Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Officers/Executive Committee
![Michelle Unda, Board President](_images/image-upload-folder/unda-c-michelle-2024-sm.png)
Joined: 2015; Expires: 2024
![Sandra Alvarez, Board Vice President](_images/image-upload-folder/sandra-alvarez1.jpg)
Sandra Alvarez, Vice President
Joined: 2018; Expires: 2024
Founder & CEO, Alvarez Business Consultants
![Julio Reyes, Past Board President](_images/image-upload-folder/julio-reyes.jpg)
Joined: 2018; Expires: 2024
Executive VP of Business Development,
Energy Smart Corp
![Rosie Collin, Board Secretary](_images/image-upload-folder/rosie-collin.jpg)
Rosie Collin, Secretary
Joined: 2015; Expires: 2024
![Crissy Hinojosa, Ph.D., Board Treasurer & Investment/Finance & Audit Chair](_images/image-upload-folder/crissy-hinojosa.jpg)
Crissy Hinojosa, Ph.D., Treasurer
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2025
Vice President Business Process/Systems, Bay LTD
![Todd Walter, Board Scholarship Chair](_images/image-upload-folder/walter-todd.jpg)
Todd Walter, Scholarship Chair
Joined: 2021; Expires: 2024
Principal,
Timeless Design Group, Inc.
![Lance Brown, Board Special Projects Chair](_images/image-upload-folder/lance-brown.jpg)
Lance Brown
Special Projects Chair
Joined: 2019; Expires: 2025
Supervisor of Training
Cheniere, Corpus Christi Liquefaction Operation
![Ken Trevino, Board Development](_images/image-upload-folder/ken-trevino.jpg)
Ken Trevino
Board Development Chair
Joined: 2016; Expires: 2025
President/CEO, Workforce Solutions
![Troy Bethel, Exec Committee At-Large](_images/image-upload-folder/troy-bethel.jpg)
Troy Bethel, At-Large
Joined: 2016; Expires: 2025
Assistant Vice President, Frost Bank
![Travis C Nelson Exec Committee At Large](_images/image-upload-folder/travis-nelson.png)
Travis C. Nelson, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Chief Financial and Operations
Officer, Kleberg Bank
![Adam Smith, Exec Committee At Large](_images/image-upload-folder/adam-b-smith.png)
Adam Smith, At-Large
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Director Refinery Operations,
Valero-Corpus Christi
Refineries
![DMC President and CEO, Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.](_images/image-upload-folder/_dr-mark-escamilla-update-preferred-07.16.2021-01.png)
Mark Escamilla, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Del Mar College
Members
![Trustee, Mr. Kaushik 'Charlie' Bhakta, CHA](_images/image-upload-folder/kaushik-bhakta.jpg)
Kaushik ‘Charlie’ Bhakta, CHA
Joined: 2017; Expires: 2026
Senior VP of Operations
ZJZ Hospitality
![Trustee, Mr. Rosendo Cruz](_images/image-upload-folder/rosendo-cruz.png)
Rosendo Cruz
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Public & Government Affairs Manager,
ExxonMobil Chemical Company
![Russell Franques, Board Member](_images/image-upload-folder/russell-franquas.png)
Russell Franques
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Partner, Highpoint Wealth Advisors
![Drue Jones, Board Member](_images/image-upload-folder/drew-jones.png)
Drue Jones
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
Associate Professor Emeritus,
Del Mar College
![](_images/image-upload-folder/tim-legamaro.png)
Tim Legamaro
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
President, Legamaro Financial Services
![Melody Nixon-Bice Board Member](_images/image-upload-folder/melody-nixon-bice.png)
Melody Nixon-Bice
Joined: 2022; Expires: 2025
General Manager,
Embassy Suites
by Hilton Corpus Christi
![Susan Temple, Board Member](_images/image-upload-folder/susan-temple.jpg)
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
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 June 10, 2024.