Board of Directors
Jim Gerencser
Eric Gerencser
Laura Gerencser
Carman Kobza
Eric Waite
Eric Waite is the Executive Vice President of The Talent Corporation in the Dallas/Ft Worth area and is a Personnel/Staffing expert. He has volunteered for a number of community-based organizations, including E.R.I.C. Like many of the E.R.I.C. Board and staff members, he feels a calling to volunteer for groups that support cancer prevention and the best-available treatments due to losing a close family member to the disease.
Florentino Ramirez
Florentino is an attorney practicing in international transactions and as outside corporate counsel. His practice also involves all aspects of doing business abroad with a focus in Latin American and Spain. He directs the firm’s immigration practice, where focus areas include employment and investment immigration. Among his business clients, Florentino has represented various non-profit organizations in the US and abroad.
Florentino was elected to the Board of Directors for the State Bar of Texas where he served from 2013 –2016. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Texas Bar Foundation from 2016 – 2022, serving as its Chair in 2019-2020. He has also served as Secretary/Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Bar Association, as well as the Board of Directors of the Dallas Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Michelle Walters, DO, FAOCR
Dr. Walters is a radiologist at The Breast Center, which is part of the Medical Associates of Northwest Arkansas (MANA) group practice. She is a fellow of the American Osteopathic College of Radiology and has over 24 years of experience in breast imaging. Following an internship, diagnostic radiology residency, and MRI and breast imaging fellowship, Dr. Walters worked as a physician and then as a partner at Radiology Associates of North Texas (RANT), providing radiology services throughout the DFW metroplex.
She is active in the American Osteopathic College of Radiology, serving as president as well as in many other leadership positions over the years. She has extensive publications and conference presentations.
Dr. Walters and her husband, Matthew, have two grown children. In her free time, Dr. Walters loves to get outdoors to hike, kayak, and ride horses. She is an avid reader and dog lover. She and her family enjoy playing Ultimate, and she is a founder of Texas Youth Ultimate.