Advocating for Children in Nueces, Aransas and San Patricio Counties
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Tara O'Connell
TDFPS CVS Program Administrator, Region 11
2nd Term 10/03-10/06. Yearly Term 10/06 to 10/07
Vicki Hale
Community Member
1st Term: 10/05-10/08, 2nd Term 10/08-10/11. Yearly term: 05/13 to 05/14. Elected yearly since 05/11, 12/13 inducted to Emeritus Board by a unanimous board vote.
Drusilla Knight-Villarreal
Retired Teacher
1st Term: 01/96-01/99, 2nd Term 01/99-01/02 (all on advisory board w/o voting resp.)3rd Term 10/05-10/08. Elected yearly since 20, 12/13 inducted to Emeritus Board by a unanimous board vote.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
President
Laura Commons
Realtor, Keller-Williams
1st Term: 05/14 to 05/17
2nd Term: 05/17-05/20
CASA of the Coastal Bend
Vice-President
Leslie Ratliff
Certified Public Accountant
1st Term: 09/14-09/17
2nd Term 9/18 to 9/21
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS
MEMBERS
Treasurer
Eddie Gamez
Refinery Controller,
Valero Refining TX – LP
Past President
1st Term: 04/08 to 04/11,
2nd Term: 04/11to 04/14;
BGC elected 3rd Term: 05/14 to 05/17
4th Term 5/17 to 5/20
Secretary
Belinda Villarreal
Community Member
Past President
1st Term: 05/07 to 05/10,
2nd Term 05/10 to 05/13.
Yearly term 05/13 to 05/14 per
bylaws granted one full
Term by Board of Directors 12/17/13;
New Term: 12/13 to 12/16;
Executive Committee 2013-14
New Term 12/16 to 12/19
Chris Anderson
Branch Manager, Anderson Machinery
1st Term: 01/18 to 01/21
Kimberly Cook
Special Education Specialist,, Access Curriculum Together
1st Term: 04/17 to 04/20
Andrew Gilbert
Project Manager, CBRE
1st Term: 07/17 to 07/20
David Gilmore
Territory Representative, Republic Services
1st Term: 01/16 to 01/19
Executive Committee 2017-2018 and 2018-201
Rachel Pruneda Gomez
Branch Sales Manager & Mortgage Banker,
Envoy Mortgage
1st Term: 01/17 to 01/20
Eric Newman
CR & Marketing Supervisor, Braselton Homes
1st Term: 8/14 to 8/17,
2nd Term: 8/17 to 8/20
Executive Committee 2015-16, 2016-2017
Elise Pedersen
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
1st Term: 10/17 to 10/20
Sean Phelan
Account Executive, Corpus Christi Hooks
1st term 01/18-01/21
Jordan Regas
Publisher, The Bend Magazine
1st term 01/18-01/21
Phyllis Stephenson
Attorney at Law
1st Term: 11/10 to 11/14,
2nd Term 2/14 to 2/17;
Executive Committee 2013-14 & 2018-2019
3rd Term 2/17 to 2/20
Karol Stewart
Coordinator of Community Service,
Art Museum of South Texas
1st Term: 05/17 to 05/20
Adolfo Trevino Retired Senior Strategic Analyst, FEMA
1st Term: 04/16 to 04/19
Executive Committee 2017-2018 and 2018-2019
Krisaundra Tovar Market Manager, My Home Team Media Group
1st term 04/18-04/21
Christopher Vratil
Director of Operations, Nustar Energy
1st Term: 07/16 to 07/19