Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Officers/Executive Committee

Sandra Alvarez, Board President

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

Lance Brown, Board Vice President

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

Michelle Unda, Past Board President

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

Travis C. Nelson, Treasurer

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

Todd Walter, Scholarship and Board Development Chair

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

Drue Jones, Special Projects Chair

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

Adam Smith, Exec Committee At Large

Adam Smith, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
Director Refinery Operations,
Valero-Corpus Christi
Refineries

DMC President and CEO, Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.

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

Members

Trustee, Mr. Kaushik 'Charlie' Bhakta, CHA

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

Crissy Hinojosa, Board Member

Crissy Hinojosa, Ph.D.
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2028
Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Vice President
Bay LTD

Tim Legamaro, Board Member

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

John Jackson, Board Member

John Jackson
Joined: 2025; Expires: 2028
Retired Co-founder/Financial Advisor

Hicks Layton, Board Member

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

Shileen Lee, Board Member

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

Sam Longoria, Board Member

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

Sarah Tindall, Board Member

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

Jacqueline Phillips, Board Member

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

Matthew Busby, Board Member

Matthew Busby
Ex-oficio
Executive Director of DMC Foundation

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 July 8, 2025.