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Did You Know... these individuals are Essential Class Alumni?
Non-Profit Leaders
Capital Area Food Bank of Texas
-Michael Guerra, Chief Operating Officer
LifeWorks
-Susan McDowell, Executive Director
American YouthWorks
-Richard Halpin, Founder and CEO
Communities In Schools - Central Texas, Inc.
-Suki Steinhauser, CEO
People’s Community Clinic, Inc.
-Regina Rogoff, CEO
Ballet Austin, Inc.
-Cookie Ruiz, Executive Director
Extend-A-Care for Kids
-LaVerne Rodriguez, Executive Director
Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council
-Etta Moore, CEO
LCRA
-Ray Wilkerson, Chair
-Christopher Kennedy, Executive Manager, Corporate Services and CIO
Caritas
-Beth Atherton, Executive Director
BiGAUSTIN
-Jeannette Peten, President; Association of Enterprise Opportunity, Board Member
Greenlights for NonProfit Success
-Deborah Edward, Founding Executive Director and Consultant
The Junior League of Austin
-Beth Smith, President
Austin Children’s Shelter
-Gena VanOsselaer, Executive Director
Partners in Education
-Kathrin Brewer, Executive Director
Austin Community Foundation
-MariBen Ramsey, Legal Counsel
Communities Foundation of Texas
-John Fitzpatrick, Executive Director, Texas High Schools Project
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
-Gerald Daugherty, County Commissioner, Precinct 3
-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
-Sheryl Cole, City Council Member
-Jennifer Kim, City Council Member
-Lee Leffingwell, City Council Member
-Mike Martinez, City Council Member
-Brewster McCracken, City Council Member
City of Georgetown
-Gary Nelon, Mayor
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
-Stephen B. Kinslow, President
-John Hernandez, ACC Board Member; Broker, McAllister & Associates
-Jeffrey Richard, ACC Board Member; President, Austin Area Urban League
-Veronica Rivera, ACC Board Member; Attorney, Sheets & Crossfield
Other Regional Leaders
-Dan Bullock, Owner, Trail Ridge Communications
-Mark Curry, Community Bank President, Wells Fargo Bank
-Clarke Heidrick, Shareholder, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
-David Lockett, Vice President of Sales - Small and Medium Business, Dell, Inc.
-Don Martin, President, Martin & Salinas Public Affairs, Inc.
-Steve Knebel, Managing Partner, Maxwell, Locke & Ritter
-Ashton Cumberbatch, VP, Advocacy and Community Relations, Seton Healthcare Network
-Geronimo Rodriguez, Vice President, Diversity, Seton Family of Hospitals
-Lance Sallis, Principal, Trammell Crow
-Libby Malone, Director of Community Relations, Grande Communications
-Suzanna Caballero, Senior Vice President, Business Banking, Wachovia Bank
-Patricia Ohlendorf, VP, Institutional Relations and Legal, The University of Texas at Austin
-Robena Jackson, President, Group Solutions RJW
-John Jett, Austin President, Compass Bank
-Mike Tomsu, Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
-Larry Earvin, President, Huston Tillotson University
-Aaron Demerson, Exec. Director, Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor
-Gigi Edwards, Owner, GMSA Management Services
-Bill Stotesbery, CEO, KLRU-TV
-Darrell Pierce, President and CEO, SNAP Management Group Inc.
-Olivier Bell, President and CEO, Global Labor and Employment Strategies
-Eva Munoz, Director of External Affairs, AT&T
-Elizabeth Gonzalez, Agent, New York Life Insurance
-Cathy Bonner, President, Bonner Inc.
-Delma Pacheco, Senior Regional Account Manager, CIT Small Business Lending Corp.