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
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.