HERE - San Antonio River Foundation

Join us in welcoming the
Board of Directors
for 2016-2017
2 016-2 017 Boar d of D ir e c tor s
These dedicated men and women further our vision for the San
Antonio River to continue to grow and prosper as a vibrant
economic, cultural, ecological and recreational corridor.
Name: Robert Amerman
Profession: VP, Director of Design, Third Mind,
Inc.
Something interesting about myself: I am
an inveterate pie maker and am currently
rebuilding a 1966 Ford pickup.
Name: Byron Berkus
Profession: Big Data Sales Specialist, Hortonworks
Something interesting about myself: I recently
had my first child, Silas Benjamin Berkus. He was
delivered on June 28, 2016. I am looking forward to
many walks on the San Antonio River with him, and
the family.
Name: Chris Day
Profession: Marketing & Communications
Something interesting about myself: I love to skydive, ski and run
long distances. As a person who loves to travel, I
have had the opportunity to spend time in 15
different countries.
Name: Sara Dysart
Profession: Attorney at law, Sara E. Dysart P.C.
Something interesting about myself: I have
two goldendoodles: Sophie and Bear.
Name: Geof Edwards
Profession: Architect, Muñoz & Company
Something interesting about myself: I
play soccer every Sunday with my office
soccer team.
Name: Jason Ellis, Vice Chairman
Profession: President, E.F. Marketing Group
Something interesting about myself: I like to
travel around the country seeing music.
Name: Chris Escamilla
Profession: DMS Medicare Advantage Sales
Agent, Humana
Something interesting about myself: I
played the violin for four years when I was
growing up.
Name: Anita Fernandez
Profession: Partner & Co-Founder, OCI Group/ COS State
Representative Diego Bernal
Something interesting about myself: I am a
horror film aficionado.
Name: Maria Hernandez Ferrier, Ed.D.
Profession: Retired; Inaugural President of Texas
A&M University San Antonio; Assistant Deputy
Secretary in the Department of Education
Something interesting about myself: I have
five rescue dogs.
Name: James Fuller, M.D., SARA Appointee- Goliad
County
Profession: Cardiac Surgeon/ Agri-business
Something interesting about myself: I once had
a Grevys zebra, endangered African species, raised
on a bottle and eventually sent to research center for
preservation of the species.
Name: Cynthia Gomez
Profession: Realtor, Texan Legacy Group
Something interesting about myself: My
deep appreciation for nature comes from spending
most of my childhood living near a riparian area
and one Mexico's cloud forests, El Cielo Biosphere.
Name: Carlo Key
Profession: Attorney, Law Office of Carlo Key
Something interesting about myself:
Although I have planted my roots firmly in San
Antonio since 2002, I have at one time called
the Texas towns of Marshall (East Texas), Azle
(D/FW area), Odessa, Waco (Sic 'em), College
Station (Gig 'em) and Austin home.
Name: Mike Lackey, Chairman, SARA AppointeeBexar County
Profession: Principal at Lackey de Carvajal
Cx, a mechanical engineering firm
Something interesting about myself:
I am a 13th generation Texan and San Antonian.
My ancestor, Geronimo Carvajal arrived in 1718
as a Spanish soldier sent to establish the Presidio
de San Antonio de Bexar as a part of the Alarcon Expedition. So he was
on the San Pedro Creek on May 5, 1718 when the future city named San
Antonio was founded.
Name: Lauren Lefton
Profession: Attorney, Law Office of Lauren Lefton
Something interesting about myself: I own two
horses that live in Michigan: Emperor and Marlene.
Name: Matt Mathias, Member at Large
Profession: Senior Vice President, Business
Banking, Broadway Bank
Something interesting about myself: I put
myself through college farming in the Panhandle of
Texas.
Name: Wren Mills
Profession: Director of Process Safety Design,
Valero
Something interesting about myself: I
lived in Aruba for a few years.
Name: Brice Moczygemba, Vice Chair
Profession: Senior Vice President, Pape-Dawson Engineers
Something interesting about myself: A favorite moment along the
San Antonio River was walking and fishing along the dense tree-lined
banks near Falls City in 1967 with my Grandfather.
Name: Rick Mulac
Profession: Business Development Manager,
H-E-B
Something interesting about myself: I grew
up on horses, rodeo calf roping and bull riding and
want to own them again for "Cutting" competition.
Name: Kirti Patel
Profession: CEO/CFO, Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology
Something interesting about myself:
This summer I spent three weeks in Africa by
the Zambezi River, which reminded me a lot of
our San Antonio River.
Name: Christopher Pipes, SARA Appointee- Wilson
County
Profession: Action Fuels Texas- Wholesale Fuel
Supplier
Something interesting about myself: As a young
teenager, my parents' house was less than a mile to the
banks of the San Antonio River. During the summer, we
would scavenge the banks and fish the river with jug
lines.
Name: David Smith
Profession: Tax Partner, Ernst & Young
Something interesting about myself: I lived in the Dominican
Republic when I was in high school.
Name: Mary Stephenson, Treasurer
Profession: Partner, Ernst & Young
Something interesting about myself: I love
science fiction shows and movies. One of my
favorite childhood activities was watching Star
Trek with my father!
Name: Ward H. Thomas, Jr., SARA AppointeeKarnes County
Profession: Attorney, The Law Offices of Ward H.
Thomas, Jr.
Something interesting about myself: I enjoy
managing the operations of my working cattle ranch
and collecting vintage sports cars.
Name: Leticia Van De Putte
Profession: President, Andrade-Van de Putte and
Associates
Something interesting about myself: I am a 6th
generation Texan and a 3rd generation San Antonian.
Name: Johnathan Walker, Member at Large
Profession: President, Southern Warehousing
& Distribution
Something interesting about myself: I
spend time on some property I own on the
Mission Reach section of the River near Mission
San Juan.
Name: Matt Wallace, Secretary
Profession: Architect, Lake Flato Architects
Something interesting about myself: I've lived
along and embraced rivers my entire life, beginning
with the Mississippi and currently the San Antonio
River.
Name: Scott Wolff
Profession: Associate Vice President,
Transwestern Commercial Real Estate Services
Something interesting about myself: I placed
third in a mile swim competing against about 150
kids when I was 10.
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