Paul Foster

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Paul Foster of El Paso is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and a Director of Franklin Mountain Investments, LLC (FMI). FMl's affiliates include Franklin Mountain Capital, Franklin Mountain Energy, Franklin Mountain Industrial, and Franklin Mountain Property Services. He is a former director of the National Petroleum Refiners Association and the Western Petroleum Marketers Association. He is former chairman of The University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO) and served as chairman of the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Additionally, he served on the University of Texas System University Lands Advisory Board, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, and the El Paso Branch of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank. He is a member of the board of the Baylor College of Medicine, serves on the Borderplex Alliance Executive Committee, and is a member of the World Presidents Organization. He is a Director of WestStar Bank in El Paso. Foster received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Baylor University.