Board of Directors, Officers, and Teams

Officers

Officers for 2025

• Sheryl Pender – President  [email protected] 
• Phil Youngblood – Vice President  [email protected]
• Diane DeKerlegand – Secretary  [email protected]
• Maria Lozano – Treasurer  [email protected]

Officers for 2026 are as follows:

• Alice King
• Rae Raiford
• Diane DeKerigand
• Norma Anderson

Directors

• Patricia Poore – Director of Advanced Training [email protected]
• Carra Millkien – Director of Class Training  [email protected]
• Lisa Kolaja – Director of Communications [email protected]
• Aimee Tennant – Director of Membership  [email protected] 
• David Drake – Director of Volunteer Service Projects [email protected]
• Kathy Crawford – 2024 Class Representative [email protected]
• Jeff Schwarz – Immediate Past President [email protected]
• Vern Crawford – State Representative [email protected]

The Board of Directors meet monthly on the 4th Monday of the month. Meetings are held at the Riverside Nature Center, 2:00p-4:00p. The Board of Directors meetings are open to Hill Country Chapter members. Chapter members are also invited to contact [email protected] with questions or comments.

The minutes of the Bord of Directors monthly meetings are available for all to read.

• Patricia Poore – Team Lead
  • Suanne Pyle
  • Lucy Cruz

Audio/Visual Team

• Frank Garcia – Team Lead
• Zoom Chat Coordinators
  • Mark Hults (monthly and new class)
  • Karen Hurst (new class, Boerne)
  • Greg Faldyn (new class, Fredericksburg)
  • Steve Griffith (new class, Kerrville)

Communications Team

• Lisa Kolaja, Communications Team Lead, [email protected]
  • Mackenzie Brown, Webmaster [email protected]
  • Deb Youngblood, Web Support [email protected]
  • Linda Fiore, Publicity [email protected]
  • Dot Maginot, Newsletter Editor [email protected]

Membership Team

• Randee Thompson, Support

VMS Team

• Lisa Flanagan, F-L hours approval [email protected]
• Sandy Leyendecker, VMS data manager, A-E, M-Z, and AT hours approval [email protected]
• Kristie Denbow, VMS project manager [email protected]

Advisors

• Michelle Haggerty [email protected]