Dr. Dana D. Wells '93 Named 2025 Aggie Impact Award Recipient

HOUSTON - EntSun -- Dr. Dana D. Wells '93, architect of execution governance and creator of DW&A Capability-Centered Execution™, has been named a 2025 Aggie Impact Award recipient for redefining how senior executives govern execution risk before capital is committed.

Dr. Wells was selected by the Texas A&M Black Former Student Network (BFSN). The Aggie Impact Award honors alumni whose careers demonstrate professional distinction, service, and lasting contributions to the Black Aggie community.

She serves as Chief Transformation Officer and Executive Arbiter of DW&A, an Execution Governance and Risk Determination Firm engaged by senior executives and transformation sponsors when execution failure would expose capital, enterprise value, or leadership credibility.

Texas A&M shaped my values, my leadership, and my commitment to building systems that enable companies, career seekers, and communities to grow, thrive, and deliver sustainable results," said Dr. Wells. "As a second-generation Aggie and the daughter of an Aggie Pioneer, I don't just carry this legacy forward. I operationalize it through execution governance that protects leaders, capital, and outcomes.

Redefining Execution Risk for Senior Executives

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Dr. Wells operates in a category most organizations do not explicitly govern: execution risk.

Through DW&A Capability-Centered Execution™, she evaluates whether organizational capability is sufficient to sustain execution under real-world pressure before committing capital. Her work examines decision authority, leadership alignment, workforce readiness, escalation paths, and accountability infrastructure to determine whether execution risk is survivable.

Her work centers on one critical question senior executives must answer clearly:

Is execution risk survivable given the capability that exists today?

A Career Defined by Measurable Impact

Dr. Wells' career is defined by outcomes, not consulting theater:

• $1.5B+ in documented performance impact across complex global initiatives
• 10+ years of sustained results
• 837% ROI delivered by governing execution risk
• 30+ years of lifecycle advisory and transformation leadership
• Engagements with Petco, Shell, ConocoPhillips, and Flowserve
• Advanced academic foundation: Ph.D. in Human Capital Management, MBA, M.A. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Grounded in advanced professional credentials in human capital strategy, organizational change, and execution governance

Her work integrates strategic rigor, organizational capability, and governance discipline into systems senior executives rely on when approving high-stakes initiatives.

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A Full-Circle Moment of Leadership Continuity

At the 2025 Aggie Impact Gala, Dr. Wells was introduced by Terry A. Young, her first professional mentor and former Assistant Vice Chancellor of Technology Transfer for The Texas A&M University System.

Mr. Young traveled from Costa Rica to personally introduce Dr. Wells, underscoring the full-circle arc of her career.

Early in her career, Dr. Wells worked in the Texas A&M University System Technology Licensing Office under Mr. Young, where she served as an integrator in expanding the department into a System enterprise that generated more than $6 million in licensing revenue and operated profitably.

Legacy Leadership With Structural Impact

Dr. Wells is a second-generation Aggie. Her late father, Rev. Milton E. Wells Sr. '68, was among the first Black students to attend Texas A&M between 1963 and 1970.

That legacy is embedded in the governance systems Dr. Wells builds today—ensuring leaders, capital, and capability are aligned before failure becomes inevitable.

About Dr. Dana D. Wells '93

Dr. Dana D. Wells is a globally recognized execution governance leader with more than three decades of experience guiding complex organizational change and governing execution risk at enterprise scale.

Learn More

To learn more about the execution governance work that earned Dr. Wells the Aggie Impact Award and her advisory work at DW&A, visit www.dwnainc.com.