Board of Directors
The Foundation is currently managed by a 25 member board of directors. At least two board members serve from each of the seven counties; members are chosen for their leadership and philanthropy in the Coastal Bend. Current members include:
Aransas County
Paula Dean
Amanda Kellar
Hon. Betty G. Stiles
Bee County
Laura Fischer
Kirkby Townsend, CPA (Treasurer/Finance Chair)
Jim Wells County
Osbert Blow, M.D., Ph.D., FACS
Hon. Karin Knolle
Kleberg County
James H. Clement III
Brad Womack
Nueces County
Pamela Leming Brower, CPA
Sarah Fisher (Scholarship Chair)
Ken Griffin
Al Jones
Richard L. Leshin
Hon. John B. Martinez
Hon. Joe McComb
Richard F. Scanio (Investment Chair)
C. Michelle Unda (Grants Chair)
Karen O’Connor Urban (Chair)
Jennifer B. Vogt (Past Chair)
Refugio County
Hon. Louise N. Aduddell
Nancy D. Linney
San Patricio County
Wes Hoskins
Irene Irey
Staff
Karen W. Selim, JD
President & CEO
kselim@cbcfoundation.org
Garner Burford
Scholarship/Project Director
gburford@cbcfoundation.org
Mary Orf
Grants Director
morf@cbcfoundation.org
Alyssa Monette, MAcc, CPA
Financial Director
amonette@cbcfoundation.org
Tracy M. Ramirez
Operations/Coastal Bend Day of Giving Director
tramirez@cbcfoundation.org
Krystal E. Thomasson
Marketing/Communications Director
kthomasson@cbcfoundation.org
Lari D. Young, Ph.D.
Office Manager
lyoung@cbcfoundation.org