Board of Directors


Kirk Blackard (Board Chairman)
Author; Licensed Arbitrator

Katherine Cabaniss

248th District Court Judge

Andrew Baird Linbeck

Managing Director, Salient Partners

Ershel Redd, Jr.
Retired, El Paso Electric

Richard C. Seltzer
Attorney

George W. “Trey” Strake, III
Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield

Wade Upton
Retired, Valero Energy Corporation

Gay Van Osdall
Community Volunteer

John Sage
Founder/Executive Director


Advisory Board

Salem Abraham (Amarillo Region)

Owner, Abraham Trading Company

Philip Burguieres (Immediate Past Board Chairman)

CEO of EMC Holdings and Vice Chairman of Houston NFL Holdings

Ellen Halbert (Central Region)
Director of Victims/Witness Division, Travis County District Attorney’s Office


The term of office for board members is 3 years. All board members financially supported Bridges To Life in 2012.