Camp CAMP

Fred Swaney - Chairman

Fred Swaney spent over 25 years as a senior construction executive. Fred’s last position was President and CEO of Omega Environmental Inc., Government and International Contracting Division. Fred also was the owner of FS Embro, an ad specialty company. He served on the Board of the Alamo Area Council Boy Scouts of America and on the Board of his church as finance chair for five years. With a lifelong love of camping and a belief that camp benefits all involved, Fred enthusiastically supports the opportunities that CAMP affords the special needs community and all those who make CAMP happen. Being raised by a single mother with special needs and being a part of her struggle to live a normal life has filled Fred with the desire to help bring the thrill of experiencing a week of camp to kids who wouldn’t get that chance. Supporting CAMP seemed like the natural thing to do after being exposed by his son who is in his 9th year volunteering and working at CAMP. “In my small way, I would like to give my service to CAMP as a program that not only positively affects the CAMPers with special needs, but the family as a whole and also the community. The volunteers benefit at CAMP as much as the special needs children do. To be allowed to offer my time and talents to a program that assists those who are in special need enriches my life. I cannot think of a better way to use my time and talents than to be given the opportunity to work for the betterment of CAMP.” Fred has been married to his wife Margie for 37 years and has two sons. Nathan works for camp as a Lead Staff.

Elena Guajardo - Vice Chairman

Elena is a retired Southwestern Bell engineer and professional social worker. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin and her MSW at the Worden School of Social Service of Our Lady of the Lake University. Her graduate class work experience at summer camp made her a life-long supporter of CAMP. She observed, “Growing up in San Antonio, I have always been proud of my roots. San Antonio is a special place where families care about each other. It’s a city of hope and dreams with opportunities. But mostly, San Antonio is special because we are a city of values and respect. I learned the reward of hard work early, helping in the family store, Guajardo Grocery. But my parents wanted more for their children and demanded that we focus on our education. These are the stories of San Antonio – families sharing values and working to improve lives.”

Jean Magargee - Treasurer

During her husband’s military career Jean has worked for many agencies and corporations.  For over 16 years, Jean has worked for the City of San Antonio most recently for the San Antonio Fire Department as a Contract Coordinator.  She has worked with many of the local non-profits and is very familiar with the funding issues as well as the needs of the City’s residents.  Jean is married to Retired USAF Master Sergeant Joe Magargee, is the mother of 3 children ranging in age from 15 – 29 and is actively involved in their activities

Richard Ramirez - Secretary

Richard is a Project Management Lead and Sr. Project Manager for Clear Channel.He joined Clear Channel (fka AMFM Inc., Capstar Broadcasting) in 1998 and has 10+ years of project management experience.Prior to his current role, Richard was project manager in the companies’ Radio division, managing large enterprise projects and coordinating implementations with various Fortune 100 vendors.Previously, he managed international projects spanning multiple European countries in addition to managing strategic integration efforts between internal software product groups Google, Miscrosoft – Zune, and Apple -i -Tunes.Richard received a B.B.A. in international business from Bill Greehey School of Business at St. Mary’s University and the designation of Project Management Professional (PMP) from the Project Management Institute.He serves on the Gala committee, Secretary of the Board, and as a Board member for CAMP.Previous volunteer commitments with CAMP include summer, respite, and weekend CAMP counselor.Richard is also on the Board of Cibolo Nature Center, an organization that promotes conservation of natural resources through education and stewardship.

Julianne Bass

Julianne has worked in the investments industry for 20 years and is currently an Executive Director, Portfolio Manager for fixed income investments at USAA Investment Management Co.She previously was on the Board of the Amigos de la Americas Houston Chapter.She is a proud mother of a 16-year-old son who has attended CAMP for the last 10 summers.

Keith Holloway

Keith Holloway is an Attorney at Law who practices primarily in San Antonio, Texas and its surrounding counties focusing primarily on family law issues.  He has owned and operated his own legal practice since he received his license from the State of Texas in November 1994.  He received his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas in May of 1994 and received a Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting from the University of Texas at San Antonio in August 1989.

Janessa Manning

Janessa Manning is a doctoral candidate at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio. She uses MRI to investigate early brain changes in toddlers on the Autism Spectrum. She has trained under Dr. Eric Courchesne, a leading Autism Spectrum Disorder researcher, in San Diego. Janessa has a BA from St. Mary's University and an MS from UT San Antonio, both in psychology. From 1992-2005, Janessa worked at CAMP in a variety of volunteer capacities including counselor, leadership staff, and respite weekend supervisor.

Phyllis Thompson, Ph.D., LCSW

Phyllis Thompson, Ph.D., LCSW serves as an Assistant Professor at Our Lady of the Lake’s University Worden School of Social Services where she teaches graduate level Social Work courses both in the classroom and online. Her primary interests include teaching her students about intervention and prevention of child abuse and neglect and how environment affects gene expression (Epigenetics) and the neuro system (neuroscience) within human development. She especially proud to be able to serve CAMP as a member of the board.

Prior to moving to Texas she lived in Tennessee and taught graduate courses at the University Of Tennessee College Of Social Work. Her clinical work involved serving patients and their families by providing evaluative and therapeutic services to over 2300 families at Our Kids Center in Nashville when there were concerns of sexual abuse from 1998-2008. She also maintained her own private practice. In 2004 she was promoted to Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University and in 2005 she was also hired as a Clinical Instructor for Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for their forensic program. These appointments provided her the opportunity to teach professionals and medical providers from across the country about evidence-based practices and skills for responding to children and families when there were concerns of sexual abuse and violence.

Dr. Thompson graduated from the University of Utah’s College of Social Work doctoral program. Her research consisted of looking at for predictors of sexual abuse investigation and substantiation by child protection services involving children less than three years old. During her breaks, Dr. Thompson loves to spend time with her family, pray, scrapbook, read and travel.