Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Officers/Executive Committee

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

Lance Brown, Vice President
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2025
Supervisor of Training
Cheniere, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Operation

C. Michelle Unda, Past President
Joined: 2015; Expires: 2025
Vice President of Existing Industry and Regional Development, CCREDC

Melody Nixon-Bice, Secretary
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
General Manager,
Embassy Suites
by Hilton Corpus Christi

Travis C. Nelson, Treasurer
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Chief Financial and Operations
Officer, Kleberg Bank

Todd Walter, Scholarship Chair
Joined: 2021; Expires: 2024
Principal,
Timeless Design Group, Inc.

Drue Jones
Special Projects Chair
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Associate Professor Emeritus,
Del Mar College

Ken Trevino
Board Development Chair
Joined: 2016; Expires: 2025
President/CEO, Workforce Solutions

Troy Bethel, At-Large
Joined: 2016; Expires: 2025
Assistant Vice President, Frost Bank

Rosendo Cruz, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Public & Government Affairs Manager,
ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Adam Smith, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Director Refinery Operations,
Valero-Corpus Christi
Refineries

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

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

Russell Franques
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Partner, Highpoint Wealth Advisors

Crissy Hinojosa, Ph.D.
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2025
Vice President Business Process/Systems, Bay LTD

Tim Legamaro
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
President, Legamaro Financial Services

Susan Temple
Joined: 2016; Expires: 2025
HR Manager, Chemours
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
- Robert C. Wolter
- 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
- William Neal Woolsey
Page last updated December 11, 2024.