Alamo Public Telecommunications Council
Board of Directors
The Alamo Public Telecommunications Council, which holds the license for public television station KLRN, is governed by a 32-member board of directors that manages affairs and business of the corporation.
Executive Committee
Board Chair
Marian J. Braggs
CPS Energy
Immediate past chair
Seymour Battle, III
Valero
Chair-elect
Nominating Commitee Chair
Kimberly Boldrick
Reece Bath + Kitchen
President & CEO
Arthur Rojas Emerson
KLRN
Treasurer
Stephen Dufilho
Consultant
Nominating Committee Chair
Kimberly Boldrick
Reece Bath + Kitchen
Secretary
Nancy Hamner Avellar
Community Volunteer
Member at Large
Ruben Barrera
Langley & Banack, Inc.
Member at Large
Paul Carter
Law office of Paul B. Carter
Member at Large
Lydia Alegria White
Lydia Alegria Communications
Board Members
Lyn Belisle
Lyn Belisle Studio
Edwin Blanton
University of Texas at San Antonio
Ilna Colemere
Educator
Michelle Cremar
Capital Group
American Funds
Michelle Sanders Jacobson
Marketing Professional
Jeffrey LaSante
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Hillary Lilly
Nature Conservatory
Bruce Mitchell
Kreager Mitchell Attorneys at Law
Bernadette Pena
Miella Media
Richard Perez
San Antonio Medical Foundation
Helenan Polansky
Community Volunteer
Tanya Suttles
Community Volunteer
Todd A. Thames
Trinity University
Luis de la Torre
Advertising Executive
Diana Barrios Trevino
Los Barrios Family Restaurants
Ross Vale
Financial Education & Training
John Williams
Southwest Airlines
Ex Officio Member
Ilna Colemere
KLRN Community Advisory Board President
Emeritus Members
Jeffrey C. Anderson
Kate Badash
Richard Bothe
J. Russell Davis
Stephen Dufilho
Mike Dwyer
Bruce M. Flohr
Barbara Benavides Gentry
Jack Lewis, Jr.
Victor Miramontes
Gregg E. Muenster
Michael Novak
Edward M. Polansky
John M. Saenz
In Memoriam
Betty Anderson
Charles Cheever, Jr.
Dr. Leonard E. Lawrence
W. W. “Bo” McAllister, III
Leo Rose
Sister Elizabeth Anne Sultenfuss
Alfred C. Vasquez
Mary Beth Williamson
Joanne Winik
KLRN Community Advisory Board
Carla J. Ackerson
Mike Asmus
Paul Bowers
Rachel Brehm
Betsy Cowan
David DeLuna
Joann DeLuna
Vera Garcia
Victoria H. German
Ruben Gutierrez
Warren Hague
Claudia Langford
Yulanee H. McKnight
Kathy Molga
Lacey Palmieri
Liz Rudd
Annie Snider
Susan Michael Sorensen
Caprica Wells
Curtis D. White
Nancy York
KLRN Corporate Officers
Arthur Rojas Emerson, President & CEO
Patrick Lopez, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Priscilla Lowrance, Board Secretary
Lauren Esquivel, Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Melissa Galvan, Vice President of Education
All staff can be reached at (210) 270-9000
Meetings
Meetings of the Alamo Public Telecommunications Council Board of Directors and its committees are open to the general public except as noted below.
Unless otherwise noted, the meetings are held at KLRN's office at 501 Broadway, San Antonio, TX 78215, (210) 270-9000. Please note that the meeting schedule below is subject to change – please contact us at info@klrn.org to confirm meeting dates and times or for further information. Or go to our Contact Page.
For meetings that will be conducted telephonically, get login information by contacting plowrance@klrn.org
Fiscal Year 2027
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, January 19, 2027 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Tuesday, March 16 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, March 16 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Tuesday, May 11 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, May 11 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Tuesday, August 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, September 28 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Open meetings policy
The Full Board meets for regularly scheduled meetings four times a year The Executive Committee meets four times a year. Other committees meet as necessary.
Meetings are held in compliance with Section 396(k)(4) of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, and from time to time closes sessions, also in accordance with the Act, which permits holding closed sessions:
"to consider matters relating to individual employees, proprietary information, litigation and other matters requiring the confidential advice of counsel, commercial or financial information obtained from a person on a privileged or confidential basis, or the purchase of property or services whenever the premature exposure of such purchase would compromise the business interests of [Alamo Public Telecommunications Council]. If any such meeting is closed pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph, [Alamo Public Telecommunications Council] shall thereafter (within a reasonable period of time) make available to the public a written statement containing an explanation of the reasons for closing the meeting."
Written statements explaining the reasons for closing meetings of Alamo Public Telecommunications Council Board or its committees will be posted on this website and will be available upon request by writing to:
Alamo Public Telecommunications Council
Corporate Secretary
501 Broadway
San Antonio, TX 78215-1820
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