Leadership Team

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Bill was born in Austin and grew up in San Antonio. He graduated from The University of Texas in Austin with a BS in Organizational Communication. Bill earned his teaching certificate from Southwest Texas State University and was a teacher for 10 years with the San Marcos School District. He taught in multiple areas from Special Education to Gifted and Talented with students ranging from Kindergarten to High School.   He moved to Burnet in 2005 to sell ranch real estate with the Jim Berry Group. In the fall of 2011 Bill was asked to apply for the vacated Executive Director position for the Boys and Girls Club. He was officially hired by the Board of Directors of the Highland Lakes Club on January 16th, 2012. Bill is a member and Board Member of the Rotary Club of Burnet and honorary member of the Kiwanis Highland Lakes Club. Bill is married and has two grown daughters. His wife is the Burnet CISD Librarian Media Specialist as well as the High School Librarian Media Specialist. His oldest daughter lives in Ithaca, New York and his youngest lives locally. In his spare time Bill enjoys working on his property, cooking, and crossword puzzles.

Melissa was born in Austin and grew up in Round Rock where she graduated from Stony Point High School in 2006. As she was raising her family, she spent time at Central Texas College and Texas Tech Highland Lakes, pursuant of a degree in education. In September of 2019, she began working as front-line staff at the Boys & Girls Club of Kingsland. It was there she found her calling and decided to go all in. In February of 2020 she became the Kingsland Club Director and in August of that year also began performing administrative duties as office assistant in the Highland Lakes corporate office. In September 2021 she became full-time Administrative Services Director. Just over a year later the Program & Operations Director position became available and Melissa was given the opportunity to step into that role. That is where she found her sweet spot helping the Club Directors grow as leaders and still getting to work with the kids. Melissa volunteers at her church as a leader in the children’s ministry on Wednesday nights. She enjoys reading, travelling and spending time with her two teenage sons Tristan and Jackson and her cat Jessie.