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GSCS Management

C. Jill Oettinger

Chief Executive Officer
Good Samaritan Community Services
1600 Saltillo Street
San Antonio, Texas  78207
(210) 424-0891
oettinger_j@goodsamcenter.com


 

C. Jill Oettinger serves as Chief Executive Officer of Good Samaritan Community Services (GSCS), a social service agency established in 1951 by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas.  Under Jill’s direction, GSCS' annual budget has grown from $700,000 in 1996 to over $8 million in 2007.  The agency has undergone capital improvements of over $5 million for new construction and building renovations; the most recent being a new Senior Center which opened March 2005. 

Ms. Oettinger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Azusa Pacific University in California and worked as a registered emergency room nurse in various hospital settings and in the community conducting outreach to at-risk populations.  Ms. Oettinger’s interest in working at the community level brought her to Good Samaritan Center as a Board member in 1986.  In 1996, she assumed the leadership of the agency and has continued to provide quality direction to the agency.


Antonio E. Cerna Jr.
Chief Accounting Officer
Office (210) 424-0894
Cerna_t@goodsamcenter.com

Antonio E. Cerna Jr. (Tony) is responsible for all financial processes and Facility Operations at Good Samaritan Community Services.  Prior to joining the Good Samaritan Community Services in 1998, Mr. Cerna held progressively responsible positions at Goodwill Industries of San Antonio and rose to the position of Financial Director, where he managed the agency budget of $20 million and supervised a department of 9 employees.  Mr. Cerna’s experience includes 34 years of working with non-profit organizations, Federal, State, and City grants.

Mr. Cerna’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio.  In addition, he has completed various training courses given by City of San Antonio and State of Texas for Financial Management on government grants, International Trainers, Educators & Consultants on Strategic Planning, as well as classes on Advanced Microsoft Excel from Texas A & M University.  


Bette Boyd
Executive Assistant and Director of Board Affairs
Good Samaritan Community Services
Office (210) 424-0892
boyd_b@goodsamcenter.com
  Bette Boyd is the Executive Assistant and Director of Board Affairs. She works closely with the Chief Executive Officer and provides staff support to the Board of Directors of GSCS.  As a member of the management team she promotes the mission and programs of the Good Samaritan Community Services to the Diocese of West Texas and to the community.

Ms. Boyd has been a resident of San Antonio since 1960, the year that she first came to the organization as a youth volunteer. She currently serves on the Christian Faith in Action Department of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas and has been active in the education, outreach and youth ministries of the Diocese of West Texas for 25 years.  Ms. Boyd received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Texas Tech University.

 


Rachel Dillon
Director of Human Resources
Office (210) 424-0695
dillon_r@goodsamcenter.com
 

Scotty Macdaniel
Development Manager
Office (210) 434-2066 

macdaniel_s@goodsamcenter.com


Meg Ballantyne
Communications Coordinator
Office (210) 424-0895

ballantyne_m@goodsamcenter.com

GSCS Program Managers
Shawna Williams
Child Development Program Manager
Office (210) 435- 6841
williams_s@goodsamcenter.com


Jennifer Cook
Youth Development Services Manager
Office (210) 434-0788 
cook_j@goodsamcenter.com 

Desiree Norman
Get2Work Program Manager
Office (210) 424-0130

norman.desiree@twc.state.tx.us 


Eden Robles, MSW
Family Development Services Manager
Office (210) 424-0192
robles_e@goodsamcenter.com