Our Board

Mitzi Brown

Board Chair

 

About Mitzi

Mitzi is the Chief Legal Officer and Vice President of Business Development of BRIX Holdings, LLC. She also serves as Chief Legal Officer and Vice President of Business Development for Friendly’s Restaurants through a shared services arrangement between BRIX and Friendly’s Restaurants. Mitzi is a member of JAMCO Interests LLC, the majority owner of Amici Partners Group, LLC which owns and operates Friendly’s®. Prior to joining BRIX, she was Associate Corporate Counsel and later Vice President of Legal & Digital Content at Blockbuster.

Mike Kovar

Treasurer

 

About Mike

Mike graduated cum laude from Texas State University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Following his graduation he worked for the Big 4 accounting firm Ernst & Young for five years in both their Houston and Dallas offices, specializing in auditing. Subsequent to this, he has served over twenty-eight years in the private sector, including thirteen years at Fossil, Inc. where he was the company’s Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. Since April of 2013, Mike has served as Vice President- CFO of Fritz Industries, Inc. He is a registered Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Fritz Industries. Mike and his lovely wife, Jana, have two daughters, Kyleigh and Kaity. Mike enjoys watching and participating in all sports, hunting and fishing and spending time with his three lovely girls and the family’s five dogs.

David Marguilies

Board Member

 

About David

David Margulies has been at the forefront of some of the major issues facing business, government agencies and non-profits since founding The Margulies Communications Group in 1986. He was the spokesperson and managed worldwide media relations when Oprah Winfrey was sued by Texas cattle interests. He has also managed media relations for a number of other high-profile cases, including litigation by Anna Nicole Smith against his clients, the heirs to the estate of the late J. Howard Marshall II.David and his team of professionals at The Margulies Communications Group also help clients build their businesses with positive media stories, innovative marketing programs, community involvement and cause marketing.

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