Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley Board Members
Left to Right Back Row: Mary Valadez-Perez, Melinda Berlan, Amy Hinnant, Dr. Mary Hensley, Nestor Leamon, John Brieden, III, Josh Isenhour, Ann Boney, Roby Somerford, Jared Patout, Marsha Skinner, Liz Dickey Left to Right Front Row: Roger Sheridan (Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Deputy Director), Vonda Morrison (Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley Board, Program Manager), Michael Parks (Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Executive Director), Frank Perez (Board Secretary), Robert Orzabel (Board Chair), Dianne Ryder (Board Vice Chair), Crystal Crowell, Clark Gandy, William Parten. Not Pictured: Angie Alaniz, Bill Ard, Matt Prochaska, Tashia Dickerson, Donna Lynn Taylor.
Workforce Solutions Brazos Valley
Board of Directors
2025-2026
| Name | Representing |
|---|---|
| Board Chair Robert Orzabal | Private Sector Avinext |
| Board Vice Chair Dianne Ryder | Private Sector Sun Coast Resources, LLC |
| Board Secretary Francisco “Frank” Perez | Education Navasota ISD |
| Amy Jurica | Private Sector Jak Se Mas Investments |
| Andy York | CBO Bryan/College Station Habitat for Humanity |
| Angie Alaniz | Education Texas A&M Health Science |
| Ann Boney | CBO Brazos County NAACP |
| Ann Chapman | Private Sector Woodson Lumber Comp |
| Alison Best | Private Sector Nucor Corporation |
| Bert Miller | Private Sector Miller Insurance Agency |
| Bill Ard | Public Employment Texas Workforce Commission |
| Bill Parten | ABE Madisonville CISD |
| Billy Wilson | Labor Plumbers Local 68 |
| Christopher Densey | CCW Texas Elite Learning Center |
| Crystal Crowell | Vocational Rehabilitation Representative BVCASA – Brazos Valley Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse |
| Elena Fortaneli | Private Sector Monterey Mushrooms, Inc |
| Elizabeth Dickey | CBO Health For All |
| John “Jared” Patout | Private Sector Brewer, Eyeington, Patout |
| John Brieden, III | Private Sector John Brieden Insurance |
| Josh Isenhour | Private Sector Clark Isenhour Real Estate |
| Mary Hensley | Literacy Blinn College |
| Mary Valadez | Public Assistance THHSC |
| Melinda Berlan | Private Sector Prosperity Bank |
| Michael D. Anderson | Econ Development Buffalo Economic Development |
| Nester Leamon | Private Sector Leamon Realty & Appraisal |
| Roby Somerford | Private Sector Bryan College Station C |
| Silas R Garrett, Jr. | Private Sector George’s Auto Glass, LLC |
