Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Officers/Executive Committee

Sandra Alvarez

Sandra Alvarez, President
Joined: 2018; Expires: 2027
Founder & CEO, Alvarez Business Consultants

Alvarez Bio
Lance Brown

Lance Brown, Vice President
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2028
Manager, Asset Training
Cheniere, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Operation

Brown Bio
Russell Franques

Russell Franques, Secretary
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
Partner, Highpoint Wealth Advisors

Franques Bio
Travis C. Nelson

Travis C. Nelson, Treasurer
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
Chief Financial and Operations
Officer, Kleberg Bank

Nelson Bio
Todd Walter

Todd M. Walter, Scholarship and Board Development Chair
Joined: 2021; Expires: 2027
Principal,
Timeless Design Group, Inc.

Walter Bio
Drue Jones

Drue Jones
Special Projects Chair
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
Associate Professor Emeritus,
Del Mar College

Jones Bio
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At-Large Seat - Vacant

Mark Escamilla

Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Del Mar College

Escamilla Bio

Members

Kaushik 'Charlie' Bhakta

Kaushik ‘Charlie’ Bhakta, CHA
Joined: 2017; Expires: 2026
President of Operations
ZJZ Hospitality

Bhakta Bio
Tim Legamaro

Tim C. Legamaro
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
President, Legamaro Financial Services

Legamaro Bio
John Jackson

John P. Jackson
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Retired Sr. VP & Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley

Jackson Bio
Hicks Layton

Hicks Layton
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Internet Sales Director with Hicks Automotive Group

Layton Bio
Shileen Lee

Shileen D. Lee
Joined: 2025; Expires 2028
Chief Financial Officer with Workforce Solutions Coastal Bend

Lee Bio
Sam Longoria

Sam Longoria
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Chief Lending Officer with CoastLife Credit Union

Longoria Bio
Sarah Tindall

Sarah Tindall
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Chief Operating Officer with Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation

Tindall Bio
Jacqueline Phillips

Jacqueline Phillips, D.O.
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Program Director of Internal Medicine with Corpus Christi Medical Center

Phillips Bio
Matthew Busby

Matthew J. Busby
Ex-Officio
Executive Director of DMC Foundation

Busby Bio

Past Presidents

  • Dr. Edgar L. Cortes - 1983-1986
  • Eugene H. Bouligny - 1987-1992
  • Jeff Bell, Jr. - 1992-1993
  • H.W. 'Bill' Volk, Jr. - 1993-1995
  • S. Loyd Neal - 1995-1996
  • Eugene H. Bouligny - 1996-1997
  • Jacob G. Munoz - 1997-2000
  • Sylvia Whitmore - 2001-2002
  • Joe E. Coco - 2002-2004
  • Joseph C. Wise, Jr. - 2004-2005
  • Jesse Garcia - 2005-2007
  • Bob Crow - 2007-2010
  • Wayne M. Squires 2010-2012
  • Richard J. Hatch, Jr. - 2012-2014
  • David Ainsworth, Sr. 2014-2016
  • Todd M. Walter - 2016-2018
  • Gabriel 'Gabe' Guerra - 2018-2020
  • Julio Reyes - 2020-2022
  • C. Michelle Unda - 2022-2024

Trustee Emeriti

  • Chris N. Adler
  • Ret. Judge Rene Haas
  • Susan Hutchinson
  • Willie J. Kosarek
  • Alice H. Sallee
  • Eugene (Gene) Seaman
  • Sylvia Whitmore
  • John T. Wright, III

Posthumous Trustee Emeriti

  • Dr. Howard E. Barth
  • Jeff Bell
  • Nettie Ruth Hoskins
  • Mark Hulings
  • Judge S. Loyd Neal, Jr.
  • Bernard A. Paulson
  • Charles J. 'Jim' Smith
  • Norma Urban
  • M. Harvey Weil
  • Robert C. Wolter
  • William Neal Woolsey

Please contact Matthew Busby at mbusby3@delmar.edu if you have questions or are interested in serving on the DMC Foundation board.

Page last updated April 28, 2026.