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Did You Know... these individuals are Essential Class Alumni?


Non-Profit Leaders


Lance Armstrong Foundation
-Betty Otter- Nickerson, COO
LifeWorks
-Susan McDowell, Executive Director
American YouthWorks
-Richard Halpin, Founder and CEO
People’s Community Clinic Inc.
-Regina Rogoff, CEO
Ballet Austin Inc.
-Cookie Ruiz, Executive Director
Girl Scouts of Central Texas
-Etta Moore, CEO
Caritas
-Beth Atherton, Executive Director
Austin Children’s Shelter
-Gena VanOsselaer, Executive Director
Partners in Education
-Kathrin Brewer, Executive Director
Austin Community Foundation
-MariBen Ramsey, Vice President & General Counsel
Communities Foundation of Texas
-John Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, Texas High Schools Project
Austin Habitat for Humanity
-Michael Willard, Executive Director
Envision Central Texas
-Sally Campbell, Executive Director
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas
-Eugene Sepulveda, CEO


Elected Officials


United States

-Lee Yeakel, Judge, West District Court of Texas
State of Texas
-Don Willet, Supreme Court Justice, Place 2
-Kirk Watson, State Senate, Dist. 14
-Dawnna M. Dukes, State Representative, Dist. 46
-Darlene Byrne, Judge, 126th District Court
-Brenda P. Kennedy, Judge, 403rd District Court
-Lora J. Livingston, Judge, 261st District Court
-Orlinda Naranjo, Judge, 419th District Court
-Bob Pemberton, Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals
Travis County
-Dana DeBeauvoir, County Clerk
-Elizabeth Earle, Judge, County Court at Law No. 7
-Richard Eley Scott, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1
-Raul Gonzalez, Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4
-Bruce Elfant, Constable, Precinct 5
-David Escamilla, County Attorney
-Nancy Hohengarten, Judge, County Court at Law No. 5
-Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza, District Clerk
-Dolores Ortega-Carter, County Treasurer
-J. David Phillips, Judge, County Court at Law No.1
-Alan Sager, Travis County Republican Party Chair
-Eric Shepperd, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2
City of Austin
-Lee Leffingwell, Mayor
-Mike Martinez, Mayor Pro Tem
-Sheryl Cole, City Council Member
-Randi Shade, City Council Member
Austin Independent School District
-Mark Williams, Austin I.S.D. President
Hays Consolidated Independent School District
-Joe Munoz, Board of Trustees; Program Coordinator, Austin Police Department
Manor Independent School District
-Desiree Cornelius-Fisher, Board of Trustees
Dripping Springs Independent School District
-Steve Benesh, Board of Trustees; Managing Partner, Bracewell & Giuliani
Austin Community College
-John-Michael Cortez, ACC Board Member; Community Outreach Specialist, CapMetro
-Jeffrey Richard, ACC Board Member; President, Austin Area Urban League
-Veronica Rivera, ACC Board Member; Attorney, Sheets & Crossfield


Other Regional Leaders


-Dan Bullock, Trail Ridge Communications, Owner
-Cathy Casey, Texas Monthly Magazine, Vice President/Rights & Permissions
-Mark Curry, Wells Fargo Bank, Community Bank President
-Susan Dawson, E3 Alliance President and Executive director
-Clarke Heidrick, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, Managing Partner
-David Lockett, Dell, Inc., Vice-President of Sales – Small & Medium Business
-Jed Buie, Martin & Salinas Public Affairs, Inc., President
-Steve Knebel, Maxwell, Locke & Ritter, Managing Partner
-Ashton Cumberbatch, Seton Healthcare Network, VP Advocacy and Community Relations
-Geronimo Rodriguez, Seton Family of Hospitals, Vice President of Diversity
-Libby Malone, Grande Communications, Director of Community Relations
-Suzanna Caballero, Wachovia Bank, Senior VP, Business Banking
-Patricia Ohlendorf, The University of Texas at Austin, Vice President for Institutional Relations and Legal Affairs
-Robena Jackson, Group Solutions RJW, President
-John Jett, Compass Bank, Austin President
-Mike Tomsu, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Partner
-Larry Earvin, Huston Tillotson University, President
-Ray Wilkerson, LCRA, Board Chair
-Christopher Kennedy, LCRA, Executive Manager Corporate Services/CI
-Delma Pacheco, CIT Small Business Lending Corp, Senior Regional Account Manager
-Joe Parker, Senior Pastor, David Chapel Missionary Church
-Tom Gallagher, Seton Family of Hospitals, Sr. VP, Business Development
-Jeff Hahn, Principal, TateAustinHahn 
-Gigi Edwards, GMSA Management Services, Owner
-Bill Stotesbery, KLRU-TV, CEO
-Joe Holt, Austin Region JPMorganChase Bank, Chairman
-Darrell Pierce, SNAP Management Group Inc., President and CEO
-Gary Valdez, President, Focus Strategies, LLC
-Oliver Bell, Chairman of the Board at Texas Department of Criminal Justice
-Eva Munoz, AT&T, Director of External Affairs
-Jim Montgomery, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Managing Partner
-Cathy Bonner, Bonner Inc., President