Staff and Board of Directors



SCHOLARSHIP COORDINATOR
Trudy Richards
(512) 232-4937
trichards@uiltexas.org

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PRESIDENT 
Garry W. Vacek, Austin
Attorney

VICE-PRESIDENT
Mitchell A. Long, Austin
Executive Director, The Long Foundation

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & SECRETARY
Dr. William D. Farney, Austin
Retired UIL Director

BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. Charles Akins, Austin
Retired Educator

Dr. Charles Breithaupt, Austin
Executive Director, UIL

Cyndi Taylor Krier, San Antonio
UT Board of Regents

Dr. Teresa L. Long, Austin
Community Volunteer

Eric Meadows, Dallas
The Meadows Foundation

Mike A. Myers, Dallas
Myers Financial Corp.

Walter G. Riedel, III, Orange
President/CEO, Stark Foundation

Dr. Ricardo Romo, San Antonio
President, UT San Antonio

Melodie Summersett, Austin
Community Volunteer

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

Dr. Greg Poole
Superintendent, Barbers Hill ISD

Dr. Mark Henry
Superintendent, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD