Our Staff
We are an energetic group of highly skilled and experienced property tax consultants ready to assist property owners. From residential to complex industrial property, we have seen all the issues. No matter how bleak it seems we know that there is still more you can do about your property taxes with us at the helm.
Founder
Rick Carothers
Founder
Mr. Carothers has over 40 years in property taxation including 10 years with the Nueces County Tax Assessors office and 5 with the Nueces County Appraisal District. He founded AAVTC on September 1, 1986. He is a licensed Texas Real Estate Broker and a Sr. Property Tax Consultant. Mr. Carothers is also the Founder, COB and CEO of AAVTC Realty, LLC an affiliated real estate brokerage.
rickc@aavtc.com
Ownership
Rogers Bracy
CEO
Mr. Bracy has been involved in the property tax field since 1985. He oversees the commercial property and rural lands practice. He earned his B.S. Degree in Economics with heavy emphasis on real estate courses from Texas A&M University in 1984. Mr. Bracy is Co-owner of American Ad Valorem Tax Consultants and AAVTC Realty, LLC.
rbracy@aavtc.com
Selina Boggs
President and Co-Owner, AAVTC Realty, LLC
Vice President of Real Estate Services
Ms. Boggs is a Licensed Property Tax Consultant, a Licensed Realtor and is listed with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Property Tax Division as a Registered Arbitrator #32055461092. She leads our residential valuation, appeals and real estate services practice and also represents many commercial properties. She has worked in the property tax field since 1998 and is a Member of the Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals, the National Association of Realtors and the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. Selina is Co-Owner of American Ad Valorem Tax Consultants and AAVTC Realty, LLC.
selinab@aavtc.com
Jay Cisernos
Vice President Oil and Gas Services
Mr. Cisneros is a Licensed Property Tax Consultant. He is responsible for the day to day organization and work assignments for our staff members that represent oil & gas mineral properties and related pipelines, plants and personal property. Jay is a 1994 graduate of Texas A&M University (Agricultural Economics). He began his property tax career with Pritchard and Abbot, Inc. in 1998, where he worked as an Industrial and Personal Property Appraiser until joining AAVTC in 2007. Jay is Co-Owner of American Ad Valorem Tax Consultants.
jcisneros@aavtc.com
Professionals
Jason Besanceney
Tax Consultant
is a Senior Property Tax Consultant representing oil & gas related properties in and outside of Texas since 2002. Jason is a geologist with a degree from Texas A&M University Corpus Christi and a master's degree in geosciences from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is also licensed with the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists, and a member of the South Texas Geological Society and Texas Oil & Gas Association.
jasonb@aavtc.com
David W. Norman
Tax Consultant
is a Licensed Property Tax Consultant who operates out of our San Antonio office and has 20 + years of property tax experience in the Metroplex areas of Dallas-Fort Worth, Greater Houston, and San Antonio/Austin/Hill Country. With over 20 years of public speaking experience, he articulates informed and compelling property tax appeal arguments in commercial, residential and personal property cases.
dnorman@aavtc.com
Christine Scott
Office Manager
is our Office Manager. She is also a Licensed Property Tax Consultant who focuses on ownership appeals related to oil & gas properties. She is our primary liaison officer with our oil & gas clients, as well as the appraisal firms or appraisal district personnel for whom she secures the procurement of ownership division of interest records that are so vital to the property taxation on oil and gas property.
cscott@aavtc.com
Hope Schooley
Tax Consultant
is a former United States Marine who brings her meticulous organizational skills to bear as a property tax clerk in the commercial and residential property division. She supports the professional staff of both AAVTC Realty and American Ad Valorem Tax Consultants.
hope@aavtc.com
Dora-Marie Pilcher
Tax Consultant
is a Licensed Property Tax Consultant in our Oil & Gas Division. She conducts ownership appeals and oversees the completion of division of interest records, client record maintenance, and tax notice and statement processing. She began her career with us since graduating from Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi in 2014.
dora-marie@aavtc.com
Administration
Beth Lira
Property Tax Clerk - Real Estate
Beth supports the professional staff in the commercial and residential property division.
blira@aavtc.com
Jamie Rodriguez
Property Tax Clerk - Minerals
Jamie supports the professional staff in the oil & gas division.
jrodriguez@aavtc.com