By 2040, the San Antonio area will have nearly 1.5 million new residents raising the region’s population to over 3.4 million people. That means we could see an additional one million motor vehicles on our already congested roadways. To meet this challenge, the MPO must have both long and short range plans. Our 25-year Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) is the blueprint for our future transp...

Tracy Carter, Dean of Academic Advancement at TMI – The Episcopal School of Texas was named honorary commandant of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) at Lackland AFB. She was selected on the basis of a nomination package and interviews for the position. Throughout the U.S. Air Force, the honorary commanders program fosters community support for the hosting unit by e...

Respite Care of San Antonio, celebrating 26 years of service, is a locally founded and based nonprofit organization for families caring for a child with special needs. Respite Developmental Daycare empowers parents to work while their child receives specialized care, preparing them with the tools they need to achieve success. The agency is most noted for serving the most vulnerable amongst u...

The North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the 2014 Class of Leadership Lab participants. Candidates submitted applications last fall, completed an interview process and were selected early this year. Leadership Lab is the North Chamber's nine-month, award winning leadership series focused on empowering the leader within each of the Lab participants. The program inlcude...

Admit it! When you were a kid, your mother told you, “Don’t put your finger in that fan!” Inevitability, your curiosity got the best of you and you found yourself in time-out. While Family Service’s Best Buy Teen Tech Center isn’t encouraging kids to stick their fingers in boxed fans, The Teen Tech Center is fueling the inspiration of curiosity. What started out as computer parts, foil, scrap b...

Morgan’s Wonderland – the world’s first and only ultra-accessible theme park specifically designed with special-needs individuals of all ages in mind but built for everyone to enjoy – will embark upon its fifth season Friday, Feb. 28. “It’s truly a park of inclusion,” said philanthropist Gordon Hartman, CEO of The Gordon Hartman Family Foundation who – along with wife Maggie – spearheaded th...

by Steve Cardenas, Outreach Manager, Guide Dogs of Texas The human-animal bond is a fascinating phenomenon that sets the course for success with each and every dog born into our guide dog program at Guide Dogs of Texas. The bonds with our guide dogs begin at birth, when we cradle the newborn pups to acclimate them to human touch, and continues to strengthen as the pups bond with their fos...

Jon M. McDowell, managing partner of BKD, LLP’s San Antonio office, is pleased to announce the addition of John Paul Negem (Senior Associate) and Ioana Wonser (Associate) to the tax practice. Before joining BKD, Negem spent a year and a half with Pannell Kerr & Forster of Texas, P.C as a Tax Associate.  Negem is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administr...

About the Company: Linda Bachman is the Controller for eEmployers Solutions, Inc. (eESI), a Professional Employers Organization (PEO) – a full-service human resource outsourcing company. eESI provides human resources services, payroll administration, workers’ compensation, risk management and employee benefits. Our headquarters are in San Antonio, TX, but we have additional offices in Houston, ...

About the Company: Laura O’Donnell is a Partner with the law firm of Haynes and Boone. She is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Laura specializes in FLSA collective actions and state wage and hour class actions as well as class discrimination, particularly EEOC claims of systemic discrimination. Laura is co-leader of the Firm’s Wage and Hour...