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
Seymour Battle, III
Valero
Immediate past chair
Linde Murphy
M. E. Allison Co., Inc.
Chair-elect
Marion J. Braggs
CPS Energy
President & CEO
Arthur Rojas Emerson
KLRN
Treasurer
Stephen Difilho
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
Tuesdaé Knight
Community Volunteer
Member at Large
Lydia Alegria White
Lydia Alegria Communications
Board Members
Charles E. Cantu
Of Council, Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza
Paul B. Carter
Law office of Paul B. Carter
Michelle Cremar
Capital Group American Funds
Kelli P. Cubeta
Cubeta Law Group
Tyler Fleming
Coldwell Bankers, D’Ann Harper
Jeffrey LaSante
Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
Delores Lenzy-Jones
Waterloo Greenway, Austin
Hillary Lilly
Nature Conservatory
Rosanne Palacios
Texas A&M International University-Laredo
Bernadette Pena
Miella Media
Richard Perez
San Antonio Medical Foundation
Marshall K. Pitman
Consultant
Helenan Polansky
Community Volunteer
Dr. Pamela S. Ray
Oak Hills Periodontics
Tanya Suttles
Community Volunteer
Luis de la Torre
Consultant
Diana Barrios Trevino
Los Barrios Family Restaurants
Ex Officio Member
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 or (800) 627-8193
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 2025
Tuesday, January 21 at 3 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 4 p.m. (on Zoom)
Finance Committee
Tuesday, March 18 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, March 18 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Tuesday, May 6 at 3:30 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, May 6 at 4 p.m.
Full Board
Tuesday, August 19 at 3 p.m.
Executive Committee
Tuesday, September 23 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
PO Box 9
San Antonio, TX 78291-0009
KLRN is PBS. No one else does what we do.
We get kids ready to learn and we give you opportunities to explore the world around you. We are America’s largest classroom, we turn your living room into the nation’s largest stage for the arts, and we provide a trusted window to the world—and have for over 50 years. Spend some time with us.
Memorials & Tributes
Your contribution to the KLRN Endowment Fund, Inc., either in memory of a loved one or in honor of a special friend or occasion, is a perpetual gift that will help provide for the future of KLRN public television for generations to come. The principle remains untouched, and only a small percentage of earnings on the principle is distributed to the station.
To make a gift, contact Lauren Esquivel at lesquivel@klrn.org or call her at (210) 208-8446. You may also call the station at (210) 270-9000 and ask for Lauren.