St. David's Foundation
Bobbie Barker has an extensive work history, starting in 1992 as Vice President at Texas Gas Service (formerly Southern Union Gas Company) and continuing until 2016 as the Executive Vice President of Grants and Community Programs at St. David's Foundation. In between, Bobbie served as the Past Board Chair at the Austin Area Research Organization, the UT School of Architecture Advisory Council, and as a Past Board Manager at Central Health.
Bobbie Barker has a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Sociology from UT Arlington. In addition, Bobbie also holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from Texas State University.
St. David's Foundation
St. David’s Foundation is one of the largest health foundations in the United States, funding $70 million annually in a five-county area surrounding Austin, Texas. Through a unique partnership with St. David’s HealthCare, a Malcolm-Baldrige award-winning hospital system in Central Texas, the foundation reinvests proceeds from the hospital system back into the community, with a goal of building the healthiest community in the world. Additionally, St. David’s Foundation operates the largest mobile dental program providing charity care in the country and runs the largest healthcare scholarship program in Texas.