Profile

United Way of the Coastal Bend is a broad-based volunteer organization that strives to unite all segments of our service community, which includes Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces and San Patricio Counties in Texas. Our purpose includes identifying and addressing human-service needs and improving the quality of life for people through planning, fund raising, and allocation of resources to address the needs of our service community. To carry out this mission the United Way will:

Serve the needs of the public in an efficient and professional manner. Maximize, as fully as possible, the financial contribution of the voluntary sector through "one effort" and cooperate with the contributors, providers and users to meet the human needs of the service community. Recruit, train and involve volunteers and staff that are representative of and responsive to the entire community. Maintain an ongoing process of assessment and forecasting of significant service community changes so their impact can be reflected in United Way's decision making process. Communicate to the public the activities of United Way and its member agencies; raise the consciousness of individuals and the service community regarding responsibility for people's needs; and improve United Way's responsiveness to the public. Offer assistance to agencies to improve their operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Contacts

711 N. Carancahua Street Suite 302 Corpus Christi, TX 78475 Work: 361-882-2529 Toll Free:: 800-421-4636 Fax: 361-888-6882 Email: unitedway@uwcb.org www.uwcb.org

President Catrina Wilson Email: catrina.wilson@uwcb.org

Controller/CFO Robert McCarty Email: robert.mccarty@uwcb.org

Community Services Director Donna Hurley Email: donna.hurley@uwcb.org

Resource Development Director Amy Towery Email: amy.towery@uwcb.org

Board of Directors

Officers

Chair Steve Warner Driscoll Children's Hospital

Chair Elect Pablo Vegas AEP Texas

Secretary Mike Carrell Frost Bank

Treasurer George K. Noe City of Corpus Christi

Past Chair Timothy P. Noble KRIS Communications

Catrina Steinocher Wilson President and CEO United Way of the Coastal Bend

Board Members

Gerald L. Danos Dixie Iron Works, LTD

Steve DeSutter Stripes LLC

Tom Dobson Whataburger

Ray Gritte Occidental Chemical Corporation

Ann Hennis Harline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, L.L.P.

Bruce Holstein Christus Spohn Health System

John LaRue Port of Corpus Christi

Debbie Layton Ed Hicks Imports

John W. Owen Goodwill Industries of South Texas

Shelly J. Parks Jr. HEB Gulf Coast Region

Mike Quintanilla Miller Environmental Services

Jerry Van Beveren Kilgore CPA's

Harry D. Wright Valero Three Rivers Refinery

Areawide Advisory Boards

United Way of the Coastal Bend serves a six-county area of South Texas. Operations outside of Nueces County are overseen by area advisory boards of volunteers who live and work in the communities. For information about area-wide operations contact Associate Director of Resources Development. Area-wide Advisory Boards are responsible for reviewing county needs for health, human and social services; recommending priorities among those needs; developing program goals relating to recruitment, referral, placement and recognition of volunteers; representing their community to the United Way and representing the United Way to the citizens of the community; actively managing the responsibilities of the campaign; recruiting volunteers to serve on all of the UWCB committees and UWCB Board of Governors.

Bee County Jim Wells County Kleberg County Live Oak County Aransas Pass/Ingleside Mathis-Odem-Sinton-Taft Portland

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