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 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
  • Donna Carroll, EdD - Executive Director of Association of Catholic Universities
  • Rita Nokes Cook ’96, PhD, Philanthropist
  • Brother Thomas Dziekan, CSC, Provincial of Moreau Province, Congregation of Holy Cross
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 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

  • Andrew Harper '03, MLA '07, Implementation Project Manager, Grace Hill

Faculty Representative

  • Jason Callahan, PhD, Professor of Mathematics, St. Edward’s 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