Officers
and
Board of Directors
Lillian Trujillo
President 2021 - Present
Lillian Trujillo comes from a long line of San Elizario residents. Her parents were Antonio Trujillo Jr. and Josefina Grijalva Trujillo. Her paternal grandparents were Antonio Trujillo Sr. and Irene Alarcon Trujillo. Her maternal grandparents were Francisco Grijalva and Anita Aranda Grijalva. Many of her ancestors were born in San Elizario and Socorro. Others were born in the following towns in Mexico: Aguas Calientes, Carrizal, Guadalupe, and Celaye, Guanajuanto. She has one daughter, Diana and three grandchildren, Aurora, Deacon and Joshua. Lillian graduated from Loretto Academy High School and UTEP with a degree in History. She retired after working over 30 years for the State of Texas. Besides being involved in genealogy, she volunteers with the San Elizario Catholic Church on the finance committee. She has translated close to 20,000 entries in the San Eli church records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths from 1846 to 1956 in San Elizario, Socorro and some other small towns in the area.
Contact: Lillian.seghs@gmail.com
Mary H. Rojas
Vice-President 2024 - Present
Mary Helen Rojas is the first-born child of Gilberto and Fidencia Vargas. Her parents were born and raised in San Elizario. Here descendants are Acension and Refugio Parra and Santa Cruz and Juana Vargas of San Elizario. Helen retired from the Clint Independent School district with 40 years of service as both an educator and counselor. Helen is active as a Lector for the Catholic Church and Chairs two committees for the Lower Valley Retired Teachers Association. She has accomplished ten years as a SEGHS member and volunteered in various SEGHS events. Helen obtained a BS Degree in Elementary Education at Sul Ross State University and holds an M. ED in Elementary Education from the University of Texas El Paso. Helen is proud of her two successful children, Robert and Cassandra, and blessed with four wonderful grandchildren.
Norma Perez
Secretary 2024 - Present
Norma was born in El Paso, Texas to Leonardo Varela and Maria Cabral-Varela. Her grandparents came from Delicias, Chihuahua, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, and Nayarit, Mexico. In the 1940’s her maternal grandparents immigrated to the United States and settled in Cuadrilla near Fabens. They lived there for many years until they moved back to Cd. Juarez. Both of her grandparents worked in the Bracero program for many years. Norma has been living in San Elizario for the past 30 years. She graduated from Socorro High School and attended EPCC and UTEP. Her studies were Business Administration, Nursing and Psychology. She has worked in the Maquiladora Industry for the past 34 years; focusing on customer projects, planning, purchasing, and sales management for companies in Mexico and United States. She is proud to have been a member for ten years for the San Elizario Catholic Church Finance Committee and the Fiesta Committee. Norma is proud of her three successful children, Armando, Denise and Jennifer. She is also blessed to have three wonderful grandchildren, Mason, Victoria, and Sebastian. Norma enjoys going to concerts with her daughters and taking family trips. She loves her community and is always willing to serve. Her family is active in donating clothes/toys to shelters in El Paso and Cd. Juarez. Her family also has an annual Christmas toy drive and every Christmas Day they go to Juarez and have a big celebration where they hand out the donated toys, candies, and have piñatas for the children.
Velma Alarcorn
Treasurer 2023 - Present
Velma Alarcon was born to Ramon Alarcon and Carmen Haro Alarcon, her grandparents were Julian Alarcon and Aurora Trujillo Alarcon. Her Grandparents owned a small farm in San Elizario on Alarcon Street where she and her younger sister Irene (Alarcon) Rios (currently a Justice Appellate Court Judge in Texas, 4th District) spent time with their grandmother. She graduated from Riverside High School in 1979, attended University of Texas in El Paso where she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management with an emphasis in Accounting. She received a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and two Certificates from Management Concepts, Inc. from Vienna, Virginia in the Grants Management Certificate Program in the Recipient Track and Pass-Through Tracks. She worked at Southern California Permanente Medical Group (known as Kaiser Permanente) for twenty-three years and retired in 2019. In Research Finance she was a Sr. Grants/Contracts Administrator where she managed a portfolio of studies sponsored by federal, and state government grants, pharmaceutical companies, biotech, foundations and internally funded research projects. In this capacity she developed budgets, modified contracts to include language required by Kaiser’s legal department. She also negotiated compensation terms with pharmaceutical companies and drew up payment and billing terms for final execution. She has two daughters, Sharon Covey and Ashley Egnatoff, four step daughters, one stepson, and three step granddaughters and is awaiting the birth of her new granddaughter Milla from daughter Ashley’s in late March. She has been a member of SEGHS since 2016.
Norma Sambrano Hennessy
Finance Committee Chair 2022 - Present
Norma Sambrano Hennessy was born in El Paso to Richard and Grace Sambrano. She attended Southern Methodist University. She has been an accountant in the oil and gas industry for 26 years and was previously in restaurant accounting for 15 years. Service to others has always been a big part of family life, as her parents and grandparents have been great examples of community service. As such, Norma has served as treasurer for LULAC District III in Dallas, Regent for Catholic Daughters Court Our Lady, has served as a Eucharistic Minister at her parish in Dallas for many years, and has mentored high school students both through LULAC and through the parish, and regularly helps with Carter Bloodcare. One of Norma's passions is to collect family photos and ancestry information on all the branches of the family tree. She cherishes sharing ancestry research and communicating with family members to help complete the picture of our history. She has been a member of SEGHS since 2007.
Norberto Grijalva
Board Member Finance Commmitee 2022 - Present
Norberto Grijalva was born in El Paso. His parents are Francisco, Jr. "Kiko" and Ofelia Grijalva of San Elizario. His decedents are, Juan/Cuca Loya and Francisco/ Anita Grijalva of the community farm (Cuadrilla) near Fabens, and San Elizario. Nobert is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas culminating over 33 years of service in the oil and gas industry. Norberto currently works in the Large Business & International Taxation of the Federal Government a branch of the IRS. Norbert is an active member of the Catholic Church and involved in the Knights of Columbus as the Financial Secretary. He also volunteers as the AARP Tax-Aide Program coordinator. Noberto holds a degree in Accounting/Marketing from UTEP. He is married to Jennie and has two children, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Edna Lopez
CEO COMPA Inc. (RET) Board Member 2022 - Present
Edna Lopez of the Grijalva / Aranda Families in San Elizario was raised in Fabens, TX. Graduated from Fabens High School, attended UTEP and received her degree in Pre-school Head Start in California. Positions held are, Director of Head Start, Anaheim, California, EMT Anaheim Hospital, Director of After School programs, St. Anthony School. Retired 2021 CEO of COMPA Industries, Inc. Albuquerque, NM. Noted for her contributions to the Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Foundation, Albuquerque Womans Organizations, and both Albuquerque Hispanic and El Paso Chambers of Commerce. She is fond of her residence in Houston, Tx., Anaheim, Ca., and Algorta, Spain. Ms. Lopez has five sons, eleven grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. She is the wife of the late Rene Laform Lopez.
