the Table.

A native of Lubbock, Mr. Anders was a football standout at Coronado High School. He attended West Texas State University on a full scholarship before attending Texas Tech University. He resides in Plano with his wife Nesa. He and his wife have 3 adult children, two of which currently attend Texas Tech University, and the youngest of the three will likewise be enrolling at Texas Tech University in the Fall of 2009.