George Block
President
The bulk of Block‘s career was spent in education and athletics, where he had a Hall of Fame career. As the Director of Aquatics and Assistant Director of Athletics for the Northside School District he developed the Northside Aquatic Center into an internationally recognized center for athlete development. From 2009-2012, Mr. Block was COO, then CEO of Haven for Hope, San Antonio‘s transformational homeless center. Under Mr. Block‘s leadership, Haven developed its In-House Recovery Program (IHMP), a self-contained recovery and rehab program for homeless men and women. Based on that model, he initiated the development of a Mental Health Dorm, where homeless patients could receive daylong, outpatient mental health treatment and support. Away from the pool deck, Mr. Block was co-founder and Chair of many nonprofits: Alamo Area Aquatics (Olympic-development aquatics), San Antonio, Sports (major events, youth sports, facility development), Voices for Children (early childhood research and advocacy), the Northside Education Foundation (education innovation), The Valor Club (veteran homelessness prevention), and the De Novo Foundation (cash grants to formerly homeless men and women)