Board of Trustees

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Guiding a Nationally Acclaimed University

Our Board of Trustees provides valuable insights and experience to help us meet our goals. Our trustees oversee financial decisions, determine policies and procedures, and position ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â’s to educate students about the opportunities and challenges of a 21st-century world.

The Board of Trustees at the annual meeting in February 2024

Members of the ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â's University Board of Trustees gathered for a photo during the board's February 2024 meeting.

 

Board of Trustees

Officers

  • Chair, Linus N. Akanoh, Jr. ’06, Principal, Deloitte & Touche
  • Vice Chair, Geronimo Rodriguez Jr. ’90, JD, Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Texas
  • Secretary, David Sprague ’95, PhD, Founder and President, Industrial Genetics 
  • Treasurer, Anabel Rodriguez ’14, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University School of Public Health
  • At-Large, Brother Richard P. Daly, CSC ’61, Moreau Province, Province Center

Members

  • Kyle Ballarta MBA ’11, Founder and CEO, Falkon Ventures
  • Dahlia Campbell '07, PhD, Asset/Product Management, BASF
  • Rita Nokes Cook ’96, Philanthropist
  • Brother Thomas Dziekan, CSC, Provincial of Moreau Province, Congregation of Holy Cross 
  • Ellie Ghaznavi ’89, CEO, Alliance International Company, Inc.
  • Mona Hicks ’93, PhD, Senior Associate Vice Provost and Dean of Students, Stanford University
  • Catherine Tobin Hilliard, Partner, Hilliard Martinez Gonzales
  • Jason Kelley, Managing Partner, General Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships; IBM
  • Kevin Koch ’80 MBA ’84, Executive Vice President/CFO, McLane Company, Inc.
  • Francis (Frank) Martin Moore hs ’63, Retired
  • Giuliana Motta, Fundación Alberto Motta, Philanthropist
  • Patricia Berrier Munday ’97, Philanthropist
  • Fr. Thomas O’Hara, CSC, PhD, Professor of Political Science, King’s College
  • Chris Ragland ’05, MBA ’10, Principal, Ragland Holdings, LLC
  • Sergio Rodriguez, President and CEO, The Hector and Gloria López Foundation
  • April Lord Ruzicka ’06, Owner, Summerfield Academy Preschool
  • Fr. Peter Walsh, CSC, Director, Catholic Mission & Ministry
  • Melba Whatley, Owner, MDW Interests

Ex Officio

  • Montse Fuentes, PhD, President, ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â’s University

Trustees Emeriti

  • Charles A. Betts, Retired
  • Guy Bodine, III HS ’64, ’68, Chairman/CEO and President, Vantage Bank Texas
  • Leslie Clement
  • Margaret E. Crahan, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University
  • Isabella Cunningham, PhD, Stan Richards Chair in Advertising and Public Relations Strategy, Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, University of Texas at Austin
  • Tim F. Gavin ’76, Retired
  • Gregory A. Kozmetsky ’70, President and Chairman, KMS Ventures, Inc.
  • Carolyn Lewis, CEO, Lewco Interests
  • Sister Amata Miller, IHM, Retired

Alumni Association Representative

  • Hunter Skrasek '14, Software Engineering Manager, QuinStreet

Faculty Representative

  • Jason Callahan, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, ÁùºÏ²Ê¿â’s University School of Natural Sciences

Staff Representative

  • Luisana Cayetano, Assistant Director, HRIS Operations

Student Representative

  • Mikayla Pastrano ’25, President, Student Government Association