As President and CEO of Davolt Community Advocacy, Kimberly finds herself being thankful for the ways military life molded her, and made her who she is today. Kimberly was able to learn how to be adaptable, saw first-hand the incredible men and women serving our country, learned how to value people in her life, was able to see how people live all over the country and most importantly was raised with a love of country.

Kimberly worked with an AbilityOne Source America Non-Profit Agency (NPA) as the Executive Vice President of Operations with experience in government contracting specializing in the Environmental Service and Custodial Cleaning industry. Through hardwork, determination, and the underlying desire to be the change she wished to see, Kimberly established a personal and firm foundation in the industry through many diverse experiences. These experiences were an incredibly important part of her achieving success in the government and commercial cleaning industry. The many trials and several mentor figures in her life thus far have helped pave and illuminate the journey for Kimberly to a successful career. Her ability to network and have friends and mentors across many industries has provided invaluable guidance and advice—especially from persons who have already been through the process and can help her navigate the unique challenges of the industry, Kimberly has provided skilled management and community engagement through the AbilityOne SourceAmerica program over the past 4 years. Kimberly has had direct oversight of 8 separate AbilityOne SourceAmerica contracts in 5 different states: Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA (includes Presidio of Monterey, CA), Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Hawaii, FEMA Louisiana Recovery Office, LA, Joint Base San Antonio Lackland, TX, Oakdale US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, LA, US Air Force, Special Warfare Training Wing, JBSA-Lackland, TX, MICC Fort Mccoy, Marysville WA and MICC Fort Mccoy, Vancouver WA. Kimberly was able to provide guidance and support to more than 190 AbilityOne eligible employees and over 250 total employees. The largest site providing Environmental Services to the second largest Army Hospital in the United States.

Prior to working with the AbilityOne SourceAmerica program Kimberly began her lifelong career working with non-profit agencies in 1987. Volunteering with Children’s Association for Maximum Potential during Summer Camps in a series of 6-day/5-night sessions for children and adults, aged 5 to 55 years, with mild to severe medical conditions or disabilities (including medical, physical, intellectual, and developmental). From there Kimberly then began volunteering and later became a resident staff member at St. Jude’s Children’s Home in Bulverde, Texas. Supporting the education and welfare for children and families who have been affected by trauma, abuse, or neglect. This provided the steppingstone for her life’s passion of ensuring that individuals have access to resources to help overcome obstacles they may have faced. Working with Child Advocates of San Antonio as the Program Director allowed Kimberly to understand that meeting family’s needs for stability through economic and other whole family supports is critical to removing barriers to people being successful.

Kimberly received her BA in Education at the University of Texas at San Antonio, she is an active Board Member of JDRF South Central Texas, a member of the Advisory Committee for the City of San Antonio Bike Network Plan (BNP) Mobility Working Group as well as a member of CHIEF, a private membership network for senior executive women.

Suzanne Hamilton has over 20 years’ experience providing professional support to management. Suzanne is dedicated to the team approach as well as promoting a positive work environment to motivate and ensure the success of all individuals. Suzanne has worked with and supported community non-profit agencies such as the Art Museum of South Texas, Lane Rehabilitation Center, Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce as well as the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center. Working with the community gives Suzanne sense of accomplishment and a chance to improve the community as a whole. Suzanne took a class in 2012, Rapid City Leadership, has worked with American Heart Association Heart Walk, and United Way Day of Caring for multiple years.

Suzanne has a personal connection to the health industry due to her youngest son’s congenital heart defect. When a child is born with CHD, families must adjust to the fact that the child’s disease could be life-threatening, has the potential to cause permanent handicap and may affect familial daily routines. Having a child with this type of diagnosis allowed Suzanne to have a better understanding of individuals with disabilities and some of the challenges they and their family experience. Suzanne is forever grateful for the community that supported her and her family. Her son is now grown and living a fulfilling life.

Dr. Amy Mulholland received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M, and her Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Education from the University of Houston. While on faculty at the University of Houston she developed a deep understanding of the complex issues facing vulnerable students. Married to Mike for more than 30 years, she is the mother to 3 boys, Thomas (married to Alexis), Daniel and Nathan.

Since moving to San Antonio in 2013, she started a second “career” working with non-profits that support and advocate for youth in difficult situations. She brings a love of public conversation, a background in education, knowledge in parenting children with special needs and experience advocating for at-risk youth. She served as Director of Development for Child Advocates San Antonio, Director of Mentoring for Ransomed Life, and remains active with the South Texas Chapter of JDRF.

A native Texan, Lauren fell in love with providing care to people when she was only a teenager. Lauren quickly developed a deep passion for nursing. This resolve stuck with her through college, leading her to get her BA in Science in Human Development at University of Texas at Austin and then received her BSN.

Lauren worked in the trauma care unit at St.David’s South Austin Medical Center from 2017 to 2021. St. David’s provides support to 368-bed acute care facility offering a range of complex specialties and sub-specialties, including a nationally accredited oncology program with the area’s only adult Transplant and Cellular Therapy Program; a trauma program that includes a Level II trauma center, with a dedicated Shock Trauma Intensive Care Unit, to treat the most severely injured and critical patients; comprehensive cardiac, stroke and orthopedic programs; full-service maternity and newborn care; robotic services; and two full-service emergency centers in the communities of Bee Cave and Bastrop.

Lauren now resides in San Antonio and is a nurse at St. George Episcopal School as well as a coach for the competitive interscholastic athletics program, with a student population JK-8 th grade. Lauren is grateful for the opportunity that St. George has allowed her in to focus on her first priority “family”.

Pastor Keith D Sanford grew up on Military Bases in Maine, Michigan, Georgia, and Texas. He is honored and privileged to have immediate family who have served this great nation in The US Air Force. Growing up, he participated in several community and sports activities at an early age which helped him hone life skills. Keith battled all through elementary school with a terrible speech impediment yet was chosen by School administrators to become the representative grade school ambassador for VIPs visiting the facility. This experience built a foundation of determination to overcome the challenges of bullying, and low self-confidence and established a spirit of compassion for those who are struggling in different areas of their lives. Keith continued to persevere obstacles in his adolescence and was graced with the opportunity to introduce and interview musical and sports legends such as Lionel Richie, Franco Harris, and Hank Aaron while his dad was stationed at Warner Robins AFB.

The military-dependent life allowed him to form strong lasting relationships with people from a variety of cultures, backgrounds, and ethnicities. These experiences solidified his core value of compassion and focus on helping those who are troubled, lost, or broken.

Keith joined the US Army in 1988. He was stationed in Schweinfurt, Wurzburg, and 21st replacement in Frankfurt. He was selected at age 18 in the Special Weapons Assembly Team, Department of Defense Senior Cadre for Army Readiness Testing and Nuclear Surety Testing. He obtained a Top-Secret Clearance, and his team represented the 1st and the 10th FA Battalion (also known as 5/41st FA) for all ARTEPs, Reforger's (1988 & 1990) and all Field Training Exercises in USEURA. Keith was recognized by the Battalion Commander with an Army achievement medal and several certificates of achievement for his excellence in those military movements.

While deployed in Saudi Arabia he was an Ammo Team chief, advanced party soldier, assistant gunner, and technical Commander. During Desert Shield/Desert Storm, he assisted in the ground assault in Iraq. Prior to the official start of the ground war, a fellow soldier brutally attacked Keith. Due to this incident, he was medevac’d to 85th field hospital in Dharan, Saudia Arabia where he miraculously recovered from his injuries in 3 days and went back to the gunline to continue the mission. The experience during this campaign continued to cultivate his knowledge, skills, and abilities and ignited his motivation to encourage and teach his battle buddies in the fire mission, and daily tasks, to forge an unbreakable spirit to fight the good fight of faith. Throughout this battlefield experience, he had acute PTSD, Major Depressive disorders, and other physical and mental issues while maintaining an exceptionally elevated level of military discipline and executing his duties without wavering.

He medically separated from the US Army in 1992 from Fort Sill Oklahoma.

He then began his over 4-year career as a CNA at The San Antonio State Hospital in June 1993.

He worked at Travis, Bowie Goyen's halls, all acute admissions units. He worked in transportation, admissions, and the adolescents’ units. In his position as a Spec 1, his duties ranged from overseeing daily operations and tasks of CNAs, over one hundred patients, to providing documentation/observations on the daily behaviors of the patients to which he was assigned. He collaborated with Social Workers, Medical Doctors, Psychiatrists, and Judges. He received awards from Doctors and Charge nurses for his immediate action in interventions of suicide attempts and for helping the medical doctor address the emergency care of patients in the triage unit.

Keith left the State Hospital in 1997 with a heavy heart to pursue a career in the United States Postal Service where he was in maintenance for over 24 years. He achieved the position of Supervisor of Maintenance Operations where he led 50 to 100 employees consisting of a range of positions.

Keith’s efforts and ability to create an environment where everyone could be successful helped his shift keep the machines running smoothly and built unity among his coworkers and his employees. He received letters of recognition from the Rio Grande District as well as his maintenance craft team. During his active duty with the Post office, he counseled difficult employees, conducted investigative interviews, performance reviews, critical and emergency placement of his employees, and assisted in providing health resources to restore them to successful lifestyles that would improve their personal lives and cultivate satisfactory performances at the business. His efforts have borne fruit, and he has maintained a mentor relationship with his previous peers and employees.

In June of 2003, Keith began his formal advocacy work in the community where he led Wednesday night Bible study with about twenty kids ranging from ages 6 to 12, and a back-on-track men's home group at a local church. Due to his successes, Keith was recognized and asked to be the Chaplin for Shekinah Radiance Academy by Its Founder, Dr. Cheryl Washington. The Chapel program consisted of approximately 250 students, pre-k to 12th grade. Keith led the program based on life skills, addressed maladaptive behaviors, and promoted high moral and ethical values using faith-based principles. He met and mentored countless active duty, retired, and disabled veterans who were parents or family members of the students and faculty.

Keith is also involved in homeless outreach where he led a team that served 100 to 250 homeless in the San Antonio downtown Community. About 40 % of the homeless he encountered were ex-military or disabled veterans. He would conduct visits to homes, hospitals, and incarcerated individuals to assist in the process of restoration in the lives of those family members he befriended. He has aided in the start-up of churches for Clergy friends in Shertz, Universal City, and Gonzales, Texas, as well as conducting opening prayers for the City Hall in Kirby.

He has continued to mentor young people and adults from all levels of society and has been called upon to speak at local churches in Texas as well as Alabama, Maryland, and Oklahoma. He has performed invocations weddings, funerals (3 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery) building/home dedications.

Throughout his almost 36 years of State and Federal service and philanthropy work, he has maintained his commitment to serve his community of military and civilian neighbors by advocating for the wounded, defenseless, marginalized, and all those who have been overlooked or struggled in every stratum of society.

Keith has been with his with Tawnya since 1991 and both have been in Advocacy since 2003. He is honored to put his experiences and drive towards the mission to rebuild, advocate, and encourage families that desperately need assistance in stabilizing their lives. He upholds reverence for diversity and inclusion and utilizes his compassion to aid in the goal of creating an environment where all individuals can be successful in all endeavors they may pursue.