Wade Turner
Board of Directors
Mr. Wade Turner from Houston, Texas was appointed to the Pathways Board of Directors in April 2024. Mr. Turner is a seasoned and strategic thinking senior executive and general counsel with an extensive corporate background and over 30 years of legal and business experience. A respected leader with deep public and private company, investment and management, private equity, real estate, and family office expertise. Mr. Turner spent seven years with McNair Management Services LLC where he oversaw the McNair family’s assets, protecting and growing those assets, stewarding the family’s wealth for generations of McNair family members. Mr. Turner also served as the Senior Vice-President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary for McNair responsible for McNair Interests’ legal and compliance functions serving on its Executive Committee, Investment Committee, and Real Estate Committee. Mr. Turner also served as the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Academy Sports and Outdoors for nine years, and prior to that he was Senior Corporate Counsel for Home Depot USA, the largest home improvement retailer and one of the five largest retailers in the United States. Mr. Turner started his career with Locke Lord in Houston as a commercial litigator. His board experience includes The Arbor School in Houston and imaware, a home medical testing and wellness company. He graduated from the University of Dayton with a B.S. in Business Administration and holds a Master of Business Administration from the Ohio State University, and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University School of Law.