{"id":121725,"date":"2023-03-16T15:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T20:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/board\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:11:43","slug":"board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/board\/","title":{"rendered":"Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center header-width-borders has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-64ae4a9807cb0e412f343505f99205af\" style=\"font-size:20px;letter-spacing:0.05em;text-transform:uppercase\">About<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Board of Directors<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/\">About The Texas Tribune<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/staff\/\">Staff<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/board\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/board\/\">Board of Directors<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/contact\/\">Contact<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/tips\/\">Send a Confidential Tip<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/ethics\">Ethics<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/republishing-guidelines\/\">Republish Our Work<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/jobs\/\">Jobs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/awards\/\">Awards<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/corrections\/\">Corrections<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/texas-tribune-strategic-plan\/\">Strategic Plan<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/about\/documents\/\">Documents<\/a><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:5%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- no content --><style>  \/* hack grid plugin for headshots *\/  .l-col-grid .c-image {    max-width: 150px;    padding: 0.85rem;  }  .c-story-body > h2:first-child {    margin-top: 0;  }  @media (min-width: 40.615em) {    .c-plugin .l-col-grid {      grid-template-columns: 150px 1fr;    }    .l-col-grid .c-image {    \tpadding: 0;    }  }<\/style>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"14926b25-ee6b-4900-afad-6a5db9f27bed\">Jane Borochoff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Borochoff is the founder and executive director of Educational Programs Inspiring Communities, a 15-year-old Houston-based nonprofit that serves adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. An energetic community volunteer and exceptional social connector, Jane is a graduate of the American Leadership Forum, Leadership Houston and the Center for Houston&#8217;s Future. She is also a past chair and past president of the Texas Lyceum. A native of Brenham \u2014 where, she says, she ate Blue Bell Ice Cream nearly every day in school \u2014 she&#8217;s an alumna of the University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"58978cd9-603e-4209-904d-c07f2ffa073a\">Glenn Brown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown has worked at the intersection of media, technology, and audience in a variety of companies and nonprofits: Creative Commons (CEO, Board of Directors), Google (Product Counsel), YouTube (Product Counsel, Head of U.S. Music Partnerships), Twitter (co-founder of Twitter Amplify video partnerships \/ product), betaworks (EIR), and, most recently, the Obama Foundation (Chief Digital Officer). He is a senior advisor at MIT\u2019s Center for Constructive Communication and worked as a student, affiliate, and later a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. 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Garza previously served as the US Ambassador to Mexico; was an elected member and chairman of the state\u2019s energy regulating body, the Texas Railroad Commission; and was Texas&#8217; 99th Secretary of State. The Ambassador got his start in politics in the late 1980s as Cameron County judge \u2014 the youngest person ever to hold that post, and the first Republican since reconstruction to be elected to a countywide office in South Texas. A Brownsville native, he has an undergraduate degree from UT-Austin and a law degree from Southern Methodist University where he is currently a member of the University&#8217;s Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"a3c51535-1054-405f-98da-33aa82367552\">Josh Hunt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh Hunt is executive vice president and board member for Hunt Companies, Inc., headquartered in El Paso, Texas. 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He previously served as vice president for global government affairs for the Hewlett-Packard Company. In the Clinton Administration, he spent almost seven years as assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information and as administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. A native of Queens, New York, he has a undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and a law degree from Stanford University. In 2021, he was elected chair of the board of PBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"5e33fa90-0d88-423b-9ae0-656c3a8191ed\">Elena M. Marks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Elena M. Marks is a Senior Fellow in Health at Rice University\u2019s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Her work centers on improving health outcomes for all Texans, with an emphasis on people with low incomes and members of marginalized groups. Her areas of health policy expertise include health systems, health and health care finance, access to health care, health disparities, and the nonmedical drivers of health. She is the founder of the Texas Consortium for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health. From 2014 \u2013 2022, Ms. Marks served as the Founding President and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, a $1.3 billion philanthropy dedicated to improving health equity in Texas. Under her leadership, the foundation awarded over $400 million to nonprofits and governmental entities working to improve health outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Marks\u2019 previous professional experiences include serving as the Director of Health and Environmental Policy for the City of Houston; consulting in the healthcare industry with large systems and community-based providers; starting and directing a successful legal placement firm; and practicing trial and appellate law with major law firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Marks holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Emory University, a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Master\u2019s in Public Health from the University of Texas School of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"f8b36365-941c-4080-982e-fda757792309\">Anna Mateja<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Mateja has over thirty years of industry experience in various areas of healthcare finance and accounting and is a licensed certified public accountant. 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