Larry P Johnson, M.A., PHR

Larry P Johnson is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Speech, in Evanston, IL, with a Master's Degree in Economics & Latin American Studies, from La Universidad de las Americas in Mexico City.


His professional background includes:

• 21 years as Human Resources manager with AT&T/Southwestern Bell Telephone. He is accredited as a Personnel Specialist by the National Personnel Accreditation Institute.
• 22 years as a radio and television broadcaster in the U.S. and Mexico; and
• 30 years as an international motivational speaker and workshop presenter. He has presented to groups in Mexico, Japan and the U.S.

He is the author of three books and the winner of

• The 1998 national Ned E Freeman Award for Excellence in Writing,
• The Texas Governor's Committee's Barbara Jordan Award for "Excellence in the Communication of the Reality of Disabled People", and
• The San Antonio Writers Guild's 2004 First Place winner in the Adult Nonfiction category.

Anne C. Larme, PhD, appointed 2004

Dr. Larme grew up in Wisconsin, attended the UW-Madison, and following graduation worked for the university for eight years as a financial aid officer. Seeking a more interesting career, she entered the graduate program in medical anthropology at the UNC-Chapel Hill, nearly two years of which were spent researching ethnomedicine in rural Mexico and highland Peru.

Dr. Larme was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1989, but continued working until 2007. This included 13 years as a faculty member at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, where she conducted research and taught students and family medicine residents about cultural and behavioral issues in health care. Now retired, she enjoys having the time to contribute to the community through the Bexar County Technical Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities, and the boards of her neighborhood association and the Health and Healing Consortium, a local non-profit. Experiencing life in a wheelchair and confronting barriers daily has encouraged her to become an advocate for the right to accessible public facilities, streets, and sidewalks for people with disabilities.

Arthur Muraida

Daniel Ludwig was appointed in 2008 to the Technical Advisory Committee that serves under Bexar County Commissioners Court. Mr. Ludwig has enjoyed a successful career in for-profit and non-profit enterprises, with the last half of his career as an entrepreneur.

Mr. Ludwig has a hearing disability and wears a hearing aid in one ear and uses a cochlear implant for the other.

Mr. Ludwig is now retired and is able contribute more to his community. He serves as a volunteer for SAMMinistries, Mobile Loaves & Fishes, and Bexar County Commissioners Court. His insight and experience related to his own disability reinforces his belief that disabilities are not necessarily disadvantages; and the disabled can introduce different ideas, perspectives and processes.

Christine Pacetti was born and raised in England. She caught Polio at nine months of age which left her with substantial weakness mostly in her upper extremities. She was in and out of hospital for the first five years of her life. Ms. Pacetti started school at ten years of age and left school at the age fifteen. She attended art school where she obtained an arts degree. Ms. Pacetti moved to San Antonio independently, at the age of twenty four. She married her husband and raised two children a girl and a boy despite the physical challenges.

She became involved in disability rights issues throughout the 1970's, when the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became prominent in people's minds and (ADA) was in the process of being enacted. Ms. Pacetti was interested in making people in San Antonio more aware of barriers that impeded access. She helped lead a group of people who visited City Council members. The group organized to make City Council more aware of the need for better access for individuals with special needs within our City. The San Antonio City "Disability Access Office" was formed to help meet these needs. Ms. Pacetti was also involved in promoting accessible transportation. She pioneered with other's the Via Para-transit bus service. Ms. Pacetti was also President of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities for one year.

For Ms. Pacetti volunteering was important but she had a growing family and she needed to pay bills and so she decided to go to school. Ms. Pacetti attended Our Lady of The Lake University where she obtained a B.A. in Social Work. Ms. Pacetti continued in a fast track program to complete a Masters Degree in just over one year in same field of study and she became a Licensed Masters Social Worker where she worked in the field of Mental Health as a Counselor for fifteen years.

Ms. Pacetti's hobbies include art and design projects. She is a lapsed member of the Society of industrial Artists in London England which is a whole different skills set and required her passing a four year degree in art. Also she enjoys sewing and reading magazines. However, most of her spare time is spent participating in activities that promote accessibility for people with disabilities.