Our Board
Meet Our Board
Board Chair
Partner Walsh McGurk Cordova Nixon PLLC
Deborah Cordova
Board Vice-Chair
Partner Safeguard Insurance Agency
Juan Padron
Board Vice-Chair
Vice President Strategic Development
Raquel Limas
Board Member
Director RGV FOCUS
Rebeca Lopez
Board Member
Rio Grande Valley Market Executive, PNC Bank
Juan Loya
Board Member
President Starr County Industrial Foundation
Rose Benavidez
Board Member
Staff Attorney and Medical Legal Partnership Manager Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Priscilla Noriega
Rio Grande Valley
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Board Member
Partner, Clark Chevrolet/Clark-Knapp Honda
Daniel Clark
Board Member
Education Consultant
Marilyn Osborn
Board Member
Director of Community Development UMOS
Robert Rosell
Board Member
Assistant Vice President for Community Engagement, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Christian Corrales
Board Member
President & CEO Rio Grande Valley Partnership
Daniel Silva
Friends of the Board
Friend of the Board
Senior Vice President Lone Star National Bank
Julian Alvarez III
Friend of the Board
Chief Operating Officer, MDG Investments, LLC
Gina Garcia
Meet Our Alumni Board
Sales Consultant Esperanza Homes
Humberto J. Alanis
Rio Grande Valley
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Director of Financial Literacy and Alumni Funding IDEA Public Schools
Jose A. Avila
Rio Grande Valley
16
Teacher PSJA ISD
Rebecca Cruz
Rio Grande Valley
12
Vice Chair, Leadership Development
Coordinator, Partner Success Relay Graduate School of Education
Ernesto Farias
Rio Grande Valley
19
Chair
Director of College Counseling IDEA Public Schools
Abril Flores
Rio Grande Valley
13
Teacher Harlingen CISD
Erick Longoria
Rio Grande Valley
21
Medical Student UTRGV School of Medicine
Isaac Perez
Rio Grande Valley
18
Outreach Coordinator Holy Family Services, Inc.
Jessica Pohl
Rio Grande Valley
09
Instructional Administrator Edcouch-Elsa ISD
Danipsa Rodriguez-Garcia
Rio Grande Valley
15
Teacher Harlingen CISD
Anabel Saenz
Rio Grande Valley
21
Vice Chair, Community Building
Customer Support Specialist Edcite
Kathryn Strickland Rodriguez
Rio Grande Valley
12
Assistant Principal of Instruction IDEA Public Schools
Navile Torres
Delaware
14
Policy Fellow Leadership for Educational Equity
Jorge Vela
Connecticut
18
Teacher IDEA Public Schools
Alejandro Villa
Rio Grande Valley
16