Meet Our Team

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President & Music Advisor

Bill Rives, and his wife Janey, have lived in the  Highland Lakes area for over 40 years. Bill was with MFISD as a campus administrator for 21 years. He has also worked for Fall Creek Vineyards  since 1990 as part of their marketing team. Bill's  interest in music led to his association with the Horseshoe Bay  Cultural Enrichment Society, first as an advisor to the Program  Committee, and later as a Board member. He is currently serving as President of the HSBCES, Inc. Bill  and the Board work to bring a variety of experiences - both  entertaining and educational - to the residents of Horseshoe Bay and the  surrounding area. He looks forward to seeing you at the next event.

Board Member Emeritus  

Mike, a DePauw University graduate, has a law degree from the University of Michigan and practiced with Faegre, Biddle Drinker& Reath for 42 years. The final years of his career were spent in opening the Firm’s China offices. He was active in the not for profit world, serving as Board Member and Chair of the Indianapolis Bar Association, Indiana Repertory Theatre, the Mental Health Association in Indiana, the Barrier Island Parks Society in Boca Grande and as a Trustee of DePauw University. Mike moved to Horseshoe Bay in 2004 and then into Austin in 2021. In Horseshoe Bay, Mike was a two term President of the HSB/POA . Mike has sung with many different groups and has considered music and drama as his lifelong avocations.

Board Member

Sandy McQuaide joined Bank of the West in April202l when Bank of the West made the decision to expand into the Hill Country area. She is now serving as Senior Vice President- Lending of the Horseshoe Bay banking center.

Sandy began in the community banking industry 23 years ago. Sandy and her husband, Rick, have been in the Hill Country for over 40 years and have roots that go back to the 1800's in the Hill Country. They love fishing, hunting, and boating. Sandy has a great appreciation for the arts. She has been active in the community as well as volunteering for many charitable organizations.

Board Member

Gay  Lynn Wheeler is a 5th generation Texan raised in Monahans in West Texas  and she has lived in the Highland Lakes area for over 25 years. She has  been active in her Central Texas community as the past Director of the  Kingsland Chamber of Commerce, the past chair of the 4th of July Aqua  Boom festivities in Kingsland for 6 years, and she has owned and  operated a furniture store in Kingsland for 15 years.

It’s  all about family and business with Gay Lynn. She follows in the  footsteps of her father who was a Texas real estate broker for 47 years,  her mother who was a Texas real estate agent and is a long time  resident of Kingsland, and her brother who is a Texas real estate broker and a Certified Property Manager.

Gay  Lynn studied music at Texas Tech and Texas Women’s University and she  has taught piano and voice lessons for over 35 years and continues to do  so. She also works part-time as an accompanist and vocal coach for St.  Paul’s Catholic Church. Along with music, she is on the board of  directors for the Highland Lakes Board of Realtors, Horseshoe Bay  Business Alliance and Horseshoe Bay Cultural Enrichment Society.

Gay  Lynn worked in the banking and mortgage financing business in Texas for  12 years, in oilfield sales, and in art design and sales. Gay Lynn has  enjoyed being a resident of Horseshoe Bay for the past ten years and is  excited to be part of the Horseshoe Bay Resort Realty Team.

Music & Performing Arts Advisor

Maestro Linder is known for his conducting versatility - from Broadway and Symphony through Opera to the Jazz world.  Twenty Seasons with Theatre Under the Stars in Houston doing all of the great Broadway genre, Twenty seasons with Houston Civic Symphony doing the best orchestral  repertoire, TV Specials for CBS, NBC and PBS with an Emmy nomination for the G&S opera , Princess Ida.  


Forty seasons with G&S opera in Houston with two awards from the International Festival in Buxton ,England as the Festival’s Outstanding Music Director 1995 and 1998.  Two Grammy nominations for  jazz CDs he conducted and produced - and one personal Grammy nomination as Producer of the Year in 2010.  Conductor for theatrical shows at 5th Ave theatre Seattle, Milwaukee Skylight Theatre and the Cleveland Opera, and a Conducting Credit for a movie score. Robert (Bob) was also Dean of Fine Arts at Houston Baptist University as well. 

Board Member

With a Masters degree in Science and after a career in  academia, and working for the Federal government,  Mike and Deborah  moved to the Marble Falls community in 1981. He began his Real Estate  Career under Wayne Hurd as Broker and manager for HSB Corp. In 2000 he  became the Broker and Director of Real Estate operations for HSB Resort  and semi-retired just this past year.   Mike's wife Deborah taught for  the Marble Falls school system for over 32 years. Mike in addition to  staying current with the Real Estate market,  studies music, plays a  little golf and spends time with friends and grandchildren, Watching the  evolution of HSB Resort and the surrounding area grow is something he always had faith in.