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Focus Issues & Initiatives
Lead SA is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization whose mission is to support and sponsor North SA Chamber programs and initiatives, which promote education, leadership, career and professional development in San Antonio.
Lead SA has awarded $54,000 in scholarships for the award-winning Leadership Lab program, a nine-month leadership development series; and, since 2003, Lead SA has awarded more than $98,500 in scholarships to area institutions including Alamo Colleges, Our Lady of the Lake University, The University of the Incarnate Word, UTSA, and Haven for Hope to support its career and workforce development program, for a total of $327,750 in support of leadership and professional development and the advancement of higher education.
North SA Chamber members have an opportunity to support Lead SA and its educational mission by making an annual contribution through their membership renewal statement or by sponsoring or attending any of the organization’s annual fundraisers Employment Law Update and Salute to Excellence Luncheon.
Employment Law Update
Since its inception in 2003, the employment law seminar has been sponsored and presented by Haynes and Boone, LLP. This full-day program is designed to update employers, human resources professionals, in-house councils, managers and business owners on the latest in employment law to help reduce and/or avoid costly litigation. Haynes and Boone lend their most skilled employment law attorneys from across Texas for this enriching legal seminar. Continuing education credits are available.
Employment Law Update Chair
Laura O’Donnell
Haynes and Boone, LLP
About the Company: Haynes and Boone, LLP is an American Lawyer top 100 law firm, with more than 550 lawyers in 13 offices and 30 major legal practices. Laura O’Donnell is a Partner and leads the firm’s Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group. 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.
About the Program: This year, the North SA Chamber and Haynes and Boone, LLP will present an Annual Employment Law Update for the 13th consecutive year. The Employment Law Update is a one-day seminar that provides valuable information on current liability trends and strategies to reduce employers’ exposure. The seminar is presented by experienced Haynes and Boone attorneys who exclusively practice labor and employment law and is ideal for human resources professionals, business owners, managers and executives.
Personally Speaking: As the partner over the Haynes and Boone’s central Texas labor and employment practice, Laura O’Donnell has led Haynes and Boone as they have sponsored the Employment Law Update since its inception in 2003. Laura has also served on the Enterprising Women’s Planning Committee and chaired the EWC Athena Award Committee and the Sponsorship and Table Sales Committee.
Salute to Excellence
This recognition event is designed to honor San Antonio’s finest leaders and organizations for their contributions in the areas of community contribution, business achievement, leadership and philanthropy. In 2010, the award was renamed the Gov. Dolph Briscoe, Jr. Salute to Excellence Award in memory of Governor Briscoe’s contributions to the state of Texas.
Salute to Excellence Honorees
| 2017 | The Dawson Family, Pape-Dawson Engineers |
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| 2015 | Robin & Ernesto Ancira, Ancira Enterprises |
| 2014 | Edith McAllister, Jane Macon, Rosemary Kowalsky |
| 2013 | Maj. Gen. Joe Robles, USA Ret., USAA |
| 2012 | Charlie Amato & Gary Dudley, SWBC |
| 2011 | Dr. Louis Agnese, The University of the Incarnate Word |
| 2010 | Dr. Ricardo Romo, UTSA |
| 2009 | Bill Greehey, NuStar Energy, L.P. |
| 2008 | Tom Frost, Frost |
| 2007 | Governor Dolph Briscoe, Jr. |
| 2006 | Lila Cockrell, San Antonio Parks Foundation & Former Mayor of San Antonio |
| 2005 | Charline and Red McCombs, McCombs Enterprises |
| 2004 | San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (EDF) Mario Hernandez, EDF President Ed Kelley, USAA Real Estate Company, Retired & 2004 EDF Chairman of the Board Joe McKinney, Broadway National Bank & 2003 EDF Chairman of the Board |
| 2003 | Kent Krauss, San Antonio Business Journal, Publisher |
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Alan Kramer
Wells Fargo
President
Susan Hough
PWC, LLP
Vice-President
Robby Brown
DOCUmation, Inc.
Treasurer
Board Members
Tony Alarcon
ENTRUST Technology Consulting Services
Jonathan Amato
SWBC
John Comander
Capital Group
Luke Grothues
MG Building Materials
Terry Hookstra
eEmployers Solutions, Inc.
Sylvester Johnson
Whataburger
Troy Law
BBVA Compass
Victoria Martin
RSM US LLP
John McFall
Security Service Federal Credit Union
Bill Nash
Endeavor Management
Judy O’Malley
Frost
Chris Thiel
Alterman
James Tighe
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