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2025 Board of Directors


President

Vanessa Vasquez

president@tdsanantonio.org 

Vanessa is the Founder and Principal Learning Consultant of Cultura Catalyst Consulting dedicated to the cultivation of spaces where people can learn, share and grow.  She has empowered teams in an inclusive talent development environment throughout her twenty years working with restaurant and hospitality companies, the financial technology industry and most recently the non-profit sector. 

Her passion lies in supporting efforts around equitable sustainability, digital transformation and leadership development.  She is an advocate and ambassador for community involvement through her work as Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas Technology State Chair, American Red Cross of Central South Texas Board Member, an #IAmRemarkable Global Initiative Certified Facilitator, San Antonio Area Foundation Equity Fellow, Alexander Briseno Leadership Development Program and Steering Committee alumni as well as a Latina Leadership Institute alumni.

Vanessa currently resides in San Antonio with her partner Ben and their two rescue dogs, Onyx the Schnoodle and Opal the Schnauzer.  


President Elect

Linda Salazar

preselect@tdsanantonio.org 

Linda Salazar is the founder and master trainer at Bright Trainer, LLC.  She used her 25+ years of experience as a corporate trainer to create effective training solutions for business problems.  She ensures her participants learn and have a great time doing it.  Her success is measured by the goals that her participants and the companies they work for achieve. 

Linda is a regular contributor in the field of learning & development as a speaker and contributor for Talent Development (TD) magazine. Her Udemy course, Employee Training:  Your Rapid Roadmap to Classroom Success, has helped more than 2,000 people in over 96 countries.

Linda is also a mother of two, has served on the board of ATD-San Antonio for three years, co-leads a Lean In Circle, and served as a Helotes City Council member 2020-2022.


Past President 

Larnzell Harper, Jr.


pastpres@tdsanantonio.org 

Larnzell Harper serves as a Sr. Consultant with Insight Strategies, Inc. a role he has held since 2023. His passion for transit, adult learning methods, and enhancing organizational capabilities through people, strategy, and processes drives his work. Since managing Training and Development at VIA Metropolitan Transit in 2016, Larnzell has focused on forging connections between personal and professional growth.

Larnzell began his career in transportation as a bus operator at Chicago Transit Authority, where he also held positions as a Training Coordinator and Transportation Manager (bus/rail). He gained experience in Human Resources by developing and facilitating training programs for over 32 departments as a Training Specialist at the City of Chicago. He enjoys being a board member and is honored to belong to the Association of Talent Development, San Antonio chapter since 2018. He is also a board member of San Antonians for Rail Transit (SART) and considers himself a transit geek/nerd.

He holds a master’s degree in educating adults from DePaul University in Chicago and a bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Larnzell’s current areas of focus are determining and establishing programs, policies, and procedures to improve organizational effectiveness and departmental performance of customers, employees, and the public.

His background in adult education, transit operations, and communication has led him to support the implementation of comprehensive training programs that are cohesive and compliant with talent development initiatives, transportation industry standards, and leadership development methods. He enjoys public speaking, roller coasters, transit trains, and DC Comics animation movies when outside of work.