United Way Capital Area Board of Directors

The volunteer board of directors provides leadership and sets policy for United Way Capital Area. Board members act as stewards for the monies raised in our community, understand United Way's legal responsibilities, review existing policies and formulate new policies, review and approve the annual budget and audit, and review and approve agency funding decisions.

Anne Smalling, Chair
President, HM International

Anne Meinig Smalling is President of HM International, LLC (HMI) a closely-held business providing management services to the joint interests of the Meinig and Hojel families.

Mrs. Smalling has a Bachelor of Developmental Psychology from Cornell University and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mrs. Smalling serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Windsor Quality Food Company, American Innovations, PGI International, Enlink Geoenergy Services, rateGenius, Inc. and Ninth House, Inc., and also serves on the Board of Directors of Quick Arrow and Igasamex. Additionally she serves on the Board of Directors of the United Way Capital Area and is the Chair of the Community Investment Committee of the United Way Capital Area, and serves on the Children's Hospital of Austin Foundation Council.

Dick Moeller, Secretary
President, St. David's Community Health Foundation

F.H. (Dick) Moeller is President of St. David's Community Health Foundation. Mr. Moeller holds an MBA from Harvard University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Moeller received the Distinguished Alumni Award from University of Texas at Arlington in 1999.

Moeller is active in his community and church, serving on a number of board positions including the AusTech Alliance of the Chamber, People's Community Clinic, Capital Area United Way, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and the Lutheran Foundation of the Southwest.

Kevin Cole, Treasurer
Attorney, Cole & Powell, P.C.

Kevin Cole, Attorney at Law, formed Cole & Powell, P.C. in 2002. He has a variety of experience in handling trials, appeals, civil service proceedings, and administrative matters involving race, gender, national origin, and age discrimination; sexual harassment; retaliation for protected activities; wrongful discharge; overtime pay; and a number of employment related torts, such as negligent supervision, defamation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Mr. Cole received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law and holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting from the University of Texas School of Business.

Mr. Cole serves on the Board of Directors for United Way Capital Area and has professional affiliations with the Admissions Committee, Western District of Texas, Austin, Austin Public Education Foundation, and is a board member of the Austin History Center.

Doug MacGregor
President, Austin Wranglers, LP

As president of the Austin Wranglers, Doug MacGregor manages the team's daily operations. In addition to MacGregor's work with the Wranglers, he also is the managing partner of Texas af2 Holdings which invested in four arenafootball2 teams in Texas.

MacGregor pursued his doctorate in Information Science at Kyoto University in Japan after completing a five-year term as a microprocessor designer at Austin-based Motorola, Inc. He completed his master's degree in computer science at the University Illinois in 1980 after obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Maryland.

MacGregor has also established The MacGregor Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to support 12-step based drug and alcohol recovery in the Austin community. In 1999, MacGregor endowed the Muroga-Faiman Professorship at the University of Illinois and has been a member of the United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society. MacGregor serves on the Board of United Way Capital Area and is President of the Board for Austin Recovery.

Rick McGee
Vice President, Web Delivery Platform, IBM Software Group - Lotus Brand

Rick McGee is the Vice President, Web Delivery Platform for IBM Software Group - Lotus Brand.

Rick serves as the Co-Chair, High Tech Team for United Way Capital Area. He is a board member for the Software Information Industry Association and Lake Travis School Bond Committee.

Kristy Ozmun
President, Kristy Ozmun Public Relations

Kristy Ozmun brings over 20 years of knowledge and experience in public relations and public affairs leadership to her independent firm.

Prior to re-opening her firm in 2003, Ozmun served as Managing Director for Public Relations at Public Strategies, Inc., a Texas-based international public affairs firm. During her tenure at Public Strategies, she managed national public relations efforts for a broad range of clients including high tech, retail, nonprofit organizations and trade associations.

Ozmun currently serves as a member of the Communications Council of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, a volunteer for United Way Capital Area and has previously served on the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness, the Texas Consumer Association, and on the Food Council of the Texas Retailers Association.

Ray Bonilla
Partner, Ray, Wood & Bonilla

Mr. Bonilla represents a wide range of governmental entities, businesses and individuals on issues involving state and local taxation, open government, elections, ethics, and campaign finance. Mr. Bonilla also represents numerous school districts on issues relating to school finance. Mr. Bonilla has extensive experience in administrative hearings before state agencies, and in judicial appeals of state agency determinations.

Mr. Bonilla is active in a variety of community and professional organizations. He currently serves on the board of trustees of the St. David’s Community Health Foundation and the Finance Council of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. His past service includes President of the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin, board of directors of the Travis County Bar Association, board of directors of Mexic Arte Museum, board of directors of the Austin Community Development Corporation, board of directors of Ballet Austin, board of directors of the Texas Lyceum Association, and Vice Chair of the Capital Area Aids Legal Project.

Mr. Bonilla is an honors graduate from both the University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A. in Accounting) and the University of Texas School of Law.

Debbie Bresette
Interim President and CPO, United Way Capital Area Debbie Bresette has worked at United Way Capital Area since 2003 and is the interim president and Chief Professional Officer. Prior to United Way Capital Area, Debbie was a founding member of the Family Crisis Center, in 1981 and the Executive Director of the non-profit for 22 years. During her tenure, Debbie created emergency shelter and a wide variety of critical services specifically for women and children in 4 rural counties in Central Texas.

Under her leadership, 21 transitional housing units were developed, built and funded along with support services for battered women and their children. This effort increased affordable housing by 10% in the community.

Sam Bryant
President, Bryant Wealth Investment Group

Sam Bryant is president of Bryant Wealth Investment Group, (BWIG) a financial service firm with an alliance with Maxwell, Locke and Ritter's Wealth Management Group. Mr. Bryant is a member of United Way Capital Area Board of Directors and leads United Way's Success By 6, an initiative which creates opportunities for school age children to develop active learning skills by age 6.

Mr. Bryant also serves in leadership roles in education programs with Austin Independent School District, Austin Area Research Organization, and Mt Sinai Christian Academy. His service also includes board memberships to The Boys and Girls Club of the Capital Area, The Austin Community Foundation, and Communities in Schools Advisory Board.

Michael J. Blue
Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Michael Blue is the Managing Partner of the Austin office of Ernst & Young. Prior to assuming his roles in Austin, Michael was a Partner in the firm’s Capital Markets Group in Paris, France and was responsible for European multinational companies going public in the US and other European multinationals registered on US stock exchanges. He has also worked in San Jose, Frankfurt, Germany and Houston offices. Michael has over 22 years experience serving high growth, multinational public and privately held companies. He has extensive expertise in SEC reporting, corporate governance, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as international accounting and auditing, and strategic transactions.

Michael serves on the Boards of Ballet Austin, The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the University of Texas Accounting Department Advisory Board. In addition, he serves as the Audit Committee chair for the United Way Capital Area.

Michael earned a BBA in Accounting in 1985 from The University of Texas at Austin.

William R. Volk
Partner, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

Bill Volk is a partner in the Austin office of Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. He is a member of the firm's Management Committee and serves as Co-Head of the firm's Corporate Finance and Securities Section.

Bill is currently serving as Chair of the Community Impact Cabinet for United Way Capital Area. He is also a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Board of Governors for Austin Community Foundation as well as involved with the Texas Bar Foundation and the Austin Bar Foundation.

Dan Pruett, Agency Representative Adhoc Member
President & CEO, Meals On Wheels And More

Dan Pruett is the CEO & President of Meals on Wheels and More. Since assuming leadership in 2003, he is credited with overseeing the organization's growth in annual meals provided from 713,00 meals to almost 1 million meals, adding rural meal-delivery and "Meals for Kids" programs, and raising the budget from $3.7 million to $7 million, netting several local and national awards for the organization along the way.

Mr. Pruett also co-founded the Meals on Wheels Association of Texas, has served as the Chair of the Basic Needs Coalition and Co-Chair of its Food Security Committee, and currently serves on the Concordia University School of Business Advisory Board and the United Way Board of Directors. Prior to Meals on Wheels and More, Mr. Pruett was the Director of Marketing and Deputy Executive Director at the Capital Area Food Bank for 8 years. He previously spent 17 years in the private sector.