The Academy is governed by a 28-member board of directors, all of whom are area professionals, business executives, parents, and community leaders.  Directors determine policy and monitor its implementation; they also offer advice and consent when appropriate.  The directors have been honored twice (in 1990 and 1997) by the NCEA for their significant contributions to education. 2012-2013 Board of Directors Back row: Tom Vaughn, Chris Fenelon, Cathy Beathard, Kelly Hackett ’00, Dan Castaneda, Paul Antolik, Jerry Kimmitt, Ed Ramon Middle row: Bob Bobo, Greg Schockling, Jim Ulm, Mimi Butler, Bob Ladd, Front row: Greg Hardin, Sr. Jane Meyer, O.P., Sr. Pat Casey, O.P., John Brennan, Sr. Adrian Dover, O.P., Maureen Graf, Mary Raia ’77, Suzanne Smith Grant ’79 2012-2013 SAA Board of Directors

Officers:
Maureen K. Graf, Chair Retired/retail banking Mkg6340@aol.com
Cathy Beathard, Vice Chair Teacher School for Little Children cbeathard@comcast.net
Robert (Bob) Ladd, Secretary/Treasurer Partner/Attorney Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. Robert.ladd@haynesboone.com
Directors:
Paul Antolik Computing Security Advisor ExxonMobil Upstream Research Center paul.a.antolik@exxonmobil.com	Gerard (Jerry) Kimmitt, II Managing Partner Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, L.L.P. jerrykimmitt@leggefarrow.com
Robert Bobo, Jr. E.V.P., COO & Director of Surety Lockton Companies, L.L.C. bbobo@lockton.com	Bob McLamb Partner KPMG, L.L.P. rpmclamb@kpmg.com
John Brennan, III President Summit Company, L.P. jbrennan@summitlp.com	Jim Murnane Principal Commonwealth Funding, L.LC. jim@murnanes.com
Mimi Butler  Associate Attorney  Butler & Hailey mbutler@butlerhailey.com	Mary Raia '77 Consultant Pharmacist Self-Employed mary.raia@att.net
Sister Pat Casey '61, O.P. Councilor Dominican Sisters of Houston pcasey@domhou.org	Ed Ramon Vice-President Associated Global Systems, Inc.  ed.ramon@agsystems.com
Daniel Castaneda Partner Buckley, White, Castaned & Howell, L.L.P. dcastaneda@bwchlaw.com	Kathy Rose Independent rosenig@aol.com
Robert Clay President Clay Development and Construction Inc. rclay@claydevelopment.com	Julia Plessala Samson '80 Sales Manager-Executive Call Group Frost Bank jsamson@frostbank.com
Sister Adrian Dover, O.P. Dominican Sisters of Houston adover@domhou.org	Greg Schockling Vice President, Financial Trading Sequent Energy Management, L.P. gschockl@sequentenergy.com
Christopher R. Fenelon Partner/Attorney Andrews Kurth, L.L.P. chrisfenelon@andrewskurth.com	Elda P. Smith Human Resources Manager ExxonMobil Upstream Research Co. elda.p.smith@exxonmobil.com
Suzanne Smith Grant '79 Accounting/Human Resources H.D. Grant Co., Inc./Grant Equipment, Inc. sgrant@hdgrant.com	Jim Ulm, III Senior Vice-President/CFO Northstar Offshore Energy Partners, L.L.C.   julm@nstaroffshore.com
Kelly Hackett '00 Hackett Family Office Director Salient Partners, L.P. kelly@hackett-co.com	Laura Lee Vaio Community Volunteer llvaio@aol.com
Gregory Hardin Houston Operation Praxair Distribution, Inc. greg.hardin@praxair.com	Tom Vaughn, Jr. CEO Vaughn Construction tvaughn@vaughnconstruction.com
Mike Heim Managing Director Heim, Payne & Chorush, L.L.P. mheim@hpcllp.com
Ex-Officio
Sister Jane Meyer '57, O.P. Head of School St. Agnes Academy vjmeyer@st-agnes.org