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: 2028
Manager, Asset Training
Cheniere, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Operation

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

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

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

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

Adam Smith, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2028
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.