Arlene Marshall, Secretary/Treasurer, GBRA Board of Directors
Oscar Fogle, Vice-Chair, GBRA Board of Directors
Grace Kunde, Chair GBRA Board of Directors
SEGUIN- New officers presided at the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority’s (GBRA) Board of Directors meeting Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. Newly elected officers include Grace Kunde of Guadalupe County as chair, Oscar Fogle of Caldwell County as vice-chair, and Arlene Marshall of Calhoun County as secretary/treasurer.
Kunde earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Lutheran University and her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law. She is a private practice attorney in Seguin and a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas, the San Antonio Bar Association, and the Guadalupe County Bar Association.
Kunde volunteers her time to church, civic, and political activities. She is a member of Redeemer United Church of Christ, the Seguin Rotary Club, a member and former president of the Guadalupe County Republican Women, a former Guadalupe County Republican Party precinct chair and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust.
Kunde previously served on the Board of Directors for the Comal County Children’s Shelter as treasurer and president and a member of the Advisory Board.
Fogle and his wife Susie own and operate Oak Hill Ranch, where they have a commercial cattle business and employ several wildlife management practices. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from a career with Exxon Corporation. As a member of Exxon’s International Oil Spill Response Team, Fogle was a deputy taskforce commander during the Exxon Valdez oil spill clean-up operations.
Fogle attended Texas A&I University, formerly Texas A&M-Kingsville. He is a past president of the Texas A&I Alumni Association, and is serving his fifteenth year on the Board of Trustees for the Texas A&M-Kingsville Foundation.
Fogle serves as chair of the Agricultural Advisory Committee for the Caldwell County Appraisal District, serves on the Board of Trustees for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Trust, is an active member of the Caldwell County Republican Party, and a life member of the National Rifle Association and Texas State Rifle Association. Fogle is a member of the First United Methodist Church in Lockhart, where he is a certified lay speaker and serves as the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees.
Marshall is a former County Judge for Calhoun County, currently serves as president of the Calhoun County Economic Development Corporation, and owned and operated Newman International, Inc. in Houston buying and exporting oil and gas field equipment.
Marshall earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Houston, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the University of Houston-Victoria Regional Advisory Board, the Victoria College Foundation, and serves as Chair of the Victoria College Calhoun County Campus Advisory Board.
Marshall also serves as director for the Workforce Solutions of Golden Crescent, is Past President of the Port Lavaca Rotary Club, Vice President of the Matagorda Island Foundation, and has been appointed a member of the Governor’s EMS & Trauma Advisory Council. She is a member of Six Mile Assembly of God Church where she is a lay teacher/speaker.
Kunde and Fogle are serving their second terms with the GBRA board of directors. Marshall began board service in 2008. All are appointees of Governor Rick Perry.
Other members of the GBRA board of directors are Tilmon Lee “T.L.” Walker, Comal County; Myrna McLeroy, Gonzales County; Michael D. Schultz, Kendall County; James L. Powers, Hays County; Clifton Thomas, Jr., Victoria County and Frank Pagel, Refugio County.
The GBRA was established by the Texas Legislature in 1933 as a water conservation and reclamation district. GBRA provides stewardship for the water resources in its 10-county statutory district, which begins near the headwaters of the Guadalupe and Blanco rivers, ends at San Antonio Bay, and includes Kendall, Comal, Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Gonzales, DeWitt, Victoria, Calhoun, and Refugio counties.
