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Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

Division of Diversity and Community Engagement

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Austin Community Advisory Council

Council Members

  • Chief Art Acevedo, Chief of Police, City of Austin Police Department
  • Mr. Raul Alvarez, Executive Director, Community Action Network
  • Ms. Marina O. Bhargava, Executive Director, Greater Austin Asian American Chamber of Commerce
  • Chief David Carter, Chief of Police, University Police Department, UT Austin
  • Mr. John-Michael Cortez, Chief of Staff, The Office of Mayor Steve Adler
  • Dr. Kelly K. Crook, Superintendent, Del Valle ISD
  • Ms. Susan Dawson, Executive Director, E3 Alliance
  • Ms. Loretta Edelen, Community Outreach Director, Austin Community College
  • Ms. Amber Elenz, Vice President, Austin Independent School District Board
  • Mr. Akwasi Evans, Publisher, NOKOA – the observer
  • Ms. Kathleen Farlow, President, United Way Capital Area
  • Ms. Simone T. Flowers, Executive Director, Interfaith Action of Central Texas (iACT)
  • Ms. Christie Garbe, Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Central Health
  • Ms. Fely Garcia, Community Affairs Director, Univision
  • Ms. Iliana Gilman, Executive Director, El Buen Samaritano
  • Ms. Priscilla A. Hale, Director of Organizational Development, ALLGO
  • Ms. Tam Hawkins, President and CEO, Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce
  • Ms. Gina Hinojosa, Attorney, Austin Independent School District Board
  • Mr. Paul Huddleston, President, Austin Gay & Lesbian Pride Foundation
  • Mr. Nelson Linder, President, Austin NAACP
  • Mr. Mark Madrid, President and CEO, Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • Rev. Dr. Jayme Mathias, Senior Pastor and Secretary, Austin Independent School District Board
  • Mr. Teddy McDaniel, President and CEO, Austin Area Urban League
  • The Honorable Harriet Murphy, Retired
  • Ms. Sylvia Orozco, Executive Director, Mexic-Arte Museum
  • Ms. Marva Overton, Blackland Neighborhood Association
  • Ms. Kendall Pace, President, Austin Independent School District Board
  • Reverend Joseph Parker Jr., Senior Pastor, David Chapel Missionary Church
  • Ms. Athena Ponce, Attorney, De Leon & Washburn
  • Dr. Richard Rhodes, President, Austin Community College
  • Ms. Ellen Richards, Chief Strategy Officer, Austin Travis County Integral Care
  • Mr. Ed Roby, Retired
  • Mr. Geronimo Rodriguez, Vice President, Diversity and Community Outreach, Seton Healthcare Family
  • Ms. Nathaly Salas, Adult Workforce Manager, Skillpoint Alliance
  • Mr. Alfredo Santos, Publisher, La Voz de Austin
  • Rabbi Daniel Septimus, Executive Director, Texas Hillel
  • Ms. Jeanne Stamp, Project Director, Charles A. Dana Center for Science and Mathematics Education, College of Natural Sciences, UT Austin
  • Mr. Lonny Stern, Senior Director, STEM COUNCIL
  • Ms. Suki Steinhauser, CEO, Communities in Schools of Central Texas Inc.
  • Mr. Reyne Telles, Director for Community Engagement, Dept. of Communications & Community Engagement Austin Independent School District
  • Dr. Alex Torres, Superintendent of Schools, Pflugerville Independent School District
  • Ms. D’Andra Ulmer, Marketing Strategist, Grand Beginnings Marketing
  • Mr. Doyle Valdez, President, Advancing America LLC
  • Ms. Madge Vasquez, Director of Dental Operations, St. David’s Community Health Foundation
  • Mr. Jim Walker, AICP, LEED GA, Director of Sustainability, UT Austin
  • Mr. Andy White, Attorney at Law
  • Mr. Tommy Wyatt, Publisher, The Villager
  • Ms. Candice Young, Assoc. Dir. of Constituent Relations, Texas Exes