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 º£½ÇºÚÁÏ to educate students about the opportunities and challenges of a 21st-century world.

The Board of Trustees and President Fuentes posing in front of a stage

Members of the St. Edward's University Board of Trustees gathered for a photo during the board's October 2025 meeting.

 

Board of Trustees

Officers

  • Chair, Linus N. Akanoh, Jr. ’06, Principal, Deloitte & Touche
  • Vice Chair, Geronimo Rodriguez Jr. ’90, JD, Retired, Philanthropist
  • Treasurer, Chris Ragland ’05, MBA ’10, Principal, Ragland Holdings, LLC
  • Secretary, 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
  • Rita Nokes Cook ’96, PhD, Philanthropist
  • Ellie Ghaznavi ’89, CEO, Alliance International Company, Inc.
  • Marie Gonzalez '05, Compliance Risk Specialist, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
  • 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.
  • Brother Stephen LaMendola, CSC, Provincial of Moreau Province, Congregation of Holy Cross
  • Francis (Frank) Martin Moore hs ’63, Retired
  • Giuliana Motta, Fundación Alberto Motta, Philanthropist
  • Johanna Moya Fábregas, PhD, Chief of Strategy, Innovation & Impact at El Buen Samaritano
  • Fr. Thomas O’Hara, CSC, PhD, Professor of Political Science, King’s College
  • Sergio Rodriguez, President and CEO, The Hector and Gloria López Foundation
  • April Lord Ruzicka ’06, Owner, Summerfield Academy Preschool
  • David Sprague '95, PhD, Founder and President, Industrial Genetics
  • Fr. Peter Walsh, CSC, Director, Catholic Mission & Ministry
  • Melba Whatley, Owner, MDW Interests

Ex Officio

  • Montse Fuentes, PhD, President, º£½ÇºÚÁÏ 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

  • Andrew Harper '03, MLA '08, Implementation Project Manager, Grace Hill

Faculty Representative

  • Jason Callahan, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, º£½ÇºÚÁÏ University School of Natural Sciences

Staff Representative

  • Valerie Martin '21, Assistant Director Residential Education, St. Edward's University 

Student Representative

  • Angelica Scheer '27, President, Student Government Association