Mind Science Foundation Board

2009 Board of Trustees

Officers

Tom Slick, Jr.
Life Time Trustee, Mind Science Foundation
President, Slick Enterprises, Atlanta ,GA
B.A., Yale University with Honors in Psychology and Pre-Med
Georgia State University, Graduate School of Business Administration/Accounting Tom maintains an active role in his father’s prolific legacy as a lifetime trustee of the Mind Science Foundation, Southwest Research Institute, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, and Georgia Grape Growers Association, and he is the President of the Georgia Winegrowers Association. His special interests are touring wine regions and fishing.

Robert "Bob" R. Cocke, Ph.D.
Chairman, Mind Science Foundation
B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
PHS Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of Rochester Medical Center

Professionally, Bob has an active interest in the relationship between the mind and disease resistance. Personally, he spends a lot of time enjoying, and working to preserve, the Texas Hill Country. He resides in Austin, Texas.

Paul Ingmundson, Ph.D.

Vice-Chair, Mind Science Foundation

Executive Director, Mind Science Foundation

Clinical Director, Alamo Sleep Disorders Center

Director, South Texas Veterans Health Care System Sleep Clinic

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Texas at Austin

Paul Ingmundson is a clinical psychologist who specializes in the diagnosis and management of sleep disorders. He first became interested in sleep, dreaming, and the science of consciousness while pursuing his graduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He stays busy in professional practice, research, and teaching. He is active in a number of professional societies and organizations, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Fellow of the Bexar County Psychological Association, and Treasurer of the San Antonio Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. He first joined the Board of Trustees of the Mind Science Foundation in 2003.

Mona McMunn Lowe

Secretary, Mind Science Foundation
President and Partner, REATA Property Management, Inc.
B.A. Literature, University of Texas at San Antonio
Certified Property Manager (CPM) Institute of Real Estate Management
President, 2006 San Antonio Chapter of The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM)
President, Houston Street Re-Development Corporation, Non-profit, San Antonio, Texas
Charter Member of the executive committee for the Artpace “Chalk It Up” Public Art event.

Mona balances her business endeavors with interests in reading, contemporary art, culture, philosophy and consciousness studies. She was born and resides in San Antonio with her family and enjoys traveling.

Richardson B. Gill, Ph.D.
Treasurer, Mind Science Foundation

B.A., History

B.E.S., Engineering Science

B.S., Mathematics

B.S., Physics

M.A., Anthropology

Ph.D., Anthropology

Dick Gill is a native San Antonian with a background in successfully starting and managing companies ranging in size from startups to larger organizations. His strong technical and scientific educational background combined with a love of learning results in the ability to quickly learn a business and achieve results. He is the author of The Great Maya Droughts: Water, Life, and Death (2005, University of New Mexico Press), which was also translated into Spanish. A one-hour documentary about Mr. Gill and his archaeological accomplishments was produced by the BBC in 2001. He is fluent in Spanish and French.

Trustees

Betty Boston

Sales Associate, Nix Realty Company

Mary Stinchcomb Cocke

President, Cocke Minerals, Inc.

Mary has long managed her family's independent oil and gas company. In the past she owned an antiques business specializing in oriental rugs, helped run two restaurants and owned a catering business. She is an alumna of the Hockaday School in Dallas and attended the University of Texas as a History major with a minor in Classical Civilization.

Catherine Nixon Cooke

B.A. Communications, Stanford University

Catherine Nixon Cooke is an author and consultant, with more than 20 years of non-profit management experience. She is the former Director of the San Antonio River Foundation (2007-2008); former president and CEO of The Mountain Institute in Washington, D.C. (2001-2005); former Executive Director of the Mind Science Foundation (1983-1998); and former editor-in-chief of Coronet Magazine (1970s). She has published articles for numerous magazines and newspapers, and several biographies including Tom Slick Mystery Hunter (Paraview Press, 2005) about the legendary founder of the Mind Science Foundation. She is an elected Fellow of The Explorers Club, and serves on the boards of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, the San Antonio Medical Foundation, the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics, the San Antonio River Foundation, and the World Affairs Council.

Daniel Cooper, Ph.D.
Institutional Trustee (Southwest Research Institute)

Program Director, Organization & Management Development

Southwest Research Institute

Ph.D., Education, Psychology, and Communications, Stanford University
M.A., Education, Stanford University
B.A., Social Relations, Harvard University

Sandy McNab
Former Chairman, Mind Science Foundation
President, United Energy Corporation
B.B.A. Finance, University of Miami, Florida

Sandy served as past Chairman of Saint Luke's Episcopal School, past President and current Chairman of the Rock Art Foundation of Texas and served as Project Manager of its recently published CD-ROM showcasing irreplaceable petroglyphs from the Lower Pecos Region. He also serves on the local advisory board of the Nature Conservancy of Texas.

Pemmaraju N. Rao, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Chairman, Department of Organic Chemistry
Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Calcutta University, Calcutta, India

Dr. Rao has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed professional journals and presented several invited lectures at national and international conferences. He holds many patents in steroid hormone synthesis and various immunoassay methodologies. In his spare time, Dr. Rao enjoys photography, growing roses and organic vegetable gardening.

Emilio F. Romero, M.D.
Institutional Trustee (University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio)
Professor and Deputy Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, UTHSCSA
Medical School, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Psychiatry Residency (UTHSCSA)
C.G. Jung Psychoanalytical Institute, Kusnacht, Switzerland, specialization in dream analysis.

Dr. Romero is on the M.H.M.R. Advisory Board, the American College of Psychiatrists, the Admissions Subcommittee Medical School UTHSCSA, and the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. His special interests include reading, travel, dream interpretation, international relations, and guiding medical students.

Alice Viroslav, M.D.

Neuroradiologist, South Texas Radiology Group

Texas State Advisory Board

Elizabeth Costello

Director, International Affairs Department

City of San Antonio

Ms. Costello's international affairs career spans over 30 years in global education, protocol, trade and investment. During her four year tenure as MSF's Executive Director (1998-2002), Ms. Costello continued the enriching speaker programs and events developed throughout Catherine Cooke's 15 year leadership at MSF. In conjunction with MSF Board Member Robert Sohn, she instituted an enduring strategic plan that founded and funded the Tom Slick Research Awards in Consciousness, acknowledging emerging consciousness professionals since 2004.

Glenn M. Garcia, M.D.
Assistant Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)-Department of Radiology, Musculoskeletal Section
Medical School, UTHSCSA
Radiology Residency, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston, TX
Post Doctoral Fellowship-Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of California San Diego
Faculty/Attending at the UTHSCSA medical school in the departments of Radiology, Orthopaedic, Rehabilitation Medicine and Podiatry residents, and medical students. Primary research interests include traumatic joint derangements, bone and soft tissue tumors and musculoskeletal infections. Member of Medical School and Radiology Residency Admissions Committees, Radiological Society of North America, Roentgen Ray Society, Texas Radiological Society. Diplomate of The American Board of Radiology. Extracurricular interests are long-distance swimming, snowboarding, running, mountain biking and reading.

Richard King IV
Chairman, King Airways
B.B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1983

Michele Krier
Michele Krier is a San Antonio-based public relations specialist with more than 20 years experience serving as the media relations specialist for Dublin & Associates public relations firm before joining Creative Civilization as director of public relations. She also held the public relations manager position at VIA Metropolitan Transit and, in that role, worked with the community, civic and city officials, government agencies and media on a range of issues from consumer topics to state legislation. Michele earned her Masters in Communications from the University of the Incarnate Word, where she was public relations director for four years. She wrote more than 100 articles for San Antonio Business magazine, and served for four years as business editor and four years as Public Relations Manager for the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Presently, Michele serves on the boards of the San Antonio Library Foundation, Mind Science Foundation and Arts San Antonio.

Barbara Ras
Poet Barbara Ras is recent recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the author of Bite Every Sorrow, which won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. She has also published Costa Rica: A Traveler's Literary Companion, a collection of Costa Rican short fiction in translation. Her next book, One Hidden Stuff, is due out from Penguin in fall 2006. She lives in San Antonio, where she is the director of Trinity University Press.

Ruth B. Russell
Owner, Dutch Cattle Co.
B.A., Art (History & Studio), Minor in Spanish, Trinity University

Ruth is an active supporter of Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital, Texas Wildlife Association, Respite Card, and Terra Genesis. A devoted mother, Ruth also finds time for jumping horses, art, and mind-oriented studies.