Chair

Ali Khataw
President & CEO
Encotech Engineering

Chair-Elect

Rudy Garza
President & CEO
GarzaEMC

Immediate Past Chair

Fred Heldenfels IV
President
Heldenfels Enterprises

General Counsel

Karen Kennard
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Vice Chair, Governance & Engagement

Stacy Armijo
Chief Experience Officer
Amplify Credit Union

Vice Chair, Local Government Relations

Mason Ayer
CEO
Kerbey Lane Cafe

Vice Chair, Finance

Nicole Conley
Managing Director
Siebert Williams Shank

Vice Chair, State & Federal Government Relations

Denise Davis
Partner
Davis Kaufman PLLC

Vice Chair, Innovation

Joyce Durst
CEO & Co-Founder
Growth Acceleration Partners

Vice Chair, Economic Development

Gary Farmer
President
Heritage Title Company of Austin

Vice Chair, Regional Mobility

Scott Haywood
VP & Central & South Texas Office Leader
HNTB

Vice Chair, Talent

Néstor Ho
VP & Chief Legal Officer
Silicon Labs

Vice Chair, Austin Business Owners

David Jabour
President
Twin Liquors

Vice Chair, Austin Gives

Bobby Jenkins
President
ABC Home & Commercial Services

Vice Chair, Customer Experience

Kristin Marcum
Chief Executive Officer
ECPR

Vice Chair, Regional Planning

Mark Ramseur
Managing Principal - Central Texas
Pape-Dawson Engineers

Member at Large

Don Christian
President & CEO
Concordia University

Member at Large

Shaun Cranston
VP, Land & Site Development Services
Halff Associates

Member at Large

Pete Phillips
Director, Global Solutions & Risk Compliance / Austin Senior
Amazon

David Bader
Managing Director, PWM Market Executive
Bank of America

Jeremiah Bentley
VP, Marketing & Community Affairs
Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Nicole Conley
Managing Director
Sibert Williams Shank

Michael Crowl
President
University Federal Credit Union

Jennifer Davis
SVP, Corporate Affairs
Dell Technologies

Mojdeh Gharbi
Co-Owner/ VP, Marketing & Operations
Certain Affinity

Néstor Ho
Chief Legal Officer
Silicon Labs

Preston James, II
CEO & Co-Founder
DivInc.

Jason Kelley
Managing Partner, General Partner & Global Strategic Partnerships
IBM

Gustavo Lasala
President & CEO
PeopleFund

Marianne Ward-Peradoza
Provost
St. Edward’s University

Alison Walgren
Central Texas Managing Principal
Deloitte

Kristy Attaway
VP & Regional Manager
Hill & Wilkinson

Don Christian
President & CEO
Concordia University

Joyce Durst
CEO & Co-Founder
Growth Acceleration Partners

Tamara Fields
Austin Office Managing Director
Accenture

Samantha Lamantia Luchak
General Manager
Favorite Brands

Ric Mussiett
General Manager
Archer Hotel

Lynda Rife
President
Rifeline Consulting

A.J. Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
Texas 2036

Tim Timmerman
President
Commerce Texas Properties

Kevin Young
Division Vice President
Jacobs Engineering

Dave Anderson
Director of Land Use & Entitlements
Drenner Group

Luisa Gaviño-Martinez
SVP, Commercial Banking Market Leader
PNC Bank

Michele Glaze
Director of Communications & Community Affairs
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC

Rex Gore
Partner
Cleanscapes

JJ Gottsch
CEO
Austin Gamblers

Ruth Hughs
Partner
Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

Rashed Islam
Senior Vice President
HDR Engineering, Inc.

Karen Kennard
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Chuck Lipscomb
SVP, Austin Office Leader
JE Dunn Construction

Nikelle Meade
Attorney, Partner
Husch Blackwell LLP

Terry Mitchell
President
Momark Development

Geronimo Rodriguez
Chief Advocacy Officer
Ascension Texas

Andi Scull
Director
HOPE Outdoor Gallery

Duff Stewart
CEO & COO
GSD & M

Tamara Atkinson
CEO
Workforce Solutions, Capital Area

Dianne Bangle
CEO
Real Estate Council of Austin

Tina Cannon
President & CEO
Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce

Mark Duval
President & CEO
Greater Austin Asian Chamber of Commerce

Jerry Frey
Senior Managing Director & Branch Manager
Savills, Inc.

Tam Hawkins
President & CEO
Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce

Caitlin Henson
Chairwoman
Austin Young Chamber of Commerce

Monica Muñoz Andry
President & CEO
Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Jordan Robinson
President & CEO
Round Rock Chamber