Our Members
AARO Members are business and civic leaders with a heart for public service. We are advocates for and from Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties.
2026 Board of Directors
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Marc Rodriguez
Chair -
Amy Jones
Immediate Past Chair -
Tamara Atkinson
Chair-Elect -
Jon Calvin
Treasurer -
Lissa Adams
Education Chair -
Sarah Churchill Llamas
Health Chair -
Henry Van de Putte
Social Equity Chair -
Rudy Garza
Transportation Chair -
Jeff Hahn
Vision Chair -
Lynn Sherman
Water Chair -
Stacy Armijo
Member Relations Team -
Kerry Hall
At-Large McBee Fellowship Liaison -
Brenda Eivans
At-Large -
A.J. Rodriguez
At-Large -
Mark Ramsuer
At-Large
AARO Members
| Name | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Lissa Adams | Co-Founder | Lissa Adams Consulting |
| Scott Alarcon | Chief Executive Officer | Georgetown Health Foundation |
| Carina Alderete | Account Lead | Accenture Song |
| Dave Anderson | Director of Land Use Policy | Drenner Group |
| Michele Anderson | CEO | Austin Habitat for Humanity |
| Stacy Armijo | Sr. VP - Chief Experience Officer | Amplify Credit Union |
| Tamara Atkinson | Chief Executive Officer | Workforce Solutions - Capital Area Workforce Board |
| Ghizlane Badawi | CEO | Austin Airport |
| Writ Baese | President & Owner | Hill Country Payroll |
| Kyndel Bennett | Chief Executive Officer | Cayetano Development, LLC |
| Jeremiah Bentley | Vice President, Marketing and Community Affairs | Texas Mutual Insurance Company |
| Fayruz Benyousef | Founder & Principal | FBC | Generosity Experts |
| Karen Bondy | Water Committee Chair | Civic Leader |
| Kevin Brackmeyer | CEO | Skillpoint Alliance |
| Denise Bradley | Vice President, Communications & Community Affairs | St. David's HealthCare |
| Ed Burger | President and CEO | St. David's Foundation |
| Colette Pierce Burnette | CEO | Waterloo Greenway Conservancy |
| Joseph Cajas | CEO/Owner | Cajas Digital Agency / Cajas Cleaners |
| Jon Calvin | Chief Executive Officer | Lone Star Circle of Care |
| Karen Campbell | VP + Austin Metro Lead | AECOM |
| Amber Carden | Managing Director, Private Client Advisor | Bank of America Private Bank |
| Gregory Casas | Partner | DLA Piper |
| Sarah Churchill Llamas | President & CEO | Austin Healthcare Council |
| Will Conley | Principal | American Structurepoint |
| Wade Cooper | Managing Partner | Jackson Walker LLP |
| John-Michael Cortez | Head of Government and Community Affairs | Google Fiber |
| Shaun Cranston | Senior Vice President, Operations Team Member | Halff Associates |
| Michael Crowl | CEO & President | UFCU |
| Tim Crowley | Regional President, Austin Region | Frost, Frost Bank |
| Ashton Cumberbatch | Special Counsel | McGinnis Lochridge |
| Kelly Damphousse | President | Texas State University |
| Susan Dawson | President and Executive Director | E3 Alliance |
| Sandy Dochen | Civic Leader | Civic Leader - SD |
| Quincy Dunlap | President and CEO | Austin Area Urban League |
| Pete Dwyer | Owner & President | Dwyer Realty Companies |
| Brenda Eivens | City Manager | City of Cedar Park |
| Mark Estrada | Superintendent of Schools | Lockhart ISD |
| Scott Flack | President | Live Oak |
| Christian Fletcher | Executive Director | Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation |
| Paul Fletcher | Chief Executive Officer | Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area |
| Trey Fletcher | City Administrator | City of West Lake Hills |
| Cynthia Flores | Executive Director | Annunciation Maternity House |
| Simone Talma Flowers | Executive Director | Interfaith Action of Central Texas |
| Jay Fox | President - Austin/Round Rock Region | Baylor Scott & White |
| Karen Friese | President | K Friese + Associates, Inc. |
| Montserrat Fuentes | President | St. Edward's University |
| John Garrett | Founder & CEO | Community Impact Newspaper |
| Rudy Garza | Founder | Garza EMC |
| Mike Gerber | President & CEO | Housing Authority of the City of Austin |
| Steve Goldsmith | Head of Product Integrations | Atlassian Foundation |
| Larry Gonzales | Owner | Desk 183, LLC |
| Larry Graham | Manager- Public Affairs | Texas Gas Service |
| Bob Gregory | Chairman & President | Texas Disposal Systems |
| Daniel Guerrero | Senior Consultant | JL Powers & Associates |
| Beth Guillot | Principal, President | Fuse Architecture Studio |
| Jeff Hahn | Principal | Hahn Public |
| Jay Hailey | Director and Secretary | Equidad ATX |
| Kerry Hall | Civic Leader | Civic Leader - KH |
| Matt Harriss | Chief Financial Officer | Butler Family Interests |
| Clarke Heidrick | Partner | McGinnis Lochridge |
| Fred Heldenfels | President & CEO | Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. |
| Paul Hilgers | Chief Executive Officer | MTM Collaborative, LLC |
| Debbie Hiott | General Manager | KUT & KUTX |
| Nhat Ho | President | Boot Civil |
| Laura Huffman | President and CEO | Civic Solutions Partnership |
| David Huffstutler | CEO | St. David's HealthCare |
| Pete Inman | Principal | Camino Real Financial Strategies |
| Rashed Islam | Vice President Regional Director | HDR Engineering, Inc. |
| David Jabour | President | Twin Liquors |
| Keith Jackson | Senior Vice President | HNTB |
| Bobby Jenkins | President | ABC Home and Commercial Services |
| Amy Jones | President/CEO | O'Connell Robertson |
| Mike Kamerlander | President & CEO | Hays Caldwell Economic Development Partnership |
| Karen Kennard | Sharholder | Greenberg Traurig |
| Ron Kessler | Principal | RonKesslerGroup LLC |
| Steve Kester | Director State & Local Government Affairs | Apple |
| Ali Khataw | President and CEO | Encotech Engineering Consultants |
| Steven Knebel | Tax Partner | Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP |
| Kathy Kuras | President & CEO | Greater Austin YMCA, YMCA of Austin |
| Patrick Lee | President & CEO | Central Health |
| Chuck Lipscomb | Sr. Vice President | JE Dunn Construction |
| Perry Lorenz | Real Estate Developer | Perry Lorenz |
| Kristin Marcum | CEO | ECPRTexas, ECPR |
| Charles Martinez | Dean and Professor, College of Education | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Cindy Matula | Board of Director and Advisory Director | EMH Central NW Austin Operating |
| Darrick McGill | Regional Vice President | Primerica Advisors, Primerica Financial Services, Darrick McGill - Primerica Advisors |
| Nikelle Meade | Partner | Husch Blackwell |
| Monica Medina | CEO | Texas Housing Conservancy |
| Abby Mellott | Market President & Publisher | Austin Business Journal |
| Leticia Mendoza | Senior Director, External Communications | Texas at Ascension Seton |
| Christopher Miller | Executive Director | CAPCOG |
| Shelly Mitchell | Vice President | Pape Dawson Engineering |
| Amy Mok | Founder & CEO | Asian American Cultural Center |
| Darrell Nichols | CEO | Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority |
| Jackie Padget | Chief People Officer | Curcuit |
| Anna Panossian | Chief Financial Officer | The Circuit of the Americas |
| Luis Patino | Chief Executive Officer | Austin PBS - KLRU |
| Mark Ramseur | Managing Principal | Pape-Dawson Engineers |
| Richard Reddick | Associate Dean for Equity, Community Engagement, and Outreach | UT Austin |
| Richard Rhodes | President | Texas A&M University-Central Texas |
| Jeffrey Richard | Senior Consultant | J.L. Powers and Associates |
| Jordan Robinson | President & CEO | Round Rock Chamber of Commerce |
| A.J. Rodriguez | Executive Vice President | Texas 2036 |
| Marc Rodriguez | Governmental Relations Consultant | The Office of Marc A. Rodriguez |
| Miguel Romano | President | Seton and Ascension Texas Foundations |
| Yvette Ruiz | Head of Community Engagement | JPMorgan Chase |
| Shubhada Saxena | President | Aspire to Age |
| Jessica Scanlong | CEO & Founder | Hot Dog Marketing |
| Matias Segura | Superintendent | Austin Independent School District |
| Lynn Sherman | Partner | Jackson Walker LLP |
| David Smith | Chief Executive Officer | United Way for Greater Austin |
| Ingrid Taylor | CEO | United Way for Greater Austin |
| Tim Timmerman | Chairman | Lower Colorado River Authority |
| Jeff Trigger | President | La Corsha Hospitality Group |
| Doyle Valdez | President | Valco Resource Management Inc. |
| Henry Van de Putte | President and CEO | Meals on Wheels of Central Texas |
| Sari Vatske | President & CEO | Central Texas Food Bank |
| Pablo Vegas | President & CEO | ERCOT |
| Guhan Venkatu | Vice President | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Stephanie Verdugo | Market President | First United Bank |
| Melva Wallace | President and CEO | Huston-Tillotson University |
| Michelle Wallis | Executive Director | AISD Ed Fund |
| Sharon Watkins | Owner | Chez Zee American Bistro |
| Dottie Watkins | CEO | CapMetro |
| Michael Whellan | Partner | Armbrust & Brown, PLLC |
| David Whitley | Owner | Gregory Strategies |
| Phil Wilson | General Manager | LCRA |
| Ellen Wood | President and CEO | vcfo, vcfo |
| Patricia Young Brown | Chief Partnerships Officer | Design Run Group, LLC |