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It’s a can’t miss if you are truly serious about civic leadership and being a connected community partner.
Essential Class Alum

I always thought you needed a long track record professionally to make a difference. I now know all of us have much to offer.
Essential Class Alum

I’m excited and engaged and ready to have a say
about the issues in my community.
Essential Class Alum

Leadership Austin provides a unique and important role in educating and connecting the community.
Mark Williams, President, AISD Board of Trustees

Thanks to the Essential Class, I’m able to leverage resources to keep students learning at their highest potential.
Suki Steinhauser, Executive Director, Communities In Schools

Leadership Austin motivated me to put my skills
to work in community service.
Gena VanOsselaer, Executive Director, Austin Children's Shelter

Leadership Austin should be required for every
Central Texas citizen!
Julie Shannan, Deputy Director, Girlstart

Emerge 2009 Participants

Nikki Adame Winningham - Vinson & Elkins LLP
Julie Almaguer - Austin Children's Museum
Tunde Azeez - National Instruments Corp.
Matt Balthazar - Seton Family of Hospitals
Paul Bielamowicz - PageSoutherlandPage
Bronwyn Blake - Texas Advocacy Project
Adam Blum - Austin Ventures LP
Naomi Bourgeois - URS Corporation
Nicole Daspit - Austin Groups for the Elderly
Adam Flagg - Edward Jones Investments
Kevin Flahive - Clark Thomas & Winters
Sean Flammer - Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
Amber Fogarty - Front Steps
Katy Gallagher-Parker - Travis County Civil District Courts
Diana Garcia - Maxwell, Locke & Ritter, L.L.P.
Susie Gidseg - The Vestige Group
Conrad Hametner - Qipit, Inc.
Amber Hausenfluck - Texas Senate (Senator Van de Putte)
Erin Huddleston - Texas Exes
Carrie Leising - Concordia University
Cameron Lockley - 34th Street Café
George Luc - ESO Solutions Inc.
Heather McClellan - Hook 'em Marketing and Public Relations
Colin McClelland - Bravado Investments, LLC
Robyn Milder - BOSSdev
Vanessa Morgan Valdovinos - St. David's Community Health Foundation
Jessica O'Mary - Girls Empowerment Network
Bane Phillippi - Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Nicole Prince - Applied Materials Inc.
Dallas Richard - Deloitte Services LP
Kandice Sanaie - Texas Association of Business
Leslie Sans - St. Edward's University
Eileen Schrandt - Housing Authority of the City of Austin
Erica Solis - El Buen Samaritano
Kate Stoker - Liaison Resources
Jason Stoneberg - Key Staff
Ray Swank - Bazaarvoice
Lynn Taylor - TaylorMade Careers
Nacole Thompson - Wells Fargo Bank
Laura Villagran - Lance Armstrong Foundation
Katie Vitale - Stanley-Garrison & Associates
Joe Vladeck - College Forward
David Wells - David C. Wells, PC
Kim Willis - Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, Inc.
Kejda Xhaja - Hewlett-Packard Company

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Emerge 2009 Participants