Linda Benitez Tavel

Background

Tavel, Linda Benitez was born on January 12, 1954 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Daughter of Charles Ortiz and Guadalupe B.

Education

Student, San Antonio College, 1975; Student, S.W. Texas State University, 1975-1980.

Career

Mental health worker, senior mental health worker, San Marcos (Texas) Treatment Center, 1975-1982; caseworker I, Bexar County M.H.M.R., San Antonio, 1983-1984; case manager, Bexar County M.H.M.R., San Antonio, 1984-1990; chemical dependency counselor, Mexican American Unity Council, San Antonio, 1990-1992; interim mental health, substance abuse programs manager, Mexican American Unity Council, San Antonio, 1992; program manager, outpatient advisory program, Mexican American Unity Council, San Antonio, 1992-1994; child protective services specialist, State of Oregon Children Superior vena cava syndrome, Salem, 1994-1995; president, Chief Executive Officer, Creative Learning Concepts, San Antonio, since 1995.

Achievements

• Linda Benitez Tavel has been listed as a noteworthy Educational facility administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice-chairman of the executive board highways and Hedges Outreach Inc., San Antonio, 1992-1994. Board directors Bexar County Detention Ministeries, San Antonio, 1992-1994, match program State of Oregon Marion County Hispanic Advisory Board, Salem, 1994-1995, Women at the Well House, San Antonio, since 1995.

Interests

• Avocations: creative writing, art.

Connections

Married James Richard Tavel, May 21, 1983 (divorced). Children: Brendalyn, Analiza.

Father:

Charles Ortiz B.

Mother:

Guadalupe B.

Spouse:

James Richard Tavel

child:

Analiza Tavel

child:

Brendalyn Tavel