Learn More About Our Board Members
Brian Bowers, Chairman
Business & Professional Information: Kerrville President, The Bank & Trust
Education: BBA in Marketing, Texas A&M
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Hill Country Youth Ranch Board of Directors
• Texas Council of the IFFF, Treasurer
• Trinity Baptist Church, Deacon
• Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Chair 2021
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain
Mark Armstrong
Business & Professional Information: President, The Lakehouse Restaurant
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Peterson Board of Directors, Former Chair (two years), Member (seven years)
• Texas Healthcare Trustees Board of Directors, Member (six years)
• Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, Former President (2 Terms)
• Rotary Club of Kerrville, Former President
• Kerrville Economic Improvement Corporation, Former President
• Rotarian of the Year, 2003
• City of Kerrville Personal Advisory Committee
• Food Service Advisory Board
• KISD Citizens School Study Advisory Committee, Committee Chair
• First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, Member
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Imagination is more important the Knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
Rose Bradshaw
Business & Professional Information: Office Manager and Computer Graphics Designer, So Fast Printing LLC
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Texas Association of Sports Officials, Member since 1977
• South Texas Volleyball Officials Association, Member since 1977
• Hill Country Sports Officials Association, Founder
• Kerr County Chamber Ambassador, Member since 2005
• Kerrville Networking Group, Secretary and Treasurer (since 2006)
• Notre Dame Catholic Church, Member
• Kerr County Women’s Chamber, Member since 2005
• American Little League Association, Member since 1995
• Graduate Kerr County Leadership Program, Member since 2006
• Mary C. Williams Volunteer of the Year Award, Recipient (2015)
• Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Member since 2019
• KerrEDC Excellence Award, Recipient (2021)
• Kerrville Citizen Police Alumni representing City of Kerrville since 2014
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” –The Golden Rule
Kendall Davison
Business & Professional Information: Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Education: BBA, Finance and Accounting, Angelo State University
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Kerrville Lions Club, Host member since 1996 and past president (three times)
• Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, Former Member
• Kerrville Public School Foundation, Former Member
• First United Methodist Church of Kerrville, Former Finance Committee Member
Favorite Quote or Saying: “You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want.” –Zig Zigler
Mary-Liz Eastland
Business & Professional Information: Director and Registered Nurse, Camp Mystic
Education: BS in Nursing, Baylor University; Masters in Biblical and Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary
Community Activities & Involvement:
• First United Methodist Church, Member
• Hunt Volunteer Fire Department, First Responder
• ARC Lifeguard Instructor
• Kerrville Junior Service Guild, Former Member
• Hunt School PTA, Member
• Hill Country CASA Advocate
Favorite Quote or Saying: “God is good, all the time, even still!”
Sylvia Fritz-Dobbs
Business & Professional Information: President, Hill Country Mini Mart
Education: BBA, The University of Texas at Austin
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Kerrville Business Persons of the Year, 2018
• Kerrville Chamber of Commerce, Former Ambassador
• Texas Food and Fuel Association Board, Former Member
• Hill Country Charity Ball Association, Former Member
• Guest Business Speaker, Schreiner University
• ACTS Community, Member
• Notre Dame Church, Member
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Be still, and know that I am God.” –Psalm 46:10
Tom Houdeshell, Chair Elect
Business & Professional Information: Owner, CEO, President, All-Plastics, LLC
Education: BBA and MBA, Tiffin University
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Kerrville Economic Development Board, Former Member
• First Presbyterian Church, Ordained Elder
• Kerrville YMCA Board, Former Member
• Business Advisory Board, Schreiner University, Member
• President’s Advisory Board, Schreiner University, Member
• Gulf Coast Medical Device Manufacturers Board, Former Member
• Society of Plastics Engineers Board, Former Member
• MAPP, Member and Former Board Member
• San Antonio Manufacturers Association, Member
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Work hard, stay humble.”
Toni Manchester
Business & Professional Information: Broker and Owner, CENTURY 21 The Hills Realty
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Kerrville Board of Realtors, Former President
• Comanche Trace Golf and Country Club, Board of Governors
• Comanche Trace Ladies Golf Association, Former President
• Crisis Pregnancy Council (Sacramento, CA), Former Board Member
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” –Galatians 6:9
Kristen McAlexander, Ph.D.
Business & Professional Information: Associate Professor, Department Chair, Schreiner University
Education: Ph.D., University of Houston; MA, Sam Houston State; BS, Texas A&M
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Kiwanis International
• Hill Country College Fund, Faculty Representative
• AYSO, Volunteer Soccer Coach
• First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, member
• Schreiner University, Faculty Mentor for Basketball
• Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” –Mahatma Gandhi
Keith Williams
Business & Professional Information: Retired Senior District Judge (Sitting by Assignment), Texas State Judiciary
Education: BA & JD, Texas Tech University
Community Activities & Involvement:
• KISD Board of Trustees, Former President
• United Way of Kerrville, Former Board Member
• Charis Hills Youth Ranch, Board Member
• Hill Country Ministries, Board Member
• Hill Country Youth Ranch, Former Board Member
• Hill Country Crisis Council, Former Board Member
• Trinity Baptist Church, Member, Chairman of Deacons
• Texas Tech University Alumni Association, Former Board Member
• Texas Tech University – Hill Country, Former Board Member
• Hill Country Regional Public Defenders Office, Chairman of Oversight Committee
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5–6
James Young, M.D.
Business & Professional Information: Owner, Internal Medicine Consultants, PA
Education: Texas A&M University; Baylor College of Medicine-Internship/Residency
Community Activities & Involvement:
• Peterson Hospice, Medical Director
• Peterson Providers at Home, Medical Director
• Peterson Home Care, Medical Director
• Board Certified – Internal Medicine, Hospice, Palliative Care
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely, and the unwanted, according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do humble work.” –Mother Teresa