Advisory Board
PAULA GOLD-WILLIAMS
Paula serves as the President and CEO of CPS Energy and as the 2019 Chair for the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. As a well-known inspirational leader, passionate advocate and mentor with over 20 years of experience, Paula Gold-Williams has been recognized for many leadership awards through the years, but most notably, she was named “Energy Thought Summit Leader of the Year” by Zpryme, earned the “Keystone Leadership Award” by Keystone, and the “James D. Donovan Individual Achievement Award”.
ERIKA PROSPER-NIRENBERG
Erika serves as the Sr. Director of Customer Insights at H.E.B., and served as the 2018 Chair for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of commerce. Erika’s passion revolves around efforts to help improve the quality of life among under-served populations through girls and women empowerment, arts education and literacy. Erika’s leadership has been imprinted within our San Antonio community, as demonstrated through several awards.
JENNA SAUCEDO-HERRERA
Jenna serves as the President & CEO for the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (SAEDF), where she is responsible for advancing the diversification and growth of the San Antonio regional economy through domestic and international business development, workforce development, partnerships and market strategies. Jenna is passionate about empowering women in the workforce as well as creating economically viable opportunities within our community. Jenna’s leadership continues to elevate and promote San Antonio in the national and global arenas, as demonstrated through several awards.
HARRIET DOMINIQUE
Harriet Dominique grew up rooted in values instilled by her parents: humility, faith, and service. Today, she draws upon those values to lead all Diversity, Inclusion and philanthropic strategies, including related investments, engagements, data and analytics, reporting and oversight of communications for USAA, a $40B net worth, 36,000 employee financial services Fortune 100 company. She serves as USAA’s Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Corporate Responsibility Officer, President of The USAA Foundation, Inc., and President of The USAA Educational Foundation. She also serves as Regional Vice President of the Downtown San Antonio Campus, a 1,600 personnel organization. With the purpose “to lead and inspire actions that improve lives in the military and our local communities,” Harriet leads high-performing teams that are dedicated to elevating equity and inclusion, improving military family resiliency, increasing investments in military philanthropy across the nation and strengthening local communities where USAA employees live and work.
Harriet began at USAA in 1989 as an entry-level, call center representative and has held a wide variety of leadership positions. She strives to narrow divides between communities in hopes of a more inclusive and inspired society.
