Leadership

Kevin Bergner is a former Major General and Field Artillery officer in the United States Army.  His 30 years of service included deployments to Germany, Bosnia, Qatar, and three deployments to Iraq.  In his last assignment, he was the Army’s Chief of Public Affairs, responsible for policy, strategy, and execution of communications, including the Army’s initial engagement in social media.  As a Brigadier General, he served in the White House on the National Security Council staff as a Special Assistant to the President of the United States. 

Upon retiring from the Army, he became the Chief Administrative Officer and then President of the USAA Property and Casualty Insurance Group where he focused on transformational change and excellence in customer service.  

Most recently, he served as the President and CEO for Goodwill Industries of San Antonio. Goodwill annually serves 24,000 people who have barriers to employment or education. 

Kevin has served on the Foundation Board for the Ecumenical Center for Counseling, the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Food Bank, and the Trinity University Business Advisory Council.  During the 2016-2017 academic year, he also served as Adjunct Professor at Trinity University where he taught Ethics and Professionalism.

Kevin earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from City University of New York.  He is qualified as a Certified Director through the Anderson School of Management at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).

He is married to Carla and they have two grown children.