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Silver Fox Advisors History Corner
Silver Fox Advisor's History Corner
The Silver Fox Advisor organization is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and over the course of the 2026 calendar year we will be sharing with you some of our history and memories in our Monthly Newsletter. Each month we will feature a brief write—up on some of the more historical highpoints of the past 40 years in this “Silver Fox Advisors’ History Corner”. We hope you find this information of interest, and you will probably know or have heard of some of the individual Silver Fox Advisors who made the organization what it is today.
When any entity has been in existence for 40 years one can look back over that 40-year period and see a deviation or straying from the original purpose or mission, but that is not the case with the Silver Fox Advisors. For nearly forty years the Silver Fox Advisors and its members have focused on the organization’s original Mission – “To serve Greater Houston Area business owners, helping them establish, grow and prosper their businesses by sharing our collective wisdom through robust service offerings.”
There is no way of knowing how many businesses the Silver Fox Advisors have assisted or saved over the past 40 years. Often a simple word of encouragement or a meaningful phrase spoken by one of our members at one of our CEO Roundtables or Lunch & Learn events has been used to change a business’ direction or create a new product or service for a business. One of our Silver Fox Advisors had a saying he frequently used, “A problem shared is cut in half.” Sometimes businesses face problems or challenges, and if the owner shares the problem, he or she can feel that that problem has been cut in half so that big mountain doesn’t look that hard to climb.
The Silver Fox Advisors also has a Vision – “Be the premier organization in the Greater Houston area to assist business owners in their success”. It goes without saying that if something has been around for forty years, it must be doing something that someone wants and finds of value. “Houston, we have a Vision”!!!!
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Silver Fox Advisors' History Corner
Silver Fox Advisor's History Corner
Since The Silver Fox Advisor organization is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, and over the course of the next twelve months we would like to share with our Monthly Newsletter readers some of history of the organization. Each month we will feature a brief write—up on some of the more historical highpoints of the past 40 years in this “Silver Fox Advisors’ History Corner”. We hope you fine this information of interest, and you will probably know or have heard of some of the individual Silver Fox Advisors who made the organization what it is today.
The Silver Fox Advisors, Inc. organization was created on Monday July 28, 1986 under the laws of the State of Texas.
The first Silver Fox Advisors Officers were:
- Hank Wheeler, President
- Mark J. Nielsen, Vice-President
- Charles White, Treasurer
- Joseph A. Bond, Secretary
- Bill Pegler, Assistant Secretary
The original Board of Directors included:
| Mark J. Nielsen | Monte Pendleton* | Frank M. Darr, Jr. |
| Ed W. Norwood | Robert Pardue |
Joe Reynolds |
| John B. Buchanan | William B. Chamberlain | S.O. Hopson |
| Arthur G. Jansen, Sr. | Gerald De Schrenck Sill | William Pegler |
| Charles M. White Jr. | Charles A. Carter, Jr. | Walter L. Pullin |
| Henry Wheeler | J. Taft Symonds |
*Monte Pendleton is presently an Emeritus Member.
Today's Officers of the Silver Fox Advisors are:
The directors for this 2026 40th Anniversary Celebration year are:
Joseph Tung - Chairman, Gary Henderson - President, Jim Griffing – Secretary, and David Neuberger – Treasurer. Other members of the Board of Directors include: Don Baird, Herb Kalman, Richard Hendee, Orlando Cardenas, and Dennis Klimmek.
The first annual meeting of the Silver Fox Advisors, Inc. was held on Thursday, Oct. 16, 1986, at the River Oaks Country Club.
Today’s Silver Fox Advisory Business and Board Meetings are held at the Lakeside County Club.
In these early years, the organization issued and sold shares of stock to its members to fund the business activities and the operation of the Silver Fox Advisors. Today, the organization’s funding comes from quarterly membership assessments, new member initiation fees as well as sponsorships.
