Strategic Advisors
Other than the UWATX Board of Directors, we are fortunate enough to have a large team of dedicated professionals who volunteer their time to United Way for Greater Austin in pursuit of our mission.
President’s Cabinet | Audit Committee | Board Governance Committee | Information Technology Committee | Finance Committee | Results Accountability | Resource Development Committee | Hands On Central Texas Leadership Council | Success By 6 Leadership Council | Target Graduation Leadership Council | Financial Opportunity Leadership Council | New Business Leadership Council | Community Board | Women’s Leadership Council Executive Committee
President’s Cabinet
Beth Fahey
Carolyn Ferguson, Retired, IBM
Peggy Hart, Retired, IBM
Peter Kretzschmar, Business Development, Alliances and Licensing, IBM
Meg Moore, Austin Strategic Planning
Rob Nester, Retired Sales Executive, IBM
Bill O’Brien, Consultant and Chief Operating Officer, MagRabbit
Sheila Plank, Retired, President and CEO, SBPlank Associates
David Sandal, Founder and CEO, Give As You Get
Jim Sutherlin, Augmentix
Paula Vaughn, Retired Executive, Prudential
Mark R. Williams, Independent Sales/Marketing Consultant
Audit Committee
Bill Volk, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. (Committee Chair)
Michael Blue, Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Bill O’Brien, Consultant and Chief Operating Officer, MagRabbit
Don Schwent, Group Controller, Enterprise Holdings
Board Governance Committee
Bill O’Brien, Consultant and Chief Operating Officer, MagRabbit (Committee Chair)
Marie Baker, Retired, CSC
Juan Gonzalez, Senior Lecturer in Higher Education Administration, College of Education., University of Texas at Austin
Sheila Plank, Retired, President and CEO, SBPlank Associates
Information Technology Committee
Marie Baker, Retired, CSC (Committee Chair)
Tom Bishop, CTO, Conformity
Roger Meador, President, Cedar Valley Concepts
Paula Vaughn, Retired Executive, Prudential
Finance Committee
Michael Blue, Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP (Committee Chair)
Marie Baker, Retired, CSC
Kevin Cole Attorney, The Cole Law Firm
Dave Holody, VP of Audit, Freescale
Bill O’Brien, Consultant and Chief Operating Officer, MagRabbit
Peter Palazzari, Austin Site Operations Manager, IBM
David Sandal, Founder and CEO, Give as you Get
Pam Spann, Microelectronics Product Development, IBM
Jim Sutherlin, Associate Partner, LGE Execs
Results Accountability
Heather Brunner, Chief Operating Officer, Bazaarvoice (Committee Chair)
Don Baylor, Statewide Senior Policy, Center for Public Policy
Gayle Greer, Retired, Time Warner Entertainment
Peg Hart, Retired, IBM
Peter Kretzschmar, Business Development, IBM
Bill O’Brien, Consultant and Chief Operating Officer, MagRabbit
Sheila Plank, Retired, President and CEO, SBPlank Associates
Beth Tracy, Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM
Resource Development Committee
Ben Bentzin, CEO, Interactive Health Technologies, Inc. (Committee Chair)
Butch Hayes, Partner, Welsbart, Springer, Hayes, LLP
Don Kendrick, Regional President, Wells Fargo’s Central Texas Region
Kimberly King, Attorney, Fulbright & Jaworski
Kristy Ozmun, Director, Kristy Ozmun Public Relations
Rob Nester, Retired Sales Executive, IBM
Wynn Presson, Community Volunteer
Mark R Williams, Independent Sales/Marketing Consultant
Hands On Central Texas Leadership Council
Anita Ashton, Independent Consultant
Jackie Blair, Foundation Communities, Director of Volunteer Programs
Brian Block, City of Austin, PARD, Development Administrator
Jennifer Braham, Communities in Schools, Volunteer Coordinator
Kristi Fontenot, Advanced Micro Devices, Corporate Affairs
Yvette Freemyer, National Instruments, Community Relations Manager
Tamra Jones, H-E-B, Public Affairs Manager
Alissa Magrum, Colin’s Hope, Executive Director
Luke Martinez, Bank of America, Process Design Consultant
Cheryl Sawyer, University of Texas Volunteer & Service Learning, Program Coordinator
Tamika Tubbs, Freescale, Senior Internal Communications & Community Relations Manager
Monica Williams, Founder, Giving City
Success By 6 Leadership Council
Beth Tracy, IBM (Chair of Council)
Betsy Abell, Buena Vista Foundation
Carmel Borders, Tapestry Foundation
Edna Butts, AISD Communications
Jennifer Foster, Dell
Lauren Hammonds, Convio
Ron Hubbard, City of Austin
Aletha Huston, Ph.D, University of Texas – retired
Laura Koenig, E3 Alliance
Catherine Morse, Samsung
Rhonda Paver, Stepping Stone Schools
Martha Smiley, Enoch Kever
Brook Son, Travis County
Brenda Strama, Beatty Bangle Strama P.C.
Denise Trauth, President, Texas State University, San Marcos
Target Graduation Leadership Council
Peter Kretzschmar, Business Development, Alliances and Licensing, IBM (Chair of Council)
Becky Arreaga, President, Mercury Mambo
Susan Dawson, Executive Director, E3 Alliance
Dawn Flores, General Manager, H-E-B
Tommy Hodinh, CEO, MagRabbit
Saro Mohammed, Associate Director of Program Evaluation. Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk
Laurie Ratliff, Attorney, Ikard & Golden
Drew Scheberle, Sr. Vice President of Education and Talent Development, Austin Chamber of Commerce
Raphael Travis, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Financial Opportunity Leadership Council
Don Baylor, Statewide Senior Policy Analyst (Chair of Council)
Tamara Atkinson, Deputy Director, External Affairs, WorkSource
Tom Blair, CEO, Imagecraft Exhibits
Betty Davis, Vice President, Frost Bank
Vicki Hansen, Executive Director, NASW / Texas
Larry Hersh, HR Director, Flextronics
Lawrence Lyman, Planning Manager, Travis County
Hank Perret, CEO, Capital Area Food Bank
Sheila Plank, UWATX Board Member
Gayle Reaume, Founder/CEO, The Money Academy
Nikki Salzillo, SVP, Market Development Manager, Bank of America
Woody Widrow, Executive Director, RAISE Texas
Michelle Zadronzny, Director of Community Development, Public Knowledge
New Business Leadership Council
Rob Nester, Retired Sales Executive, IBM (Chair of Council)
Steve Ambrose, Commercial Sales Manager, ABC Home and Commercial
Kevin Bury, CEO, Affiniscape
Joe Cisper, Vice-President, JE Dunn
Christin Dawson, Advisory Board, Dedicated Advisor Performance Technologies
Carolyn Ferguson, Retired, IBM
Don Kendrick, Regional Vice President Central Texas, Wells Fargo
Gerald Ladner, Region President, State Auto
Howard Zaroff, Vice President / General Manager, Enterprise
Community Board
Rick Akin, PUC
Carolyn Beck, TABC
Kathy Bolner, Wells Fargo
Russell Bridges, 3M
Mary Carlson, 3M
Marie Crane, Retired, MCRANE Associates
Bill Cryer, Retired, Samsung
Ashton Cumberbatch, Seaton Healthcare Network
Sandy Dochen, IBM
Kyle Eckermann, Dell
Manny Flores, Latin Works Marketing
Kari French, Texas Gas Service
Clarke Heidrick, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Larry Hersch, Flextronics
Julie Huls, Austin Technology Council
Karen Johnson, United Ways of Texas
Joe Knight, Baker Botts
Ray Laugenberg, Scott, Douglass, McConnico
Reuben Leslie, HHSC
George Martin, St Edward’s University
Earl Maxwell, St David’s Community Health Foundation
Ed McHorse, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody
Dick Moeller, ENOVATE Enterprises
Leslie Pchola, Hilton
Bane Phillippi, Haynes + Boone
Paul Saldana, Adelante Solutions, Inc.
Ed Sharpe, University of Texas
Anne Smalling, HM International
Martha Smiley, Enoch Kever
Tom Snead, Emerson
Jeff Thomas, H-E-B
Laura Tyson, Baker Botts
John P. Weaver, ADP
Mark Williams, AISD Board of Trustees
Pete Winstead, Winstead, PC
Ron Wright, Texas Mutual
Women’s Leadership Council Executive Committee
Jennifer Foster, Dell (Committee Chair)
Kathy Bolner, Wells Fargo
Judy Donigan, 3M
Mollie Duckworth, Baker Botts
Robyn Eckermann, St. David’s Healthcare
Lauren Hammonds, Convio/Blackbaud
Peg Hart, IBM-retired
Yvonne Hawthorne, Texas Mutual
Kimberly King, Fulbright and Jaworski
Mindy Minto, Dell
Yianna Polk, Farm Credit Bank of Texas
Jennifer Poppe, Vinson and Elkins
Micah Semmelmann, Dell
Andrea Stover, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon and Moody
