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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Lissa Adams | Provost | Texas State Technical College | Member |
Scott Alarcón | Chief Executive Officer | Georgetown Health Foundation | Member |
Molly Alexander | Founder | ITP Consulting | Member |
Dave Anderson | Director of Land Use & Entitlements | Drenner Group | Member |
Stacy Armijo | Senior 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 |
Karen Bondy | General Manager | Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority | Member |
Kevin Brackmeyer | Chief Executive Officer | Skillpoint Alliance | Member |
Dr. Denise Bradley | Vice President, Communications & Community Affairs | St. David's HealthCare | Member |
Rob Bridges | Managing Director | Marsh Wortham | Member |
Patricia Young Brown | Chief Partnerships Officer | Design Run Group< LLC | Member |
Dr. Ed Burger | President & CEO | St. David's Foundation | Member |
Joseph Cajas | Chief Executive Officer | Cajas Digital Agency | Member |
Jon Calvin | Chief Executive Officer | Lone Star Cirlce of Care | Member |
Amber Carden | Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor | Bank of America Private Bank | Member |
Greg Casas | Co-Managing Shareholder | Greenberg Traurig | 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 |
Rudy Colmenero | Attorney at Law | Vacek, Kiecke & Colmenero | Member |
Will Conley | Principal | American Structurepoint | Member |
C. Wade Cooper | Partner | Jackson Walker LLP | Member |
John-Michael Cortez | Government and Community Affairs Manager | Google Fiber | Member |
Shaun Cranston | Vice President, Director of Land Development Services | Halff Associates | Member |
Spencer Cronk | Member | ||
Tim Crowley | President - Austin Region | Frost | Member |
Ashton Cumberbatch, Jr. | Special Counsel | McGinnis Lochridge | Member |
Dr. Kelly Damphousse | President | Texas State University | Member |
Susan Dawson | President and Executive Director | E3 Alliance | Member |
Sandy Dochen | Civic Leader | Member | |
Quincy Dunlap | President and CEO | Austin Area Urban League | Member |
Pete Dwyer | Owner & President | Dwyer Realty Companies | Member |
Michelle Earley | Partner | O'Melveny | Member |
Brenda Eivens | City Manager | City of Cedar Park | Member |
Mark Estrada | Superintendent of Schools | Lockhart ISD | Member |
Scott Flack | President | Live Oak | Member |
Christian Fletcher | Marble Falls Economic Development Corporation | Executive Director | Member |
Paul Fletcher | Chief Executive Officer | Workforce Solutions, Rural Capital Area | 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 |
Dr. Montserrat Fuentes | President | St. Edward's Univeristy | Member |
John Garrett | Founder & CEO | Community Impact Newspaper | Member |
Kristie Gonzales | General Manager | KVUE | Member |
Bob Gregory | Chairman and President | Texas Disposal Systems | Member |
Beth Guillot | Principal & President | Fuse Architecture Studio | 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 |
Tam Hawkins | President and CEO | Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce | Member |
David Hays | Regional Vice President, Business Development | First American Title | Member |
Clarke Heidrick | Civic Leader | Member | |
Joe Holt | Civic Leader | Member | |
John Howard | Director of Global Public Policy - Government Affairs | Dell Inc. | Member |
Laura Huffman | Partner | Civic Solutions Partnership | Member |
David Huffstutler | CEO | St. David's HealthCare | Member |
Pete Inman | Principal | Camino Real Financial Strategies | Member |
Rashed Islam | Vice President, Regional Transportation Director | HDR Engineering, Inc. | Member |
Keith B. Jackson | Senior Vice President | HNTB | Member |
Bobby Jenkins | President | ABC Home and Commercial Services | Member |
Amy Jones | CEO, President | O'Connell Robertson | Member |
Christopher Kennedy | 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 | President | Klaeger Consulting, LLC | Member |
Steven W. Knebel | Leading Partner | Maxwell Locke & Ritter LLP | Member |
Lonnie Limon | Managing Director | Dieste Inc. | Member |
Sarah Churchill Llamas | Principal | Michael Best Strategies, LLC | Member |
Perry Lorenz | Real Estate Developer | Member | |
Kristin Marcum | President | ECPR | Member |
Dr. Charles Martinez, Jr. | Dean and Professor - College of Education | The University of Texas at Austin | Member |
Cindy Matula | Civic Leader | Member | |
Mark Mayfield | CEO | Texas Housing Foundation | Member |
Meagan McCoy Jones | President & CEO | McCoy's Building Supply | Member |
Darrick McGill | Regional Vice President | Primerica, Inc. | Member |
Heather McKissick | Civic Leader | Member | |
Nikelle Meade | Partner | Husch Blackwell LLP | Member |
Abby Mellot | Market President & Publisher | Austin Business Journal | Member |
Leticia Mendoza | Director of Marketing & Communications | Texas Disposal Systems | 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 |
Susan Moore | Corporate Vice President, Government Affairs | AMD | Member |
Pamela Benson Owens | President & CEO | Six Square Austin's Black Cultural District/Edge of Your Seat Consulting | Member |
Luis Patiño | Chief Executive Officer | Austin PBS - KLRU | Member |
Dewitt Peart | President and CEO | Downtown Austin Alliance | Member |
Malini Rajput | Market President | Capital One | Member |
Dr. Richard Reddick | Senior Vice Provost for Curriculum & Enrollment, Inaugural Associate Dean for Equity Community Engagement & Outreach | The University of Texas at Austin | Member |
Frank Reilly | Partner | Potts & Reilly, LLP | Member |
Dr. Richard Rhodes | President/CEO | Austin Community College District | Member |
Jeffrey Richard | Senior Consultant | J.L. Powers and Associates | Member |
Geronimo Rodriguez | Chief Advocacy Officer | Seton Ascension | Member |
Marc Rodriguez | Governmental Relations Consultant | The Offices of Marc A. Rodriguez | Member |
Sergio Rodriguez | President & CEO | The Hector and Gloria Lopez Foundation | Member |
Regina Rogoff | Chief Executive Officer | People's Community Clinic | Member |
Miguel Romano | President | Ascension Texas Foundations | Member |
Yvette Ruiz | Vice President Corporate Responsibility | JPMorgan Chase | Member |
Kerry Rupp | General Partner | True Wealth Ventures | Member |
Erica Saenz | Chief Operating Officer | Waterloo Greenway | Member |
Llyas Salahud-din | Chief Development Officer | Texas Empowerment Academy | Member |
Jackie Sargent | Member | ||
Shubhada Saxena | Chief Executive Officer | Aspire to Age | Member |
David Smith | Chief Executive Officer | United Way For Greater Austin | Member |
Veronica "Ronnye" Stidvent | Executive Director | Center for Women in Law | Member |
Leslie Sweet | Director of Public Affairs | H-E-B | Member |
Tim Timmerman | Chairman | Lower Colorado River Authority | Member |
Betty Balli Torres | Executive Director | Texas Access to Justice Foundation | Member |
Jeff Trigger | President | La Corsha Hospitality Group | Member |
Dr. Laura Trombley | President | Southwestern University | Member |
Tyson Tuttle | President & CEO | Silcon Labs | Member |
Doyle Valdez | President | Valco Resource Management Inc. | Member |
Sari Vatske | President & CEO | Central Texas Food Bank | Member |
Sharon Watkins | Owner | Chez Zee American Bistro | Member |
Michael Whellan | Partner | Armbrust & Brown, L.L.P. | Member |
Ray Wilkerson | Owner | Ray Wilkerson Companies | Member |
Mark Williams | Civic Leader | Member | |
Phil Wilson | General Manager | Lower Colorado River Authority | Member |
Pete Winstead | Shareholder | Winstead PC | Member |
Ellen Wood | President and CEO | vcfo | Member |
Steve Goldsmith | Head of Communications Products | Atlassian | Member |
Mike Heiligenstein | Executive Director | Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority | Associate Member |
Paul Hilgers | Chief Executive Officer | MTM Collaborative, LLC | Associate Member |
Earl Maxwell | Civic Leader | Associate Member | |
Dr. Nan McRaven | Public Affairs Consultant | McRaven Associates Consulting | Associate Member |