Olga Maldonado first female president of food bank board
Olga Maldonado was elected the first female president of the South Texas
Food Bank board at the February monthly board meeting at the Lamar Bruni
Vergara South Texas Food bank office.
Maldonado, a graduate of Eagle Pass High School (1974) and Texas
A&I-Kingsville, is the manager of external affairs for AEP and has also
worked with the company in Corpus Chirsti, Uvalde and Laredo since 1982.
The mother of three children ages 25, 23 and 21, Maldonado has been in
Laredo since 1992.
“The food bank is a great organization that helps a lot of people. We have
a great team of board members and staff,“ Maldonado said. “The hunger
issue is huge in Laredo.“ She served as board vice president last year and
on the development and speakers bureau committees. She chaired the
speakers bureau and co-chaired the radio drive fundraiser.
Other officers elected were Kevin Romo, vice president; Annie Zapata
Dodier, secretary and Danny Cuellar, treasurer. The outgoing president is
Erasmo Villarreal. The officers take over in March.