Announcing the Emerge Class of 2018!

Announcing the Emerge Class of 2018!

While they gather today for the Emerge Opening Retreat, we’re excited to announce the members of the Leadership Austin Emerge Class of 2018. This is the eleventh Emerge class since the program’s inception in 2007. Please help us congratulate the 55 individuals selected this year and welcome them to the Leadership Austin family!


Jeffrey Anyomi
Dell Technologies

Corinna Archer Kinsman
Creative Action

Kelly Bodu Tarrant
Integral Care

Elizabeth Carroll
The Trail Foundation (TTF)

Megan Cermak
Central Health

Lisa Marie Cisneros
New Waterloo

Hilary Corna
Self Employed

Claudia Corsetti
Encotech Engineering Consultants

AJ Crabill
Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Margaret K. Denton
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) / City of Austin Americorps VISTA Program

Addache Doddington
Keep Austin Beautiful

Queen Ekejija
Facebook

Nathan Folse
Keller Williams SWMC

Karen Gonzalez
Con Mi MADRE

David Goujon
Forge Craft Architecture

Ronald Guillen
Jacobs Engineering

Shelly Gupta 
Hahn Public Communications

Erin Gurak
TreeFolks

Amber Hackett Crosby
Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association

Lexie Hall
Cushman & Wakefield Inc.

Julianne Hanckel
Huston-Tillotson University

Christina Harvey
KIPP Austin Public Schools

Angeline Hull
CommUnityCare Health Centers

Hanna Jamal
Social Finance

Sade Jones
Ashé Arts

Gerard Juarez
DroneSense, Inc.

Ashley Juraska
The SAFE Alliance

Laura Kincaid
ATX Television Festival

Susan Kirtz
The University of Texas at Austin / University Health Services

Nicolette Ledbury
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

Koreena Malone
KM Business Solutions, LLC

Melinda Morgan
Austin Community Foundation

Emily Morris
The Morris Law Firm, PLLC

Jonathan Mosteiro
Alliance Transportation Group

Jessica Neufeld
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr

Megan Olshavsky
Any Baby Can

Jackie Padgett
Silicon Labs

Crystal Palomino
University Federal Credit Union

Priscilla Renna
University Federal Credit Union


Robin Richardson
Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

Virginia Rudnick
IBM

Walt Rumpf
SparkCognition

Nathan Ryan
nthnryn consulting 

Jackie Sekiguchi
Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Michael Smith
Strasburger & Price, LLP

Amy Stansbury
Austin EcoNetwork

Lane Strickland
AIDS Services of Austin

Tricia Tumlinson
KW-Austin Portfolio Real Estate

Audrey Ullman
Seton Healthcare Family

Sally Waley
U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration

Halley Wuertz
IBM

Brittany Yelverton
Girls Empowerment Network

Jeremy Young
Verizon Enterprise Solutions


Lauren Zurbrugg
The SAFE Alliance

The Emerge program is a gathering of community-minded, high-potential young professionals who want to build relationships and gain leadership skills to make a difference in the Austin community. Emerge provides an exceptional opportunity to connect with other young leaders and strengthen the critical skills necessary for community leadership roles.

Special thank you to our 2018 Emerge program presenting sponsor, St. David’s Foundation.

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