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Board of Directors, Officers, and Teams

The Board of Directors meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 2:00pm-4:00pm at different locations in the Hill Country. The Board of Directors meetings are open to Hill Country Chapter members. Chapter members are invited to contact [email protected] for the location of the meetings or with questions or comments.

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

Officers for 2026

Alice King, President [email protected]
Rae Raiford, Vice President [email protected]
Aimee Tennant, Secretary [email protected]
Diane DeKerlegand, Treasurer [email protected]

Directors

  • Patricia Poore, Director of Advanced Training [email protected]
  • Dot Maginot, Director of Volunteer Service Projects [email protected]
  • Lisa Kolaja, Director of Communications [email protected]
  • Randee Thompson, Director of Membership [email protected]
  • Vacant, Information Technology
  • Carra Milikien, Director of Class Training  [email protected]
  • Kelly Skovbjerg, 2025 Class Representative  [email protected]
  • Sheryl Pender, Immediate Past President  [email protected]
  • Carrie Nicolas, 2026 Class Representative [email protected]

Teams

  • Patsy Sherman, Hospitality
  • Gracie Waggener, Merchandise Sales

Advanced Training Team

  • Patricia Poore – Team Lead
    • Susan Liljestrand, AT Assistant
    • Lucy Cruz Hudson, AT Assistant
    • Michelle Scott, AT Assistant

Volunteer Service Projects Team

  • Dot Maginot – Team Lead
    • Mark Hults, Volunteer Service Assistant
    • Kristie Denbow, VMS Projects Manager

Communications Team

  • Lisa Kolaja – Team Lead
    • Vacant, Webmaster
    • Phil Youngblood, Historian 
    • Dot Maginot, Newsletter Editor [email protected]
      • Fletcher Thorne-Thomsen, Newsletter Proofreader
      • Mark Hults, Newsletter Proofreader

Membership Team

  • Randee Thompson – Team Lead
    • David Drake, Membership Assistant
    • Maya Christeson, Membership Assistant
    • Aimee Tennant, Membership Assistant

Information Technology Team

  • IT Director, Vacant
    • Frank Garcia – AV 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)
    • Dot Maginot – One Drive Administrator

Training Class

  • Carra Milikien, Class Director
  • Joanne Williams, Class Co-Director

VMS Data Management Team

  • Sandy Leyendecker, Data Manager, Last name: M-Z Vol Service approvals; AT hours approval
  • Lisa Flanagan, Last name: A-L Vol Service approvals
  • Kristie Denbow, VMS Project Manager
  • Dot Maginot, VMS training

Advisors

Michelle Haggerty

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Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter
PO Box 293972
Kerrville, TX 78029

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