We are dedicated to ensuring success for our students to and through college.
Board of Directors
Rina vonFrisch
Chair
Kendra Scott
Melissa Taylor
Vice Chair
Senior Advisor, Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, UT Austin
Geronimo Rodriguez
Secretary
Attorney At Law and Advisor
Robin Lerner
Treasurer
Community Volunteer
Yael Ouzillou
Past Chair
Founder, Y’alla Collaborative
Ellen Richards
Chair Emeritus
Ann Richards School Foundation
Christina Almaraz Ortiz
Interim Principal, Ann Richards School
Bryan Ashton
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Trellis, Head of Trellis Strategies
Kathy Burrell
Senior Vice President at Bank of America, N.A.
Elma Cantú Aldrete
Senior Director of Technology and Operations, St. Edward’s University
LaKesha Drinks
Interim Chief of Staff, Austin ISD
Berta Fogerson
Principal Liaison, Young Women’s Preparatory Network
Caroline Frye Burruss
CEO & Brand Partnerships Executive, Good Things Agency
Delia Garza
Travis County Attorney
Jehmu Greene
Co-founder and CEO, TruthNotLies
Peggy Hanley
Executive Director, Ann Richards School Foundation
Georgia Hernandez
Donor Relations Manager, El Buen Samaritano
Amy Jones
President/CEO, O’Connell Robertson
Carol McGarah
CEO | Governmental Affairs Consultant, Blackridge
Liliana Patino
Journalist, Anchor and Producer at Univision
Cynthea Rhodes-Patterson
Corporate Human Resources Senior Manager, Home Depot
Cindy Ryan
Chief Development Officer, Young Women’s Preparatory Network
Brenda Salazar
Software Engineer, Google
Matias Segura
Superintendent, Austin ISD
Randi Shade
Community Volunteer
Heather Wagner Reed
Founder + CEO of Juice Consulting
Leslie Wingo
President & CEO, Sanders/Wingo
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
(†) In Memoriam
Staff
Mike Guerrero
Communications Manager
Peggy Hanley
Executive Director
Ellen Mangelsdorf
Special Projects Coordinator
