The St. Mary’s University Board of Trustees meets four times a year during the academic year.

Rev. Oscar Vasquez, S.M.

Male
  • Chancellor, St. Mary’s University
  • Provincial, Marianist Province of the United States

Lynda Ellis (B.A.S. ’81)

Female
  • Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
  • Owner and CEO, Capitol Concierge, Inc.

John Vaught (J.D. ’78)

Male
  • Vice Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
  • Retired Attorney

Brother Thomas “Tom” Giardino, S.M.

Male
  • Vice Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
  • Executive Director, Association of Marianist Universities

Thomas M. “Tom” Mengler, J.D.

Male
  • President, St. Mary’s University

Rev. Dennis Arechiga

Male
  • Pastor, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church

Ray E. Berend (B.B.A. ’67)

Male
  • CPA and Consultant

Leland T. Blank, Ph.D., P.E. (B.S. ’67)

Male
  • Dean Emeritus, American University of Sharjah
  • Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University

Brother Edward “Ed” Brink, S.M.

Male
  • Vice President for Mission and Rector, Chaminade University

Leticia “Leti” Contreras (B.A. ’89)

Female
  • Executive Vice President, Texas Security General Insurance Agency LLC

Joseph Diaz, M.D. (B.A. ’79)

Male
  • President and Physician, Allergy Asthma & Immunology Associates of South Texas

Sara E. Dysart (B.A. ’74, J.D. ’81)

Female
  • Attorney, Dysart Law

Rev. James “Jim” Fitz, S.M.

Female
  • Vice President for Mission and Rector, University of Dayton

Brother Francisco González, S.M., M.D.

Male
  • President, Colegio San José, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico

Tom Grothues (B.B.A. ’91, M.B.A. ’97)

Male
  • Former Senior Vice President, USAA

George B. Hernández Jr. , J.D. (B.A. ’74)

Male
  • President and CEO, University Health System

David Herrmann (B.B.A. ’88, J.D. ’90)

Male
  • CEO, Columbia Realty Limited

RaSheeda C. Keir (B.A. ’01 and M.A. ’02)

Male
  • Real Estate Investor and Contractor

Sister Laura Leming, F.M.I., Ph.D (B.A. ’79)

Female
  • Associate Professor, The University of Dayton

Lauro Lopez Jr. (B.B.A. ’76)

Male
  • CPA and President, Lopez and Associates, P.C.

Sandra Nannini (M.A. ’07)

Male
  • Retired, Senior Vice President, Branch Banking Business Initiatives, Wells Fargo Bank

Ellen F. Manzullo, M.D., FACP (B.S. ’82)

Female
  • Professor of Medicine and Deputy Division Head of Internal Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Christopher “Chris” Martinez (B.B.A. ’00)

Female
  • President, Central Electric Enterprises & Co.

The Honorable Sandee Bryan Marion (J.D. ’80)

Female
  • Chief Justice Retired, Fourth Court of Appeals and Retired Judge, Bexar County Probate Court

Michael “Terry” Martin (B.B.A. ’81)

Male
  • Owner and President, Anodyne Wool, Inc.

Brother Jesse O’Neill, S.M.

Male
  • Assistant for Education, Marianist Province of the United States

Joseph Ojile, M.D. (B.A. ’80)

Male
  • President of Caduceus Corporation, and Founder and CEO of Clayton Sleep Institute

Steven “Steve” Peña Sr., LL.M. (J.D. ’94)

  • Attorney and Shareholder, Davidson Troilo Ream & Garza, P.C.

Brother Bernard Ploeger, S.M., Ph.D.

Male
  • Assistant Provincial, Marianist Province of the United States

Katherine Resteiner (M.S. ’94)

Female
  • Managing Director/COO, Corporate Development, Intel Corporation

Michael “Mickey” Schott (B.B.A. ’68)

Male
  • President, The Gorman Foundation

Gordon Schutze, M.D. (B.S. ’80)

Male
  • Vice Dean, School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics

Yava Scott (B.B.A. ’77, J.D. ’80)

  • Board Chair and CEO, The Tagos Group, LLC

Gaston Sosa de la Torre (B.A. ’92)

Male
  • Chairman, Aktiva Capital SC

Mary Brennan Stich (B.A. ’78 and J.D. ’81)

Male
  • Former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Rackspace

Joe Louis Vela Jr. (B.A.M. ’06)

Male
  • Owner of the Vela Group, Inc.

St. Mary’s University Trustees Emeriti

Albert B. Alkek

Male

Charles Barrett Jr. (B.B.A. ’62)

Male

David W. Biegler (B.S. ’68)

Male

Jack Biegler (B.B.A. ’65)

Male

Raymond Carvajal, R.Ph.

Male

Charles L. Cotrell, Ph.D. (B.A. ’62, M.A. ’64)

Male

St. Mary’s President Emeritus

David Dickson (B.A. ’68)

Male

Brother Richard Dix, S.M. (B.S. ’52)

Male

Stephen M. Dufilho (M.A. ’69)

Male

Charles E. Ebrom (B.B.A. ’52, L.L.B. ’63)

Male

Robert L. Elizondo (B.S. ’67)

Male

Ruben M. Escobedo (B.B.A. ’60)

Male

Bill Greehey (B.B.A. ’60)

Male

The Rev. Quentin Hakenewerth, S.M.

Male

Edward B. Kelley (B.B.A. ’64)

Male

Rosemary Kowalski

Female

Pat A. Legan (J.D. ’46)

The Rev. John A. Leies, S.M., S.T.D.

Male

St. Mary’s President Emeritus

Vincent Lin (B.S. ’66, M.A. ’68)

Male

Nancy B. Loeffler

Male

Al J. Notzon III (B.A. ’60)

Male

Thomas M. O’Connor (B.S.C. ’43)

Male

Philip J. Pfeiffer

Male

Robert Rosow (B.S.C. ’45)

Male

Phyllis Siegel (B.A. ’79)

Male

Doris A. Slay-Barber (B.A. ’74)

Female

The Rev. Martin Solma, S.M.

Male

Sister Gretchen Trautman, F.M.I. (B.A. ’73)

Male

The Honorable Nelson Wolff (B.B.A. ’66, J.D. ’66)

Male
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