Jim Hackett
Adjunct Instructor
James T. Hackett Sr. is president of Tessellation Services L.L.C., a consulting business focused on business governance, leadership, and ethics. He serves on the board of directors of three Fortune 500 companies and chairs an advanced nuclear power company. He also serves on the board of trustees of the Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University. He has extensive experience in the energy industry, including as chairman and C.E.O. of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., and in finance, having served as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas. Hackett holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he graduated with high honors after attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, a master’s degree in theology from Harvard Divinity School, and an M.B.A. from Harvard.
EXPERIENCE
Chairman and C.E.O. of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
Board of trustees of the Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University
EDUCATION
M.B.A. from Harvard University