Jill Oettinger

C. Jill Oettinger serves as Chief Executive Officer of Good Samaritan Community Services (GSCS), a social service agency established in 1951 by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas. Under Jill's direction, GSCS' annual budget has grown from $700,000 in 1996 to over $8 million in 2007. The agency has undergone capital improvements of over $5 million for new construction and building renovations; the most recent being a new Senior Center which opened March 2005.

Ms. Oettinger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Azusa Pacific University in California and worked as a registered emergency room nurse in various hospital settings and in the community conducting outreach to at-risk populations. Ms. Oettinger's interest in working at the community level brought her to Good Samaritan Center as a board member in 1986. In 1996, she assumed the leadership of the agency and has continued to provide quality direction to the agency.