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  • Successful business owner
  • Retired U.S. Navy Commander
  • U.S. Army veteran
  • Entrepreneur & technology investor
  • Active community volunteer and board member
  • Innovative problem solver
Paul's positions on a number of issues:
  • I am against discrimination of any kind
  • I am pro-immigration
  • I am for improving our public schools 
  • I am for all of the bond proposals
  • I am for preserving and expanding green spaces
  • I am for protecting the environment
  • I am for working with all constituents to resolve complex issues

Most importantly, I am confident that I can help make good decisions to deal with current problems and to develop innovative solutions to prepare for the future growth of both our district and our city. ​

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Paul Martin is a successful business owner, U.S. Army veteran and retired U.S. Navy Reserve commander, entrepreneur, civic volunteer and artist.

Paul began his business career with Merrill Lynch and then Oppenheimer & Co. in New York City from 1985 to 1989. Since then he has been the managing partner and chief investment officer of Martin Capital Advisors, LLP, a registered investment advisor based in San Antonio. The performance of the firm’s investment portfolios for more than twenty-five years has often been ranked at or near the top of all diversified investment strategies. Recently, he also has created a limited partnership called Transformative Technologies Fund, LP, to invest in technology startups.

Paul is an active participant in a variety of cultural and civic organizations, including the San Antonio Public Library Foundation (chairman of the investment committee, chairman of the Great Books Seminars committee, advisory committee member and former treasurer); SA2020 Commission on Education (commissioner); Democracy Café (board member); Symposium Great Books Institute (board member); the Artist Foundation of San Antonio (advisory board member); the Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship at UTSA (team mentor); the Masters Leadership Program of San Antonio Alumni Association (former board member); the Mind Science Foundation (former board member and investment committee chair); Luminaria (board member and treasurer); the local PBS affiliate, KLRN (board member, treasurer, and KLRN Endowment Fund investment committee member); the Moon Light Fund (board member); Musical Bridges Around the World (board member, investment committee chair and treasurer); Gemini Ink (board member); and New Scholars of Texas (board member). Additionally, he has previously served as board president of the Southwest Texas Council of American Youth Hostels; board president of the Austin chapter of the American Association of Individual Investors; advisory committee president of the McNay Contemporary Collectors Forum; board vice president of The Jung Society of Austin; board treasurer and secretary of the Austin Investment Association; and chairman of the investment committee of the Board of Governors of the Middle East Institute. He is an active member of the CFA Society of San Antonio, the Rotary Club of San Antonio, the San Antonio Business and Economics Society, the Harvard Business School Club of San Antonio, the Association for Corporate Growth, the World Affairs Council, and a lifetime member of the Naval War College Foundation and the UDT-SEAL Association.

Paul received a Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal arts from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1980 and is an active supporter of the college. As a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John’s College, he chaired the investment committee and was instrumental in establishing a formal investment policy for the college. He has been active in the St. John’s College Alumni Association for many years and is currently co-president of the Austin/San Antonio chapter.
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Additionally, Paul is a retired U.S. Navy Reserve commander and U.S. Army veteran with 20 years of active and reserve service. As a Surface Warfare Officer, his service included eight years in Naval Special Warfare and a two-year tour as a U.S. Navy Reserve SEAL Team commanding officer.
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