AARO’s members are Central Texas thought leaders. They bring diverse perspectives about important long-term issues and work to share AARO insights with a variety of public policy and decision-making bodies in Central Texas.
Name | Title | Affiliation | Designation |
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Scott Alarcón | Chief Executive Officer | Georgetown Health Foundation | Member |
Stacy Armijo | VP - Chief Experience Officer | Amplify Credit Union | Member |
Tamara Atkinson | Executive Director | Workforce Solutions - Capital Area Workforce Board | Member |
Joe Beal | Consultant | Member | |
Kyndel Bennett | Chief Executive Officer | Cayetano Development | Member |
Jeremiah Bentley | VP - Marketing & Community Affairs | Texas Mutual Insurance Company | Member |
Fayruz Benyousef | Founder and Principal | Fayruz Benyousef Consulting LLC | Member |
Charles Betts | Civic Leader | Member | |
Bryan Bracewell | Owner | Southside Market & BBQ, Inc. | Member |
Dr. Denise Bradley | Vice President, Communications & Community Affairs | St. David's HealthCare | Member |
Rob Bridges | Managing Director | Marsh Wortham | Member |
Patricia Young Brown | Civic Leader | Member | |
Tony C. Budet | President/CEO | University Federal Credit Union | Member |
Dr. Ed Burger | President & CEO | St. David's Foundation | Member |
Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette | President & CEO | Huston-Tillotson University | Member |
Amber Carden | Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor | Bank of America Private Bank | Member |
C. Brian Cassidy | Managing Partner - Austin Office | Locke Lord LLP | Member |
Emily Chenevert | Chief Executive Officer | Austin Board of Realtors | Member |
Dr. Don Christian | President and CEO | Concordia University | Member |
Elizabeth Christian | Founder and CEO | Elizabeth Christian Public Relations | Member |
Derrick Chubbs | President and CEO | Central Texas Foodbank | Member |
Randy Clarke | President and CEO | Capital Metro | Member |
Will Conley | Principal | American Structurepoint | Member |
C. Wade Cooper | Partner | Jackson Walker LLP | Member |
Shaun Cranston | Vice President, Director of Land Development Services | Halff Associates | Member |
Spencer Cronk | City Manager | City of Austin | Member |
Tim Crowley | President - Austin Region | Frost | Member |
Dr. Paul Cruz | Superintendent of Schools | Austin Independent School District | Member |
Ashton Cumberbatch, Jr. | Special Counsel | McGinnis Lochridge | Member |
Susan Dawson | President and Executive Director | E3 Alliance | Member |
Sandy Dochen | Civic Leader | Member | |
Michael Doss | President | Independent Bank Group | Member |
Betty Dunkerley | Civic Leader | Civic Interest | Member |
Dr. Jodi Duron | Superintendent of Schools | Elgin ISD | Member |
Pete Dwyer | Owner & President | Dwyer Realty Companies | Member |
Michelle Earley | Partner | Locke Lord LLP | Member |
Brenda Eivens | City Manager | City of Cedar Park | Member |
Mark Estrada | Superintendent of Schools | Lockhart ISD | Member |
Stan Farmer | City Manager | City of Horseshoe Bay | Member |
Scott Flack | President | Live Oak | Member |
Simone Talma Flowers | Executive Director | Interfaith Action of Central Texas | Member |
Oscar Fogle | Director | Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority | Member |
Tom Forbes | Partner | Butler Snow LLP | Member |
Jay Fox | President - Austin/Round Rock Region | Baylor Scott & White | Member |
Karen Friese | President | K Friese + Associates | Member |
Richard Gergasko | President and CEO | Texas Mutual Insurance Company | Member |
Steve Goldsmith | Head of Communications Products | Atlassian | Member |
Alex Gonzales | Partner | Duane Morris LLP | Member |
Kristie Gonzales | General Manager | KVUE | Member |
Sanford Gottesman | Principal | Live Oak | Member |
Nikki Graham | President | Bank of America Austin | Member |
Bob Gregory | Chairman and President | Texas Disposal Systems | Member |
Jeff Hahn | Principal | Hahn Public | Member |
Jay Hailey | Attorney | Jay Hailey | Member |
Kerry Hall | Executive Managing Director, Commercial & Regional Banking | Texas Capital Bank | Member |
Adam Hauser | President & CEO | Meals on Wheels Central Texas | Member |
Tam Hawkins | President and CEO | Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce | Member |
Clarke Heidrick | Attorney | McGinnis Lochridge | Member |
Paul Hilgers | Chief Executive Officer | MTM Collaborative, LLC | Member |
Joe Holt | Civic Leader | Member | |
John Howard | Director of Global Public Policy - Government Affairs | Dell Inc. | Member |
Laura Huffman | President and CEO | Austin Chamber of Commerce | Member |
David Huffstutler | CEO | St. Davids HealthCare | Member |
Pete Inman | Principal | Camino Real Financial Strategies | Member |
Keith B. Jackson | Senior Vice President | HNTB | Member |
Bobby Jenkins | President | ABC Home and Commercial Services | Member |
Ashby Johnson | Executive Director | CAMPO | Member |
Amy Jones | CEO, President | O'Connell Robertson | Member |
Christopher Kennedy | Chief Executive Officer | Leadership Austin | Member |
Ronald Kessler | Principal | RonKesslerGroup LLC | Member |
Steve Kester | Director of State and Local Government Affairs | Apple | Member |
Ali Khataw | President/CEO | Encotech Engineering Consultants | Member |
Donna Klaeger | Senior Vice President of Community Services | Community Resource Centers of Texas, Inc. | Member |
Steven W. Knebel | Leading Partner | Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP | Member |
Matt Kouri | President and Founder | Good Works Strategic Advisors | Member |
Heather Ladage | Market President and Publisher | Austin Business Journal | Member |
Frank Leffingwell | Tax Attorney | Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, PC | Member |
Perry Lorenz | Real Estate Developer | Member | |
Judy Maggio | Editorial Director - News and Public Affairs | KLRU-TV | Member |
Missy Mandell | President | Mandell & Associates | Member |
Kristin Marcum | President | Elizabeth Christian Public Relations | Member |
Dr. George Martin | President | St. Edward's University | Member |
Dr. Charles Martinez, Jr. | Dean and Professor - College of Education | The University of Texas at Austin | Member |
Cindy Matula | Managing Director, Central Texas Region, Commercial Banking | JPMorganChase | Member |
Mark Mayfield | President/CEO | Texas Housing Foundation | Member |
Darrick McGill | Regional Vice President | Primerica | Member |
Nikelle Meade | Partner | Husch Blackwell LLP | Member |
Thomas Miranda | Founder & CEO | Sparkovation Advisors | Member |
Janet Mitchell | CEO | M Group Agency | Member |
Terry Mitchell | President | Momark Development | Member |
Amy Wong Mok | Founder & CEO | Asian American Cultural Center | Member |
David Morgan | City Manager | City of Georgetown | Member |
Rhonda Mundhenk | Chief Executive Officer | Lone Star Circle of Care | Member |
Patti Ohlendorf | Civic Leader | Member | |
Dewitt Peart | President and CEO | Downtown Austin Alliance | Member |
Dr. Richard Rhodes | President/CEO | Austin Community College District | Member |
Jeffrey Richard | Senior Consultant | J.L. Powers and Associates | Member |
Andrea Richardson | Executive Director | Bluebonnet Trails Community Services | Member |
Geronimo Rodriguez | Chief Advocacy Officer | Seton Ascension | Member |
Marc Rodriguez | Governmental Relations Consultant | The Offices of Marc A. Rodriguez | Member |
Regina Rogoff | Chief Executive Officer | People's Community Clinic | Member |
Miguel Romano | President | Ascension Texas Foundations | Member |
Jackie Sargent | General Manager | Austin Energy | Member |
Shubhada Saxena | Chief Executive Officer | Aspire to Age | Member |
Dr. Ed Sharpe | Clinical Professor and Senior Advisor to the Provost | The University of Texas at Austin | Member |
Dr. Denise Smart | Dean | McCoy College of Business Administration, Texas State University | Member |
David Smith | Chief Executive Officer | United Way For Greater Austin | Member |
Amy Shaw Thomas | Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs ad interim | The University of Texas System | Member |
Jeff Thomas | Civic Leader | Member | |
Tim Timmerman | Chairman | Lower Colorado River Authority | Member |
Betty Balli Torres | Executive Director | Texas Access to Justice Foundation | Member |
Dr. Denise Trauth | President | Texas State University | Member |
Jeff Trigger | President | La Corsha Hospitality Group | Member |
Tyson Tuttle | President & CEO | Silcon Labs | Member |
Doyle Valdez | President | Valco Resource Management Inc. | Member |
Gary Valdez | President | Focus Strategies Investment Banking | Member |
Madge Vasquez | Chief Executive Officer | Mission Capital | Member |
Barbara Wallace | Consultant | Kuper Sotheby's International Realty | Member |
Sharon Watkins | Owner | Chez Zee American Bistro | Member |
Michael Whellan | Partner | Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. | Member |
Kenneth Williams | City Manager | City of Buda | Member |
Mark Williams | Civic Leader | Member | |
Phil Wilson | General Manager | Lower Colorado River Authority | Member |
Ray Wilkerson | Owner | Ray Wilkerson Companies | Member |
Pete Winstead | Shareholder | Winstead PC | Member |
Ellen Wood | President and CEO | vcfo | Member |
Mark Curry | Civic Leader | Associate Member | |
Mike Heiligenstein | Executive Director | Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority | Associate Member |
Fred Heldenfels, IV | President & CEO | Heldenfels Enterprises, Inc. | Associate Member |
Laura Kilcrease | Managing Director | Triton Ventures | Associate Member |
Earl Maxwell | Civic Leader | Associate Member | |
Dr. Nan McRaven | Public Affairs Consultant | McRaven Associates Consulting | Associate Member |
Catherine Q. Morse | Partner | Enoch Kever LLC | Associate Member |
Deanna Rodriguez | Vice President of Regulatory and Public Affairs | Entergy Texas, Inc. | Associate Member |
Cookie Ruiz | Executive Director | Ballet Austin | Associate Member |
Steve Stapp | President/CEO | R Bank | Associate Member |
Martha Smiley | Counsel to the Firm | Enoch Kever PLLC | Associate Member |
Amber Weems | COO/Publisher/General Manager | Victory Publishing Co. | Associate Member |