Preston "Pete" Geren is president and CEO of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a foundation that provides grants to educational, health, human service, and cultural non-profit organizations in Texas. He joined the Foundation in 2010.

          Geren is a member and former chairman of the Board of the Institute for Defense Analyses, a research institute that conducts research and analysis for national security departments and agencies.

          Geren also is a member of the Governing Council of the Miller Center at the University of Virginia.

          Geren served in the Department of Defense from 2001-2009, holding positions that included Acting Secretary of the Air Force and Secretary of the Army.

          He served four terms as a member of Congress, representing the 12^th District of Texas from 1989-1997.

          A lawyer and former business executive, Geren has held leadership positions in numerous civic, educational, business, and philanthropic organizations in Texas.  He has more than 30 years of combined service on corporate boards, including Union Pacific Resources, Anadarko Petroleum, Cullen Frost, and Texas Capital Bank.

          He was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas and a Distinguished Alumnus for Public Service of the University of Texas Law School.

          He earned a law degree from the University of Texas Law School in 1978 and a Bachelor’s in History from UT-Austin in 1974. He studied architecture at Georgia Tech before transferring to UT.

          A Fort Worth native, he is married, has three daughters and one granddaughter.