Halliburton’s added two new members to its board of directors.
They are Dr. M. Katherine Banks and Patricia Hemingway Hall. Their appointments were made effective last week and the two will stand for election by stockholders at the annual meeting on May 15, 2019.
Dr. Banks, as the Texas A&M vice-chancellor of engineering and national labs, oversees engineering research and technology development programs for the system, including three state agencies, and national laboratory engagement and management contracts.
She also serves as dean of Texas A&M University’s College of Engineering, one of the largest engineering programs in the country. Previously, Dr. Banks was on the faculty and an administrator at Purdue University.
Ms. Hemingway Hall served as the president and chief executive officer of Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), the nation’s largest mutual health insurance company which operates five Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, from November 2008 to December 2015.
Previously, she served as executive vice president of internal operations for HCSC and president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Beginning in 1975 as a critical care nurse, her career has included a number of executive leadership positions with health care service companies, including Aetna Life & Casualty, Voluntary Hospitals of America, and A. Foster Higgins.
Dr. Banks and Ms. Hemingway Hall join current Halliburton board members Abdulaziz F. Al Khayyal, William E. Albrecht, Alan M. Bennett, James R. Boyd, Milton Carroll, Nance K. Dicciani, Murry S. Gerber, Robert A. Malone and Jeffrey A. Miller.