The St. Mary’s University Board of Trustees meets four times a year during the academic year.
The Rev. Oscar Vasquez, S.M.
Chancellor, St. Mary’s University
Provincial, Marianist Province of the United States
Lynda Ellis (B.A.S. ’81)
Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
Owner and CEO, Capitol Concierge, Inc.
John Vaught (J.D. ’78)
Vice Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
Retired Attorney
Brother Thomas “Tom” Giardino, S.M.
Vice Chair, St. Mary’s Board of Trustees
Executive Director, Association of Marianist Universities
Thomas M. “Tom” Mengler, J.D.
President, St. Mary’s University
The Rev. Dennis Arechiga
Pastor, St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church
Leland T. Blank, Ph.D., P.E. (B.S. ’67)
Dean Emeritus, American University of Sharjah
Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University
Brother Edward “Ed” Brink, S.M.
Vice President for Mission and Rector, Chaminade University
Joseph Diaz, M.D. (B.A. ’79)
President and Medical Director, Allergy Asthma & Immunology Associates of South Texas
Sara E. Dysart (B.A. ’74, J.D. ’81)
Attorney, Dysart Law
The Rev. James “Jim” Fitz, S.M.
Vice President for Mission and Rector, University of Dayton
Brother Francisco González, S.M., M.D.
President, Colegio San José, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Tom Grothues (B.B.A. ’91, M.B.A. ’97)
Owner, Tom G. Consulting Group, LLC
George B. Hernández Jr. , J.D. (B.A. ’74)
President and CEO, University Health System
David Herrmann (B.B.A. ’88, J.D. ’90)
CEO, Columbia Realty Limited
RaSheeda C. Keir (B.A. ’01 and M.A. ’02)
Real Estate Investor and Contractor
Sister Laura Leming, F.M.I., Ph.D (B.A. ’79)
Associate Professor, The University of Dayton
Ellen F. Manzullo, M.D., FACP (B.S. ’82)
Professor of Medicine and Deputy Division Head of Internal Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Hon. Sandee Bryan Marion (J.D. ’80)
Chief Justice Retired, Fourth Court of Appeals and Retired Judge, Bexar County Probate Court
Michael “Terry” Martin (B.B.A. ’81)
Owner and President, Anodyne Wool, Inc.
Christopher “Chris” Martinez (B.B.A. ’00)
President, Central Electric Enterprises & Co.
Sandra Nannini (M.A. ’07)
Retired, Senior Vice President, Branch Banking Business Initiatives, Wells Fargo Bank
Joseph Ojile, M.D. (B.A. ’80)
President of Caduceus Corporation, and Founder and CEO of Clayton Sleep Institute
Brother Jesse O’Neill, S.M.
Assistant for Education, Marianist Province of the United States
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.
Assistant Provincial, Marianist Province of the United States
Katherine Resteiner (M.S. ’94)
Managing Director/COO, Corporate Development, Intel Corporation
Michael “Mickey” Schott (B.B.A. ’68)
President, The Gorman Foundation
Gordon Schutze, M.D. (B.S. ’80)
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)
Chairman, Aktiva Capital SC
Mary Brennan Stich (B.A. ’78 and J.D. ’81)
Former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Rackspace
Joe Louis Vela Jr. (B.A.M. ’06)
Owner of the Vela Group, Inc.
Thomas C. Washmon (J.D. ’98)
Law Alumni Representative
President and General Counsel, Privateer Capital Management
St. Mary’s University Trustees Emeriti
Albert B. Alkek
Charles Barrett Jr. (B.B.A. ’62)
David W. Biegler (B.S. ’68)
Jack Biegler (B.B.A. ’65)
Raymond Carvajal, R.Ph.
Charles L. Cotrell, Ph.D. (B.A. ’62, M.A. ’64)
St. Mary’s President Emeritus
David Dickson (B.A. ’68)
Brother Richard Dix, S.M. (B.S. ’52)
Stephen M. Dufilho (M.A. ’69)
Charles E. Ebrom (B.B.A. ’52, L.L.B. ’63)
Robert L. Elizondo (B.S. ’67)
Ruben M. Escobedo (B.B.A. ’60)
Bill Greehey (B.B.A. ’60)
The Rev. Quentin Hakenewerth, S.M.
Edward B. Kelley (B.B.A. ’64)
Rosemary Kowalski
Pat A. Legan (J.D. ’46)
The Rev. John A. Leies, S.M., S.T.D.
St. Mary’s President Emeritus
Vincent Lin (B.S. ’66, M.A. ’68)
Nancy B. Loeffler
Al J. Notzon III (B.A. ’60)
Thomas M. O’Connor (B.S.C. ’43)
Philip J. Pfeiffer
Robert Rosow (B.S.C. ’45)
Phyllis Siegel (B.A. ’79)
Doris A. Slay-Barber (B.A. ’74)
The Rev. Martin Solma, S.M.
Sister Gretchen Trautman, F.M.I. (B.A. ’73)
The Honorable Nelson Wolff (B.B.A. ’66, J.D. ’66)
The Rev. Louis J. Blume, S.M.
Awarded posthumously
Leticia Contreras (B.A. ’89)
Martin D. Beirne Jr. (J.D. ’69)
The Rev. James L. Heft, S.M.
Ray E. Berend (B.B.A. ’67)
Awarded posthumously