Blair Labatt

Blair Labatt is President and CEO of Labatt Food Service, the tenth-largest broadline foodservice distributor nationally. He represents the third generation of family leadership since the company’s origin in 1910. His daughter Annie represents the fourth generation. Labatt Food Service distributes food and related products to food-away-from-home establishments in Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico from distribution centers in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Lubbock, and Albuquerque. Since he became President in 1980, the company has grown from 20 to 1950 employees. He is also the founder and former Chairman of Foodservice Risk Management, a captive insurance company chartered in South Carolina.

Labatt Food Service was chosen as the Great Distributor Organization by ID Magazine in 1993, was the inaugural recipient of the Excellence in Distributor Award from the International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA) in 2007 and was also the initial recipient of the Ecumenical Center Ethics in Business Award in 2003. 

Blair Labatt is a graduate of Princeton (BA English, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Oxford (First Class Honors), and the University of Virginia (PhD English). Before joining the company in 1976 he was a professor of English at the University of Texas in Austin. In 2005 he published a book of literary criticism on plot in the novels of William Faulkner (Faulkner the Storyteller, University Press of Alabama). In 2015 he was invited to speak at Oxford University at a colloquium in memory of his tutor, the scholar John Bayley. 

He has been Chairman of the Board of San Antonio Academy, a Trustee of Texas Lutheran University, and Chair of the San Antonio Medical Foundation, the principal landowner in the San Antonio Medical Center. He founded the Wellness Coalition of San Antonio, a non-profit organized to conduct wellness initiatives through employers. He is Chair Emeritus of Opera San Antonio, a non-profit established in 2015 to bring grand opera to San Antonio and is a member of the Board of Houston Grand Opera. He was named an EY Entrepreneur of the Year in 1991. He is an inducted member of the Philosophical Society of Texas.

For 37 years Blair Labatt was Chairman of the Princeton Book Prize, an annual city-wide contest he founded to choose the most outstanding high school juniors in San Antonio. He was chosen to stand for election to the Board of Trustees of Princeton University. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Alumni Council of Princeton and served on the Advisory Council of the Princeton Department of English.

Blair Labatt is a native of San Antonio. He has been married to Barbara Labatt for 55 years. His three children are Annie Labatt, Blair Labatt III, and Grace Parazzoli.

Jenna Saucedo-Herrera

As Head of Corporate Impact at USAA, a Fortune 93 Company, Jenna is spearheading initiatives that strengthen military family resilience and foster community development nationwide. With strategic oversight of the USAA Foundation, USAA Educational Foundation, citizenship, belonging, corporate philanthropy, and military advocacy, Jenna and her team are driving meaningful change through strategic partnerships and employee activation.

Prior to joining USAA in May of 2025, Jenna served as President and CEO of the greater:SATX Regional Economic partnership, where she led efforts to recruit new companies, foster global business relationships, and build the regional talent pipeline. Under her leadership, the organization expanded its reach to eight counties, added workforce and air service development initiatives, and established six global business development offices. Jenna's team created over 40,000 high-quality jobs through projects with major companies such as Guidehouse, JCB, Ernst & Young, Victory Capital, International Motors, and Toyota. In 2025, greater:SATX was recognized as one of the Top 20 Performing Economic Development Organizations in the United States by Site Selector Magazine.

Jenna brings over two decades of experience in brand management, corporate responsibility, and global business development to USAA. Her career began at CPS Energy, where she held various communications, project management, and change management roles, including serving as Chief of Staff. At the age of 29, she became the youngest Vice President in the history of CPS Energy, overseeing the Public Affairs and Brand Management department.

Her professional contributions have been widely recognized with numerous awards, including the ‘2015 Women in Leadership Award’ and the ‘2017 40 Under 40: Woman of the Year Award’ from the San Antonio Business Journal, and she was featured in the San Antonio Express-News’ ‘2016 Women Who Run San Antonio.’ More recently, she was named a ‘Top 100 Texan’ and a ‘South Texas Power Broker’ by the Business Journal in 2023 and 2025.

A proud San Antonio native, Jenna holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing Management from St. Mary’s University and completed the RICE Executive Education program in 2012. She is a member of the Texas Women’s Forum, the Texas Lyceum, and the International Women’s Forum, and has served on several regional, statewide, and industry boards, including the Texas Association of Business, Texas Biomed, Visit San Antonio, and BioBridge Global. Additionally, she served as a JBSA Honorary Commander.