Overall direction of the Foundation rests with its five Trustees, including one Trustee who knew Mrs. Cox, and a Trustee who is a recently retired Foreign Service Officer.
Margo Branscomb is Executive Director of the International Foundation for Academic Innovation, which directs K-12 distance learning labs in Central America. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Duke University in Political Science.
Shannon M. Wilde is a practicing attorney and shareholder of Branscomb | PC. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Government and Spanish, with high honors, from The University of Texas. He received his MBA and Juris Doctor degrees from Baylor University. While at Baylor, Mr. Wilde was a Baylor Law Alumni Academic Merit Scholar.
Ms. VanDeMark is a partner in a business venture with principal operations at Chapman Ranch, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism with high honors from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Arts from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland. A Chapman family member and cousin of Una Chapman Cox, she has been involved in the work of the Foundation since 1996.
Larry J. Wood retired in April 2013 as Senior Vice President and Senior Regional Fiduciary Manager for Greater Texas and Hill County, Southwest Region, Wells Fargo Wealth Management. Mr. Wood has a 39-year career in financial services. During his career he attained the designation of Certified Financial Planner and Certified Trust and Financial Advisor, plus numerous brokerage licenses. For the past 38 years, he has volunteered with numerous civic and charitable organizations in South Texas. He is a graduate of Texas A&I University and the Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He is a native of Corpus Christi, Texas.
Ambassador Katherine Hubay Canavan (formerly Peterson) was a Foreign Service Officer with the Department of State for more than 35 years. She retired after a distinguished career in November 2011, with the rank of Career Minister, the second highest in the Foreign Service. In her last posting (2008-2011), she served as the Civilian Deputy and Foreign Policy Advisor to ADM James G. Stavridis, the Commander of the United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. Prior to that, she served as United States Ambassador to Botswana (2005-2008), Director of the Foreign Service Institute (2001-2005), and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho (1998-2001). Amb. Canavan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
| Alfred L. Atherton, Jr. | 1985-1988 |
| Stephen W. Bosworth | 1992-1993 |
| Harvie Branscomb, Jr. | 1980 – 2015 |
| Charles W. Bray | 1994 – 1996 |
| Una Chapman Cox | 1980 – 1982 |
| Charles A. Gillespie, Jr. | 2004 – 2006 |
| Arthur A. Hartman | 1997 – 1999 |
| L. Craig Johnstone | 2000 – 2003 |
| A. Elizabeth Jones | 2010 – 2011 |
| Kenton E. McDonald | 2000 – 2006 |
| Jane Chapman Owen | 1985 – 1999 |
| W. Robert Pearson | 2011 – 2016 |
| George S. Vest | 1989 – 1991 |
| Alexander F. Watson | 2007 – 2009 |
| Diego Asencio | 1985 – 1987 |
| Peter Bridges | 1987 – 1988 |
| Alfred (Roy) Atherton | 1989 – 1997 |
| Anthony (Tony) C.E. Quainton | 1997 – 1998 |
| Clyde Taylor | 1999 – 2010 |