Frank Alvarez, Travis County RNHA Chair

Frank has been married for nine years to his wife Chi-Wei and he has two children - Alexandra (8) and Frankie (3). He has a strong belief is faith and family. He regularly attends St. Elizabeth's Church in Pflugerville.  

Frank is an educated professional with 15+ years of expertise is in the areas of Public Policy, Project and Program Management, Account Management, and writing. I possess a graduate degree in Journalism, a Masters degree in Administration, and a Bachelors degree in Political Science.

Throughout Frank's 20+ year career, he has had the opportunity to work on numerous political campaigns in El Paso, Central Texas, and North Texas, as well as working for the Pottsboro Press, KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, Burges House and Gallier & Wittenberg Public Relations, the Republican Party of Texas, and the State Bar of Texas.

Since 1988, Frank has been chosen to attend numerous county, district and state conventions of the Republican Party of Texas. Frank currently serves as the 2 nd Vice Chair of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Texas (statewide organization), and is a member of the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

A few issues that Frank is passionate about, which he hopes to strengthen within the RNHA and beyond are:

1. To support free enterprise and encourage individual initiative, which bring this nation and state opportunities and economic growth and prosperity.
2. To promote and stress the proper role of government, which is to provide for the people only those critical functions that cannot be performed by individuals or private organizations.
3. To promote an effective government which is limited in size and scope and is closest to the people.
4. To encourage peace through strength and to extend peace, freedom, human rights, and democracy throughout the world - thereby making America more secure.
5. To protect and encourage the integrity of the institution of the family since it is the basic building block of society.
6. To protect the sanctity of life in all cases and to assist women with counseling, medical assistance, and meet basic life needs.

Phone: 512/989-7199
Cell: 512/468-4412
Email: ecsburges@sbcglobal.net

Joe Gonzales, Vice Chair

Joe Gonzalez lives in Pflugerville with his wife, Laura, and his two children, Joshua and Madysen. Originally from Edcouch, TX in the Rio Grande Valley, Joe moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas in 1992. Since earning his Bachelors Degree in Advertising in 1995, Joe has been in Sales for the last 12 years. He graduated from Southwest Texas State in 2002 with a Masters in Business Administration. Before working for KB Home, he was a Financial Consultant for three years and worked at Dell for two years. He was hired by KB Home in 2001 to help start a new department called the KB Homebuyer's Club, and he has been there ever since. As a Mortgage Analyst, he is responsible for helping potential home buyers get pre-qualified for a home. He also conducts Home Buyer Education Classes and helps translate contracts and mortgage documents for Spanish-speaking home buyers. In 2007, Joe Gonzalez was appointed to the position of Director of Education for the Austin Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. He has participated in organizing two consecutive Hispanic Alumni Reunions for the Texas Exes Alumni Association. He is also a member of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Hispanic MBA's.

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Sonia A McMasters, Secretary

Sonia Alaniz McMasters Secretary Sonia was born in San Juan, Texas and raised in Alamo, Texas. She graduated from Grace Christian School in Pharr, Texas and attend Pan American University. Sonia moved to Austin, Texas in 1983 to live with her husband in Washington, DC from 1987 to 1989; Las Vegas, Nevada from 1990 to mid-1993; San Antonio, Texas from mid-1993 to mid-1997; and Round Rock, Texas from mid-1997 to present time. She is raising three beautiful children, Trisha Anne-21, Antonio Luis-14, and Shelby Lynn-13. Sonia was raised in a very political family and was a significant activist in the Rio Grande Valley area and now in Round Rock and Travis/Williamson counties. It was hard for her to tell her father who taught her every thing in politic that she was not going to be a Democrat like him, because those values conformed much more to the values in the Republican platform. As a result of her familial political activities, she worked for Republican and Democrat political campaigns early in her political career. Sonia currently works for PostalAnnex+ in the Round Rock and Austin locations. Below are some of the proud achievements that Sonia has accomplished: * Former Member of BOMA of Austin, Texas. * Volunteer and interrupt in Spanish at the Round Rock Area Serving Center. * Co-Chairman for the Survivors Committee for Relay for Life in 2001 and 2002. * Register C.O.P. (Citizen on Patrol), in 1996, in San Antonio, Texas. * Member of St. John Vinney Catholic Church in Round Rock, Texas * Chairman for the Singles Ministry at St. John Vinney Catholic Church. * Commission to work with the HOPE Ministry (present member for St. John Vinney) Ministry that works with Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse. * Election Judge and Election Clerk in Williamson County assigned to precincts that need interrupters since 2000 to present time. * Precincts Chair for precinct 436, 2000 to 2003. * Chairman for the Williamson County National Hispanic Republican Assembly since 2002 – 2005. * Treasurer for the Travis County National Hispanic Republican Assembly since 2005 to mid-2006 * Secretary for the Travis County National Hispanic Republican Assembly since 2007 to present time. * Awarded the 2006 Hispanic Parent of the Year for CD Fulkes Middle School in Round Rock ISD for all the volunteer hours at the school. * Secretary and Volunteer for the PTA at CD Fulkes Middle School for Round Rock ISD.

Cell Phone: 512/627-1864
E-Mail: sam9235@hotmail.com