
We are dedicated to ensuring success for our students to and through college.
Board of Directors
Kristen Vassallo
Chair
Organizational Strategist
Anna Sanchez
Vice Chair
SVP Middle Market Banking at Texas Capital Bank
Christann Vasquez
Secretary
Chief Operating Officer, Ascension Texas
Katrina Montgomery
Treasurer
Assistant Superintendent of Financial Services, Austin ISD
Kathy Burrell
Past Chair
Senior Vice President, Bank of America
Ellen Richards
Chair Emeritus
Ann Richards School Foundation
Becky Beaver
Law Office of Becky Beaver
Maria Cruz
Senior Project Consultant, NetSuite Project Manager at Oracle
Berta Fogerson
Principal Liaison, Young Women’s Preparatory Network
Dr. Pat Forgione
Community Volunteer
Jehmu Greene
Co-founder and CEO, TruthNotLies
Peggy Hanley
Executive Director, Ann Richards School Foundation
Georgia Hernandez
Community Health Navigator, El Buen Samaritano
Susan Johnson, PhD
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Robin Lerner
President and CEO, Texas International Education Consortium
Lynn McBee
Chief Executive Officer, Young Women’s Preparatory Network
Carol McGarah
CEO | Governmental Affairs Consultant, Blackridge
Jewel Mullen
Dell Medical School
Yael Ouzillou
Founder, Y’alla Collaborative
Candace Partridge
Psychotherapist
Cynthea Rhodes-Patterson
Corporate Human Resources Senior Manager, Home Depot
Geronimo Rodriguez
Chief Advocacy Officer, Ascension Texas
Victor Saenz, PhD
Department Chair, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy
Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin | College of Education
Randi Shade
Community Volunteer
Shamina Singh
Mastercard
Melissa Taylor
Senior Assistant Dean, UT Austin, College of Natural Sciences
Rina VonFrisch
Kendra Scott
Kathleen Woodhead
Finance and Accounting Consultant at Cox Consulting Network
Advisory Council
Theresa Alvarez
Joe Armstrong
Cathy Bonner
Jody Conradt
Jeanne Goka
Stacey Hadash
Mary Herman
Claire Korioth
Hon. Lora Livingston
Terry McDonell
Michelle Milford Morse
Nona Niland
Nancy Pittman
Chula Reynolds
Catherine Robb
Eddie Safady
Bea Ann Smith
Stuart Smith
Holland Taylor
Meredith Walker
Michelle Wallis
Mark Williams
Mary Yancy