THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT

Council for Excellence in Women's Health

Mrs. Cigarroa and Mrs. Henrich The Council for Excellence in Women’s Health was formed in 2007.  It’s mission is to improve the physical and mental health of women in San Antonio by building awareness of women’s health challenges, and to promote a greater understanding of and initiate philanthropic support for the Health Science Center’s women’s health programs and initiatives. The council membership, currently comprised of 86 influential women leaders who live and work throughout San Antonio and South Texas, continues to grow.

 

Vision

The mission of the Council for Excellence in Women’s Health is to improve the physical and mental health of women in San Antonio.

Council for Excellence in Women's Health Roles

Council member’s work is instrumental in helping forge relationships between The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and key constituents throughout the region and state. To this end, we ask you and your fellow volunteers:

  • To learn about the women’s programs and initiatives at the Health Science Center

  • To serve as our sounding boards and act as “eyes and ears” in the community to help the Health Science Center fulfill its mission for excellence in Women’s Health.

  • To enlist other community leaders to serve as volunteers in support of Health Science Center women’s initiatives

  • To participate in Women’s Leadership Committee meetings and other appropriate events

Ms. Melissa Jane Adams*

Ms. Mindi Alterman

Mrs. Robin F. Ancira, BSN, RN*

Mrs. Yolanda Anderson

Mrs. Thelma W. Andrews

Martha I. Aranda, DDS

Ms. Diana Barrios-Trevino

Mrs. Louise Beldon*

Ruth Berggren, MD

Mrs. Irene Black*

Mrs. Lisa F. Blonkvist

Ms. Cheryl J. Bonecutter

Mrs. JoAnn Boone*

Mrs. Phyllis Browning*

Mrs. Gloria Bryant

Dianna M. Burns-Banks, MD

Mrs. Carolina L. Canales

Ms. Karina Cantu

Mrs. Graciela Cigarroa*

Ms. Kate Crosby

Mrs. Tracey Curran-Herman*

Ms. Rhonda Spurlock Dahlke

Mrs. Alexandra G. Davalos

Mrs. Colleen Derk

Karen C. Diaz, MD*

Mrs. Barbara B. Dreeben

Mrs. Jimmie Ruth Evans

Mrs. Hortensia T. Flores

Mrs. Anne Foster

Mrs. Leslie J. George

Mrs. Barbara Goletz

Mrs. Cathy Obriotti Green

Mrs. Janis Hadnott

Mrs. Betty Murray Halff

Marilyn S. Harrington, PhD

Mrs. Patricia Hayes

Mrs. Juli Henderson

Mrs. Mary Henrich*

Julie G. Hensler, PhD

Mrs. Karen Heizer Herrmann*

Mrs. Nancy Hillis

Mrs. Janet Holliday

Mrs. Candace Petre Humphreys

Mrs. Joanie Hurd

Thelma Hurd, MD

Ms. Sarwat Hussain

Dr. Susan Jarvis

Ms. Nancy Scott Jones

Mrs. Margaret Judson

Mrs. Deborah Kaercher

Mrs. Sharon Kalkwarf

Margaret Ann Kelley, MD

Susan Cone Kilgore, Esq.

Mrs. Heather King

Ms. Luz Vargas Kirschner

Dr. Eleanor Komet

Mrs. Gretchen Lahourcade*

Mrs. Linda LaMantia

Ms. Cathleen Lane

Mrs. Carolyn Lang

Mrs. Bobette Lange

Ms. Yvonne LaVaude

Barbara A. Lawrence, PhD*

Dr. Kelly Lemke

Mrs. Nancy Loeffler

Bettie Sue Masters, PhD

Mrs. Edith S. McAllister

Mrs. Lupita Medina

Martha A. Medrano, MD, MPH*

Ms. Elaine Mendoza

Mrs. Nancy Miller, RN*

Ms. Grace Nunez

Mrs. Harriet Oppenheimer*

Mrs. Amparo H. Ortiz*

Mrs. Margaret Sullivan Pace

Mrs. Kirti Patel

Mrs. Marie L. Pauerstein

Mrs. Aaronetta Pierce

Mrs. Beth Plummer

Mrs. Nancy Pollock

Mrs. Becca Price

Ms. Ginger Purdy

Mrs. Dorothy Rajunov

Joan M. Ratner, PhD

Mrs. Varda Ratner

Mrs. Nancy Corwin Ritchie

Mrs. Lorena Rodriguez

Mrs. Sandra Rosenberg

Josephine H. Ruiz-Healy, MD

Mrs. Ann B. Salamone

Ms. Debra Salge

Mrs. Susan Sandoloski

Mrs. Cecil Scanlan

Mrs. Kathleen O'Shea Schenken*

Adriana Segura, DDS

Mrs. Carla Sherman

Mrs. Marie H. Smith*

Ms. Mary Carmen Sordo

Mrs. Jocelyn L. Straus*

Ms. Alyssa Tamez

Ms. Alicia Thomas

Barbara J. Turner, MD

Mrs. Drusilla Van Steenberg

Dr. Juanita Wallace

Ms. Sharon Weber

Mrs. Linda Lawrence Whitacre

Ms. Heather Wolff

Mrs. Mertie Wood*

Mrs. Jeanie R. Wyatt

Ms. Clara Young


*Executive Committee