Rick Agosto (D)
205 N. Presa, Suite B 200
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 226-7106
(210) 226-7104 FAX
www.rickagosto.com
sboesupport@tea.state.tx.us
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2011
Rick Agosto is president/chief executive officer and co-founder of Aureus Partners, Inc, a global financial sales and marketing firm for institutional investment companies. He is chairman of Aureus Global Real Estate Fund. Prior to founding Aureus Partners, Agosto was vice-president of Harbor Capital Management where he established, expanded, and oversaw new business development. In addition Agosto was senior vice president of Fortis Investments where he was primarily responsible for overseeing the new business development and client relationships for the US institutional investment platform for the Fortis Group covering all public funds, endowments, and corporate pension funds.
Agosto is an elected member of the State Board of Education, having first been elected in 2006. His board district is comprised of 13 counties and stretches from southern Bexar County to the Texas border. The counties he represents are: Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Frio, Jim Wells, Karnes, Live Oak, McMullen, Medina, and Wilson counties as well as parts of Bexar and Hidalgo counties.
Within the State Board of Education, he serves as vice chair of the board’s School Finance/Permanent School Fund Committee. The board oversees the Permanent School Fund, one of the largest educational endowments in the United States. Agosto also previously served as secretary of the board.
Before being elected to the State Board of Education, Agosto was active in the San Antonio education community, serving on the education committee for the San Antonio Greater Chamber of Commerce as well as the public affairs committee for the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Agosto was raised in San Antonio and attended the University of Texas at San Antonio.