Foundation Board
Foundation Board Officers:
Mindy Wendele, Chair
Business & Professional Information: Owner, Social Graces by Mindy Wendele
Education: Economic Development Institute – University of Oklahoma
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Executive Board of the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce (Current)
- Chairman – Kerrville Convention & Visitor Bureau (Current)
- Vice Chair – City of Kerrville TIRZ Board (Current)
- Kerrville City Council
- President – Women’s Chamber & Executive Women’s Club
- Trustee – Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
- Regional Council for LCRA
- Executive Board – Texas Downtown Association
- Board – Hill Country Youth Ranch
- Board – Habitat for Humanity
- Kerrville Rotary
- Kerrville Chalk Festival
- Leadership roles in many civic, social, church and school groups
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Be pure of heart in everything you do. Work hard, keeping your standards high, while giving thanks for the endless possibilities awaiting.” – Marj Nicholson, my mother & founder – PRMC Auxiliary
Tammy Prout, Chair-elect/Vice Chair
Business & Professional Information: Owner/Publisher, Hill Country Community Journal
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Rotary Club of Kerrville since 2005
- Texas Press Association 2005
- Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce since 1999
- Chamber of Commerce Member
- Tivy Athletic Booster Club past member
- Notre Dame Catholic Church since 1993
- Kerrville Little League (coach 3 years)
- YMCA Basketball (coach 3 years)
- KerrEDC Top 40 recipient – 2021
- Rotary Club of Kerrville President 2020-2021
- Rotarian of the Year – 2018
Favorite Quote or Saying: “We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.” – Ronald Reagan
Mary Ellen Summerlin, Vice-Chair
Business & Professional Information: Retired teacher, social worker, non-profit manager, and special education tutor, former Mayor and Councilmember, Port Arthur, Texas; Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District Board, Precinct 2, and Kerrville City Council member.
Education: BA English – Abilene Christian College, MPA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Community Activities & Involvement:
- First Presbyterian Church, Elder
- Guatemala Partnership of Mission Presbytery, Member
- Kerr Konnect, Driver
- Secretary of the Hill Country Chapter for Texas Democratic Women
- Member of the Hill Country Chapter for League of Women Voters
- Kerr County Democratic Party, 212 Precinct Chair
Favorite Quote or Saying: “None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony, or a few nuns – bent down and helped us pick up our boots.” – Thurgood Marshall
Colleen Brinkman
Rachel Johnston
Business & Professional Information: Owner, Moore’s Home Furnishings
Education: MBA – University of Texas at Austin
Community Activities & Involvement:
- President, Kerrville Public School Foundation
- Adjunct Business Professor, Schreiner University
- Mentor, Kerrville ISD
- Board of Directors, Upper Guadalupe River Center
- Sunday School Teacher, Kerrville First United Methodist Church
- PTO Volunteer, Nimitz Elem.; BT Wilson School; Peterson Middle School; & Tivy High School
Favorite Quote or Saying: From my father, “Live boldly and be significant.”
Melissa Hoelscher Koza
John Miller
Business & Professional Information: Owner, John W. Miller, Jr., Co. Inc.
Education: University of Texas
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Past President Hill Country Crisis Council
- Past President Partners in Ministry
- Founding member of Christian Men’s Job Corpse
- Past President Zion Lutheran Church Council
- Past President of River Hill Board of Directors
- Kerrville Daily Times Citizen of the Year 2012
- Peterson Health Foundation Board of Directors
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Whatever you did for he least of these you did for me” – Matthew 25:40
Paige Mixon
Business & Professional Information: Community Volunteer, City of Kerrville
Education: BA in Communications – Baylor University
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Kerrville United Methodist Church
- Kerrville Public School Foundation
- Parent Teacher Organization (Tivy, Peterson, BT Wilson, Nimitz)
- Kerrville Area Aggie Mom’s Club
- Kerrville Junior Service Guild
Favorite Quote or Saying: “The more grateful I am, the more beauty I see.” – Mary Davis
Dr. William E. Morris, Jr.
Business & Professional Information: Physician Consultant for Quality & Utilization Management (Retired), Peterson Health
Education: MD – UTHSCSA
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Peterson Health Board of Directors 2013-2022
- American Heart Association, Past President & Honoree
- EMS Advisory Board 1994-1996, ACLS instructor
- Kerr Country Young Life Steering Committee & Co-chair
- Kerrville Youth Soccer, Basketball, Little League Coach, Sponsor, Referee
- Salvation Army Medical Clinic Volunteer Physician & Director
- Tivy HS Volunteer Instructor & Sponsor of Debate, Mock Trial, Soccer, Project Graduation
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Success is the consequence of attention to detail being supported by excellent communication and dedication.” – Tim Caris, MD, at 1974 Medical School Graduation
Risa Parker
Dr. Joseph Pruneda
Business & Professional Information:
- Physician currently practicing at Peterson Regional Medical Center
- Director, Department of Radiology, Peterson Regional Medical Center
- Former Chief of Staff, Sid Peterson Memorial Hospital
- Member, The American Board of Radiology
- Member, Texas Medical Association
Education:
- M.D.: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
- Scott & White Hospital, Radiology Residency
- Baylor College of Medicine, MRI Fellowship
Communities Activities & Involvement:
- Kerrville Youth Soccer Association, Coach and Sponsor
- Ingram Little Dribblers Basketball, Coach and Sponsor
- Raphael Community Free Clinic
Favorite Quote or Saying:
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” – Theodore Roosevelt
Bruce Rice
Tory Risinger
Tory Risinger
Business & Professional Information:
- Financial Coordinator, Risinger Orthodontics
Education:
- Bachelor of Business Administration – Angelo State University
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Tivy Antler Football & Volleyball, Team Parent
- Tivy Project Graduation
- Sisterhood For Good
- Parent Teacher Organization Officer and Volunteer (Tally Elementary, BT Wilson School, Peterson Middle School, Tivy High School)
- Kid’s Advocacy Place
- Hill Country Charity Ball Association
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Give your hands to serve and your hearts to love.” – Mother Teresa
Kari Short
Business & Professional Information: Owner (Retired), Falling Rock Ranch
Education: Bachelor’s Degree – Texas A&M
Community Activities & Involvement:
- West Kerr Current reporter
- Hill Country Telephone Director
- Founder of the Hill Country Breast Cancer Support Group
- Member, Past Board of Director and President’s Award Recipient with the West Kerr Chamber of Commerce
- Hunt Garden Club member
- First Thursday Group member
- 2022 Kerr County GOP State Convention Delegate
- Past Member of the Board of Directors for the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera
- Member of the Hill Country Kappa Alumna
- Owner of a public relations company and contributing writer for Houston Lifestyle Magazine
Favorite Quote or Saying: “You have two hands: One to help yourself, the second to help others.” – Audrey Hepburn
Bruce Stracke
Business & Professional Information: Broker/Owner – Brinkman Commercial Properties, LLC. and Mountain Street Real Estate Company
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Member of Kerrville’s TIRZ#1 Board and Development Services Community Group
- Peterson Health Foundation Board
- Member of the National Association of Realtors
- Active participant in City Council, Economic Improvement Corporation, and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings
Favorite Quote or Saying: “The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life. It is so easy to make it complex.” – Yvon Chouinard
Roy Thompson
Business & Professional Information: President/CEO, Texas Hill Country Bank
Education: B.B.A. in Finance (Real Estate) – Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Community Activities & Involvement:
- Member of the Kerrville Noon Rotary Club
- Past Chairman of Kerrville Economic Development Foundation
- Past President of the Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce
- Past President and Board Member of the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country
- Founding member of the Young Men’s Business League
- Member of the First United Methodist Church
Favorite Quote or Saying: “What you consciously do, you do better.” – Unknown Author
Amanda Williams
Mike Wilson
Business & Professional Information: Retired Senior Partner & former Managing Partner, Jackson Walker LLP
Education: B.B.A. & J.D. – The University of Texas at Austin
Community Activities & Involvement:
- The Dietert Center, Board of Directors
- Kerrville City Council’s Advisory Committee to Senior Services
- The Rotary Club of Kerrville
- First Presbyterian Church of Kerrville, Elder
- Texas Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Favorite Quote or Saying: “Excellence never has a bad day.” – Trademark, Jackson Walker LLP