Announcing the Emerge Class of 2019

Announcing the Emerge Class of 2019

While they gather today for the Emerge Opening Retreat, we’re excited to announce the members of the Leadership Austin Emerge Class of 2019. This is the twelfth 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!


Kathryn Abercrombie
LBJ School of Public Affairs

Lars Anderson
Encotech Engineering Consultants

Isa Arizola
American YouthWorks

Jen Barrera
Ascension Texas

David Bean
DEN Property Group

Ashley Behnke
Spot Loc8r

Lea Bogner
Texas Book Festival

Jason Carroll
Champion National Security

Juliana Castillo
AISD

Cassi Clinton
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

Sun Connor
Women’s Storybook Project of Texas

Towanda Cordon
City of Austin, Department of Aviation

Marisela Cortes
Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Alexis Davis
CORT
Hilary Dominguez
BIRDHOME Real Estate Consultants

Brandon Flowers
Charles Schwab

Aaron Gellhaus
CareerPlug

Kim Gifford
LCRA


Grant Gresham
Frost Bank

Itzel Gutierrez
Girlstart

Ashley Hamlet
Huston-Tillotson University

Michele Hockett Cooper
TX Sprouts / University of Texas


Ola Ismail-Alabi
Texas Parks and Wildlife

Tiffany Johnson
St. Francis School 


Seve Kale
Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project

Weston Keenan
Wealth Advisory Services

Kory Kelly
GasPedal


Gage Kemp
Street Youth Ministry

Emilia Keric
Communitycare

Tasha Kiel
University of Texas at Austin

Caitlin Locke
Ascension Health, GoodHealth Solutions Center

Chandler Ludwick
ConocoPhillips

Ricardo Maga Rojas
GSC Architects

Tyler Markham
Central Texas Food Bank

Michelle Monroe
Amaanah Refugee Services

Trent Moore
Goodwill Central Texas

Chris Morrow
Silicon Labs

Lucy Nguyen
Central Texas Food Bank

Phillip Owen
Texas State University

Chris Peddie
Cushman & Wakefield

Kara Prior
The Arc Of Texas

Alex Radtke
Governor’s Office of Economic Development and Tourism

Nico Ramsey
Velocity Credit Union

John Rooney
Austin Parks Foundation

Patrick Sims Jr.
Sherry Matthews Advocacy Marketing

Katherine Sobel
PeopleFund

Pete Sternburg
YETI

Sarah Story
Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum

Laramie Stroud
Texas House of Representatives

Annabell Ulary
City Of Austin

Nick Vache
Cenikor Foundation

Rachel Vallejo Carneglia
Austin Parks Foundation

Jose Velasquez
AISD

Erin Wendt
Flex

Serena Yan
Huston-Tillotson University

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 2019 Emerge program presenting sponsor, St. David’s Foundation.

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