Meet the Club Officers
Our club was officially started on 4/20/2020 (Elon Musk day) when it was split off of the former Tesla Owners Club of Central Texas.
Michael J. Danberry
President
Michael is the first president of the Tesla Owners Club of San Antonio. He also runs and maintains this website. He moved to Texas in mid 2019 from Kansas where he was the Vice President of the Tesla Owners Club of Kansas City. He purchased his Tesla Model S in September 2017. His wife purchased a Tesla Model X in December 2019, making them an all Electric Vehicle (EV) family. They installed Tesla Solar and two Powerwalls in their home in December 2020, and added more solar and 2 more Powerwalls in June 2022. Very rarely do we pull power from our power company.
Michelle Anselment
Vice President
Michelle is the Vice President of the Tesla Owners of San Antonio. She is also dual hatted as the Event Coordinator. She has been a Model S owner since December 2017. Her husband purchased a Model 3 Performance in 2023. She has been a Tesla Shareholder since 2018. She installed a Tesla Solar Roof with three Powerwalls in her home in November 2020. Her Twitter comments as @Michelle4Texla regarding her solar roof installation were recognized by Elon Musk, and her comments about the excellent functionality of her Solar Roof during the 2021 Texas Snowmageddon were featured on Teslarati. She has a Tri-Motor Cybertruck on order. Michelle has planned 6 Ribbon cuttings for new Superchargers in central Texas along with events directly with Tesla locations around Austin, TX
History of the Club... (while still combined with Austin)
Dr. Bill, John Kingman and a few others started the "austinsan-antonio-area-tesla" google email list in 2012. Matt Holm ordered his first Tesla in 2012 but didn’t get it until March, when he met a few other Tesla owners and Elon Musk at the Texas state Capitol to protest Tesla being illegal in Texas. From there they went to happy hour and started organizing Cars And Coffee events.
In 2015 Tesla said we had the largest membership group in Central Texas and asked if we would run the San Antonio and Austin area club with official designation. The co-founders asked Matt if he would run the group. Matt said yes and now in April 2020 the original Tesla Owners Central Texas club has split creating separate clubs for Austin and San Antonio, this allows us to have our own club. Combined events are still planned due to the proximity of the two cities in central Texas.
To become an official member of the Tesla Owners Club of San Antonio, please click on "Join the Club" at the top of the page.
Benefits include: Members Only events, Official Tesla Owners Club San Antonio merchandise.