The Reverend Dr. Karen S. Boehk is the Chairperson of the Smithville Community Clinic. In 2003, she was appointed by the Southwest Texas Conference (now the Rio Texas Conference) of The United Methodist Church to serve as the Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Smithville, Texas. Shortly thereafter Pastor Karen, along with several members of her congregation, caught the vision that a medical clinic was badly needed in the Smithville community to serve those who had no insurance, or were underinsured. Accordingly, Pastor Karen has chaired the Board of Directors since its beginning.

In June of 2017 Pastor Karen retired from pastoring the local church that she might accept the appointment of Assistant to the District Superintendent, Coastal Bend District, on a part-time basis. On July 1, 2023 this appointment was shifted from the Coastal Bend District to the Crossroads District where she now serves as Assistant to the District Superintendent of the Crossroads District on a part-time basis. Since the pastor who followed Pastor Karen at First United Methodist Church decided to retire at the end of June, 2022, Pastor Karen was reappointed to pastor this congregation on a part-time basis. As Pastor Karen puts it, “I totally failed retirement.”

Prior to coming to Smithville, Pastor Karen served as Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in San Benito, Texas (2001-2003), and prior to that she served Asbury United Methodist Church in Corpus Christi, Texas as the Associate Pastor for nine years (1992-2001). She earned her Master of Divinity degree from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She earned her Doctor of Ministry degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC.

Pastor Karen’s oldest son, Christopher and his family live in Austin, and her youngest son, Matthew and his family live in Grand Prairie. She has five grandchildren, ages 12-17 (three girls and two boys) with whom she enjoys camping and sharing in their respective activities as time permits.

Pastor Karen lives in Smithville with her three donkeys: Sallie, Samuel and Skeeter; her cat, Coco Charlie; and her little dog, Skipper.

Ms. Sharlene Scheler was born in San Antonio Texas. She and her husband Nelson are the parents of two daughters Kimberly Ann Scheler and April Scheler Rheams. She has two grandchildren. Sharlene graduated from the University of Texas School of Nursing Health Science Center of San Antonio. After a long history of hospital nursing Sharlene and Nelson moved to Smithville Texas where she is a Methodist Healthcare Ministries Wesley Nurse and practices community health nursing. She serves on the Smithville Community Clinic Board, Lions Club Board, and the Student Health Advisory Committee (SHAC), Methodist Church Board. Sharlene is very active in the Smithville community.

Susan Guedry is a lifelong (almost) resident of Smithville. She and her husband, Gary, have two sons, Stephen and Jacob. Susan was an elementary teacher for Bastrop ISD for 30 years, retiring in 2010. She is an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Smithville and also sits on the boards of Bastrop County Long Term Recovery Team and Born Again Emporium.

Willy Culberson; Director of Aviation Operation Travis County STAR Flight (Retired) Mr. Culberson is a Certified Flight Instructor in Helicopter and a Commercial Multi-Engine Airplane Pilot. His background is that Mr. Culberson is a retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 with 27 years of service in the U.S. Army as a veteran of Vietnam War and Desert Storm. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1996. His last duty assignment prior to retirement was as a Standardization Instructor Pilot in UH60 Blackhawks and AH64 Advance Attack Helicopters assigned to III Corp Headquarter and based at Ellington Field, Houston, TX. Addition duties included being the Instructor Pilot assigned to conduct training flights with U. S. Army Astronauts assigned to the Johnson Space Center to keep them current in the in the UH 60 Blackhawk helicopters. (Trivia:Mr. Culberson was one of the pilots involved in the removable and replacement of the Goddess of Liberty on top of our State Capital in back in 1986.) Mr. Culberson attended the University of Houston and he remains a loyal “Cougar” and holds a degree in Psychology. After retiring from the U.S. Army in 1996 Mr. Culberson was hired as a EMS Search and Rescue Pilot for Travis County Emergency Helicopter Service known as STAR Flight. Mr. Culberson’s career at Travis County STAR Flight has spanned more than two decades and includes four years as a Line Pilot, two years as the Chief Pilot and fifteen years as the Director of Aviation Operations. During this time, he has transitioned the flight program through several innovative changes. In that time, he has flown more than 2,200 operational and training flight hours, transported 1,682 patients, the rescue of more than 100 victims and performed 546 water drops on devastating wildfires. Mr. Culberson also served as a member of, The Critical Incident Stress Management Team for the Air Medical Industry, serves on the Federal Aviation Administration Rule Making Committee for Helicopter Night Vision Goggle Operations and serves the Austin Community as a Mentor/ Role Model for Blackshear, Overton, and other Elementary Schools in Austin and the surrounding area. Mr. Culberson retired from Travis County STAR Flight on September 30, 2017. He now spends his time working in the community and enjoying life with his wife Dr. Carla Emery-Culberson and Family.

David Lawrence Herrington. Associate Municipal Judge for the City of Smithville, is a long term member of our Clinic’s Board of Directors and he was instrumental in the hands-on construction of our original medical facility. He is an Elder Emeritus of the Smithville First Presbyterian Church, an appointed member of the Bastrop Historical Commission as a part of the Texas Historical Commission, and a Board Member of the Smithville Heritage Society. Since his retirement from the Texas Department of Transportation, he has been an outstanding volunteer within our community, and accordingly has been awarded the Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award and the Masonic Golden Trowel Award.

Ms. Melodi Oltmann CPA is a partner with the local accounting firm of Medack & Oltmann, LLP, serving Central Texas with offices in Bastrop and Giddings, Texas. Melodi is an honors graduate of Concordia University and has over 25 years of experience in the field of tax, general accounting service, accounting software support, and governmental and nonprofit audits. Melodi is married to Craig, her husband of 24 years, and has two sons, Payton (22 years), and Grant (11 years).

Medical Director: (Non-Voting Member for Board of Directors) Dr. Janet Jewell is a local resident of Smithville, Texas. She graduated in 1988 from Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA and received her Medical Degree. She completed her Family Practice Residency Program at Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA in 1991. Her professional experience includes: University of Texas at Austin Student Health Center (1991-1992), Austin Regional Clinic, Austin, Texas (1992 – 2020) Texas and Volunteer Healthcare Clinic of Austin (1998-2012). She is licensed through the Texas State Board of Medicine and is Board Certified American Academy of Family Medicine from 1992-2015. Her physician license expires on November 30, 2022. She was recently selected and voted on by the Smithville Community Clinic’s Board of Directors to become the clinic's Medical Director on January 11, 2021.

Joanna Morgan grew up in Nederland, Texas amid lots of noisy Dutch relatives. After escaping to the relative anonymity of the University of Texas at Austin, she graduated with a degree in Economics, and then attended graduate school at A&M, majoring in Computer Science through the School of Business Administration. Her whole career was in Houston, in Information Technology management in multiple industries: manufacturing, retail, oil & gas and in government with Harris County. She and her husband Mike bought weekend property outside of Smithville in 1989, and retired here in 2000. Since living in Smithville, she has served on various boards, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Library Board, the Administrative Council at the Methodist Church and 12 years on City Council, as Council Member and as Mayor. She currently serves as a member of the Smithville Whole Health Partnership and as Treasurer on the Board of the Smithville Workforce Training Center in addition to serving on the Board of the Smithville Community Clinic. She and her husband have a son, daughter-in-law and grandson in Austin.