Staff & Leadership

STAFF

Elena Portnaya, DMA

Artistic Coordinator
Artistic Director of The Gurwitz

Preston Saenz

Marketing Manager

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Vernon Haney

Board Vice Chair
Sr. Program Leader, Construction Division HEB Facility Alliance

Suzanne Rostomian, CPA

Board Treasurer
President, Suzanne Rostomian CPA PC

Adriana Flores

Board Secretary
Vice President, Alamo Music Center

Faisal Khan

Principal and Wealth Advisor, Southwestern Money Management LLC

Carlos Miranda

President, PAC Aviation International, Inc

Stephen T. “Tim” Quigley

President of Sister Cities International, Commanding Officer – U.S. Navy (Retired)

Awilda I. Ramos, MD, FAAP, COL (Ret.)

Pediatrician (New Braunfels, TX), Colonel – U.S. Army Reserve (Retired)

Fa Winsborough, MA, LPC, NCC, LMA

Founder, Luminous Counseling Center

Kimberly S. West, CFRE

Assistant Vice President for Development, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Kristina Zhao

Culinary Director – DASHI Sichuan Kitchen + Bar, Co-Owner – Sichuan House

BOARD EMERITUS TRUSTEES

GLOBAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

The Honorable Phil & Linda Hardberger

First Lady and Mayor (2005-09)
City of San Antonio
Co-Chairs

Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD

Former Chancellor (2009-14)
University of Texas System

Shahrzad Dowlatshahi

Chief Diplomacy & Protocol Officer
City of San Antonio

The Honorable Charles Gonzalez

Texas State Representative (1999-2013)
U.S. House of Representatives

Lori Houston

Assistant City Manager
City of San Antonio

Maestro Sebastian Lang-Lessing

Music Director Emeritus
San Antonio Symphony

Steve Nivin, PhD

Chief Economist (2002-08)
City of San Antonio

Mayor Ron Nirenberg

(2017-Present)
City of San Antonio

Erika Prosper Nirenberg

First Lady of San Antonio
H-E-B, Senior Director of Community Insights

Leticia R. Van de Putte, RPh

President of Andrade-Van de Putte & Associates
Former TX State Senator

Maestro Karim Wasfi

Conductor
Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra

The Honorable Judge Nelson Wolff

Bexar County Judge
(2001-Present)

BOARD ALUMNI

John A. Acosta
Mary Frances Agnello
Dominic Anderson
Suhail Arastu
Yurii D. Borshch, MD
Jenifer Brown
Judy Crabb*
Jaime Len Cooke
Diana A. De La Torre
Alba M. Diaz
Susan Dunis
Aspasia Erian
Richardson B. Gill, PhD
Caleb Gonzalez
Fred Grasso
Arseni Grokhovski
Kevin Hall, MD
Kelly Hamilton
Luci Harty
Bess Hieronymus
Bruce E. Houston, JD
Crisarla Houston
Mariya Houston, RN
Anne Johnson
Ben Jones
Waheeda Kara
Bradley Kayser, MD
Barbara Lind
Veronika Liskova
Gustavo Medellin, MD
Analisa Mendiola
Gladys Miller
Kevin Moor
Sebastian Mora, MD
Jan Puckett, MD
Stephen T. “Tim” Quigley
Luis Ramos, MD
Marleen Richardson
Sharon Romer*
Suzanne Rostomian, CPA
Rachel Ruiz
Reema Shroff, JD
Frank Stenger-Castro, JD
Sheila Swartzman, MD
Leticia Van de Putte
Sujata Venkateswar, CPA
Rafa J. Veraza, PhD, MPH
Daniel Webster*
Connie White
Mary Ann Winden
Stan Zebrowski, DDS

*Deceased

Independent Contractors

Certified Public Accountants – Erin Lecce, Reed J. Smiley
Curriculum Specialist – Corinna Quintanilla
Grant Writers – Tabitha Dunham, Lesley Ramsey
Graphic Design – Coral Díaz
Photographers (In-Kind) – Kenneth Mahnke, Robert Michaelson, Steve Wheeler
Publicist – Nancy Cook-Monroe
Video/Audio Production – Steve Peterson, PR Story Studios, ArtsDrive™️, Brandon Kimack, Catholic Television of San Antonio, SymbioHush, Framework Productions
Website Design & Digital Marketing – Dryden Labs, LLC