Foundation Team

Foundation Team

Office of the President and Chief Executive Officer

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Edward B. Burger, PhD, President and CEO

Ed took the helm of St. David’s Foundation in January 2020, where he oversees all the Foundation’s operations as well as leads its philanthropic endeavors aimed at improving the lives of individuals throughout Central Texas both today and tomorrow. Read more…
Christy-Wallace

Christy Wallace, Executive Assistant

Christy provides administrative support for the Chief Executive Officer and is liaison to the Board of Trustees.

Cara Abazari Director of Community Affairs
Ellie-Haggerty-Coplin
Ellie Coplin, MPH Director of Learning and Evaluation
Shailee Gupta, DDS Director of Dental Programs
Julian Huerta Vice President of Community Programs
Cathy-Iberg
Cathy Iberg, CPA Vice President of Investments
Regan Gruber Moffitt Vice President of Community Investments
Cara-Mueller
Cara Mueller, PHR, SHRM-CP Director of Human Resources
XavierPena
F. Xavier Peña Executive Vice President & General Counsel
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Christina Felton Thompson Director of Communications
Amy-Vaughan
Amy Vaughan, CPA Vice President of Finance
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Christina Felton Thompson, Director of Communications

Christina leads the communications team providing strategy and support for the Foundation’s branding, media relations, community outreach, marketing and digital efforts. Read more…
 
Emily-Burgess

Emily Burgess, Senior Communications Officer

Emily manages strategic communications initiatives which increase awareness of the Foundation’s grantmaking, mission and work in Central Texas.
 
Natalia-Ciolko

Natalia Ciolko, Communications Officer

Natalia manages strategic communications initiatives which increase awareness of the Foundation’s work in Central Texas.
 
 

Holly Collins, Communications Coordinator

Holly supports strategic communications initiatives which increase awareness of the Foundation’s work in Central Texas.
Julian-Huerta

Julian Huerta, Vice President of Community Programs

Julian Huerta is the Vice President of Community Programs at St. David’s Foundation. Julian develops, implements, and supports the Foundation’s portfolio of direct service programs, including the St. David’s Foundation Mobile Dental Program and Neal Kocurek Scholarship for students pursuing careers in health professions–two of the largest examples of such initiatives in the country. Read more…
 
Cara-Abazari

Cara Abazari, Director of Community Affairs

Cara oversees all community affairs and community programs efforts of the Foundation, including Toast of the Town, Health’s Angels, and the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Program. Read more…
 
Ashley-Gomez

Ashley Gomez, Scholarship Program Manager

Ashley plans and manages all aspects of the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Program.
 
Taylor-Gutierrez

Taylor Gutierrez, MAIS, bCRE-Pro, Community Affairs Program and Database Manager

Taylor manages the AgingWell program and the Foundation’s donor database.
 
 

Corinne Pukys, Community Affairs Scholarship Associate

Corinne supports the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Program, and the Community Affairs programs AgingWell and Toast of the  Town.
 

Megan Ranus, Community Affairs Scholarship Associate

Megan supports the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Program, and the Community Affairs programs AgingWell and Toast of the  Town.
 

Erica Salinas, Community Affairs Program Associate

Erica supports the Community Affairs programs, including: AgingWell, Toast of the Town, and the St. David’s Neal Kocurek Scholarship Program.
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Regan Gruber Moffitt, Vice President of Community Investments

Regan leads the Community Investments team, overseeing the Foundation’s strategic grantmaking, community collaborations, and strategic partnerships. Read more…
 
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Abena Asante, MHA, Senior Program Officer

Abena develops strategies for programs and grant making in the area of Rural Communities. Read more…
 
Amy-Einhorn

Amy Einhorn, MPP, Senior Program Officer

Amy develops strategies for programs and grant making in the areas of Strong Safety Net and Health Care Workforce Development. Read more…
 
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Angela Huddy, Senior Administration Coordinator

Angela provides administrative and operations support for the Senior Program Officers and the Community Investments Team.
 

Joycelyn Jurado, MEd, Program Associate

Joycelyn supports and coordinates major bodies of work overseen by the Senior Program Officers to ensure an ongoing connection between the Foundation’s strategic direction and operations.
 
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Andrew Levack, MPH, Senior Program Officer

Andrew develops strategies for programs and grant making in the area of Aging in Place. Read more…
 
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Kim McPherson, MPAff, Senior Program Officer

Kim develops strategies for programs and grant making in the areas of Childhood Adversity and Housing Wrap Around Services. Read more…
 
Caren-Wood

Caren Wood, Executive Assistant

Caren provides administrative support for the Vice President of Community Investments and Vice President of Evaluation and Strategic Learning.
Julian-Huerta

Julian Huerta, Vice President of Community Programs

Julian Huerta is the Vice President of Community Programs at St. David’s Foundation. Julian develops, implements, and supports the Foundation’s portfolio of direct service programs, including the St. David’s Foundation Mobile Dental Program and Neal Kocurek Scholarship for students pursuing careers in health professions–two of the largest examples of such initiatives in the country. Read more…
 
Shailee-Gupta

Shailee Gupta, DDS, Director of Dental Programs

Dr. Gupta oversees all direct dental services and dental operations functions of the Dental Program. Read more…
 
 

Maria Alcaine, Dental Assistant

Maria assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
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Ensy Atarod, DDS, Rotational Staff Dentist

Dr. Atarod provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments and emergency services.

 

 

Kristina Bongiorno, Dental Hygienist

Kristina provides dental hygiene treatment to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including sealant applications.
 

 

Erica Burgos, Dental Assistant

Erica assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
 

Angelina Cano, Dental Assistant

Angelina assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Caesar-Collaz

Caesar Collazo, DDS, Staff Dentist

Dr. Collazo provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments and emergency services.
 
Shirley-Creed

Shirley Creed, Dental Hygienist

Shirley provides dental hygiene treatment to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including sealant applications.
 
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Iselda Einung, Dental Assistant

Iselda assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
 

Maribel Escalante, Dental Assistant

Maribel assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
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Karen Espinal, Dental Assistant

Karen assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
 

Laura Gomez, Dental Assistant

Laura assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
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Brenda Hernandez, Dental Assistant

Brenda assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Sandra-Hernandez

Sandra Hernandez, Dental Assistant

Sandra assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Duyen-Ho

Duyen Ho, DDS, Staff Dentist

Dr. Ho provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments and emergency services.
 
Carrie-Hogan

Carrie Hogan, Dental Assistant

Carrie assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Ginger-Krug

Ginger Krug, Dental Hygienist

Ginger provides dental hygiene treatment to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including sealant applications.
 
Yana-Kushner

Yana Kushner, DDS, Lead Dentist

Dr. Kushner oversees the daily operations and management of a regional dental team, and provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments, and emergency services. Read more…
 
 

Sunny Lee, DDS, Staff Dentist

Dr. Lee provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments and emergency services.
 

 

Marissa Leonides, Dental Assistant

Marissa assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
 
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Elodie Levy, DMD, Lead Dentist

Dr. Levy provides technical clinical dentistry within the St. David’s Foundation Dental Program, particularly focusing on the enhancement and improvement of clinical procedures and processes.
 
Esmie-Lopez

Esmie Lopez, Dental Assistant

Esmie assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Abby-Menke

Abby Menke, DDS, Lead Dentist

Dr. Menke oversees the daily operations and management of a regional dental team, and provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments, and emergency services. Read more…
 
Ashley-Nichols

Ashley Nichols, Dental Assistant

Ashley assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Elizabeth-Rodriguez

Elizabeth Rodriguez, Dental Assistant

Elizabeth assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 

 

Sabrina Salazar, Dental Assistant

Sabrina assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
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Rebecca Scott, DDS, Lead Dentist

Dr. Montalvo provides dental services to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including initial assessments, treatments and emergency services.
 
 

Liza Vidaurri, Dental Assistant

Liza assists the Clinical Team in providing dental care to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
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Nga Villanueva, Dental Hygienist

Nga provides dental hygiene treatment to patients of the St. David’s Dental Program, including sealant applications.
Julian-Huerta

Julian Huerta, Vice President of Community Programs

Julian Huerta is the Vice President of Community Programs at St. David’s Foundation. Julian develops, implements, and supports the Foundation’s portfolio of direct service programs, including the St. David’s Foundation Mobile Dental Program and Neal Kocurek Scholarship for students pursuing careers in health professions–two of the largest examples of such initiatives in the country. Read more…
 
Erica-Castillo

Erica Castillo, MBA, Senior Dental Operations Officer

Erica develops, implements, and manages the daily operations and strategies of the Dental Program and Dental Operations team, including compliance, process improvements, and quality. Read more…
 
Yudith-Amaran

Yudith Amaran, Dental Case Manager

Yudith manages case management services for Dental Program patients with complex care cases, and manages the facilitation of dental referrals to partner clinics in order to create dental homes for patients needing complex care.
 
Sandra-Arrizola

Sandra Arrizola, MBA, Senior Administrative Coordinator

Sandra coordinates strategic administrative and operations support for the St. David’s Dental Program.
 
Melissa-Baez

Melissa Belt, MPH, Dental Analytics Manager

Melissa develops, plans, implements, manages, and evaluates initiatives for the Dental Program, ensuring quality and consistency with organizational strategy, commitments, and goals.
 
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Eddie Gonzales, Dental Fleet Manager

Eddie manages all aspects of the St. David’s Dental Program Fleet and manages mechanical and equipment services for the Fleet.
 
 

Mauricio Gutierrez, Dental Fleet Maintenance Coordinator

Mauricio provides fleet support for the St. David’s Dental Program vans.
 
 

Mike Huffaker, Dental Fleet Coordinator

Mike coordinates fleet and equipment support for the St. David’s Dental Program vans.
 
Sheila-Kirkconnell

Sheila Kirkconnell, Dental Operations Manager

Sheila manages the daily operations of the Dental Program, including van schedule management, supply order management, screening preparation and clinical scheduling.
 
Nancy-Lozoria

Nancy Lozoria, Patient Data Coordinator

Nancy performs consent form audits, coordinates scheduling and program logistics, performs dental analytics projects, and performs data entry and oversight for the St. David’s Foundation Dental Program.
 
Tina-Madrigal

Tina Madrigal, Dental Data Coordinator

Tina coordinates, monitors, and analyzes dental data for the St. David’s Foundation Dental Program.
 
 

Yubelly Perez, Community Outreach Program Manager

Yubelly manages and coordinates all aspects of the Community Outreach program for the St. David’s Dental Program
 
Zahida Rocha

Zahida Rocha, Patient Care Coordinator

Zahida coordinates and schedules dental appointments, triages emergency dental calls, and manages follow-up communications with parents, school nurses and Foundation clinical staff to ensure optimum use of clinical time and exceptional patient service.
 
 
Cindy-Ruiz

Cindy Ruiz, Dental Quality and Screening Coordinator

Cindy coordinates dental quality initiatives that lead to practice and performance enhancements, including compliance oversight and training.
 
 

Yanet Tejeda, Dental Operations Coordinator

Yanet provides oversight and coordination of various operations and initiatives within the St. David’s Foundation Dental Program.
Ellie-Haggerty-Coplin

Ellie Coplin, MPH, Director of Learning and Evaluation

Ellie develops, implements, and manages comprehensive evaluation strategies for the Foundation, ensuring that the Foundation, grant partners, and the community are able to increase the impact of our work based on what we are learning. Read more…
 
Annie

Annie Henson, MPAff, MPH, Evaluation Officer

Annie provides monitoring, evaluation, and research support to the Foundation, and supports the use of data for learning and program improvement through robust data analytics and evaluation activities.
 
Picheska-Marrero

Picheska Marrero, Grants Manager

Picheska manages grant cycle activities and administrative functions associated with the Foundation’s grant review process.
 
Vanessa-Rocha

Vanessa Rocha, CPM, Grants Manager

Vanessa manages grant cycle activities and administrative functions associated with the Foundation’s grant review process.
 
Jesse-Simmons

Jesse Simmons, MS, Senior Evaluation Officer

Jesse develops, implements, and manages comprehensive evaluation strategies for the Foundation, and researches and analyzes demographic trends, community needs, and the impact of Foundation strategies. Read more…
Amy-Vaughan

Amy Vaughan, CPA, Vice President of Finance

Amy oversees the Foundation’s budgeting, financial planning, internal controls, accounting and reporting policies for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and IRS compliance. Read more…
 
Vicky-Hernandez

Vicky Hernandez-Ezell, Accounts Payable Manager

Vicky leads the timely and accurate collection, processing, and payment of vendor invoices and supports various accounting and finance processes. 
 
 

 

Joel Karabach, Accountant

Joel performs standard general ledger and reconciliation activities. He also ensures processing of payroll and assists with various accounting and finance projects.
 
Christy-Miller

Christy Miller, CPA, Controller

Christy develops, implements and manages the Foundation’s budgeting, financial planning, internal controls, accounting and reporting policies for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and IRS compliance. Read more…
 
Jocelyn-Wobil

Jocelyn Wobil, CPA, Programs Compliance Manager

Jocelyn manages the operational and compliance reviews of the Foundation’s grants-related community investments and ensures compliance with applicable standards and requirements.
Cara-Mueller

Cara Mueller, PHR, SHRM-CP, Director of Human Resources

Cara leads, develops, implements, and oversees human resources strategies and initiatives for the Foundation, including learning and organizational development, recruitment and staffing, benefits administration, workplace and employee wellness, compliance and risk management, compensation, talent and performance management, employee relations, talent recognition, and organizational culture. Read more…
 
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Samantha Almanza, MA, SHRM-CP, Human Resources Manager

Samantha develops, implements, and manages various human resources strategies, including recruiting, onboarding, training, organizational development, employee wellness and talent recognition.
 
 

Reina Andrade, Human Resources and Office Coordinator

Reina supports various Human Resources functions, including recruiting, onboarding/offboarding, and employee development and engagement. She also coordinates office facilities and operations.
 
 

Korina Garcia, Human Resources Coordinator

Korina supports recruiting, internal communications, onboarding and offboarding, employee wellness, employee engagement, and training and development. 
 
Joanna-Ramirez

Joanna Ramirez, CEBS, aPHR, Human Resources Operations Manager

Joanna manages the administration of the Foundation’s benefits programs, the Human Resources database and analytics reporting, the Foundation’s facilities, and the Foundation’s high school intern program.
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Le’Darrion Allen, PMP, Project Manager

Le’Darrion provides programmatic, research, and project management support for the Foundation.
 
 
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Josh Cash, Help Desk Technician II

Josh provides Help Desk support for Foundation employees.
 
 

Ryan Mills, Help Desk Technician II

Ryan provides Help Desk support for Foundation employees.
Cathy-Iberg

Cathy Iberg, CPA, Vice President of Investments

Cathy oversees the Foundation’s financial investments program. Read more…
XavierPena

F. Xavier Peña, Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Xavier oversees all legal matters of the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2019, Xavier was the Vice President for Finance and General Counsel at the Houston Endowment Read more…
 

Tamra Dunham, Paralegal and Compliance Manager

Tamra manages the legal records for the Foundation, as well as various insurance, HIPAA, and tax compliance matters.