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 St. Edward’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 St. Edward'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
  • 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, St. Edward’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, St. Edward’s University School of Natural Sciences

Staff Representative

  • Luisana Cayetano, Assistant Director, HRIS Operations

Student Representative

  • Mikayla Pastrano ’25, President, Student Government Association