JOE L. LOPEZ
Joe has a BBA degree from UT-Pan American University. He is currently a school board member with South Texas ISD. He is a past board member with Brownsville ISD for ten years, eight years with Valley Appraisal District, three years with the Boys/Girls Club, and Legislative Board of Region One. He is a financial consultant and is involved in his family-owned grocery store chain.

MIGUEL A. SALDANA, JD
Mr. Saldana is currently the General Counsel for the Brownsville Independent School District, serving in that capacity for the last five years. Additionally, he currently serves in the same capacity for the Point Isabel Independent School District. He recently joined the law firm Walsh, Anderson, Brown, Schulze & Aldridge, P.C. Mr. Saldana practices school litigation and litigates management and business issues, and school employment issues. Mr. Saldana graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 with a Bachelors of Business Administration with Honors. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988.

LAURA S. FOWLER
A partner in the Fowler Law firm, her practice areas include construction litigation with an emphasis in public works and labor law, educational facilities and telecommunications, public finance and real estate. In 1976, Laura Fowler received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida at Orlando. Immediately thereafter she entered Baylor Law School with a full scholarship and was recruited by the U.S. Navy. In 1983, Ms. Fowler served as counsel to the Texas Commissioner of Education.

WILLIAM (BILL) RUSTEBERG
Bill is an independent insurance agent; he is currently the Employee Benefits Consultant for numerous governmental entities. He has over 28 years of experience in the insurance industry. Bill also holds a license in Risk Management (among others) issued by the Texas Department of Insurance with reciprocal licenses in Illinois, Alabama, and Colorado.

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CARLOS CASCOS, CPA
Judge Carlos is the newly elected Cameron County Judge, but he is still a partner at Patillo, Brown, & Hill, CPA’s an accounting firm with eight (8) offices located in Texas and New Mexico. A Certified Financial Manager and a member of the American College of Forensic Examiners, Carlos is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

ANNE WHEELER, C.P.P.B.
Anne is the Director of Supply Management and Assistant Manager of Corporate Services for Texas Guaranteed Student Loan in Round Rock, Texas. Anne has spect 30 years in various forms of government purchasing, starting at Houston Light & Power, then moving to the City of Natchitoches La. as manager, then Manager of Purchasing for Texas Commission for the Blind and Director of Purchasing for Austin Community College.

MELITON MOYA, Ph.D
PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder, December 1981. Major in Clinical Psychology, Minor; Social Psychology, BA from Pan American University. Dr. Moya has extensive experience in working with psychological arrangements, teaching psychology at the University level both undergraduate and graduate courses. He is the founder of “The Process Manager” specializing in educational management solutions.

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