
Stefanie Gaines, PHR, MBA
Board President
Stefanie has served on the Thrive Youth Center board since 2019. She has been involved with the annual gala, fundraising, reviewing board policies and procedures, and new board member onboarding. Stefanie was born in Okinawa, Japan and grew up on Army bases in Virginia and Kansas and eventually landed in Texas where she graduated from high school in Plano. She received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Master of Business Administration from Texas Woman’s University. Stefanie has worked in HR for over 25 years in manufacturing, in industries ranging from food manufacturing to construction materials and now has landed in the aviation industry.
Stefanie joined StandardAero as the Director, HR in Sept. 2021 where she helps support almost 700 employees at the facility in the Port of San Antonio. Prior to StandardAero, Stefanie worked at HEB and served as the HR advisor for the Pride PRG there.
Stefanie has been involved with the Human Rights Campaign (in Dallas, TX) and on the Fairway to Equality Committee.
Stefanie relocated from Dallas to San Antonio in 2018 where she resides with her wife, Renee, along with three wonderful stepchildren (Lily, Otto, and Henry) along with three dogs.