While they gather today for the Emerge Opening Retreat, we’re excited to announce the members of the Leadership Austin Emerge Class 13. This is the thirteenth Emerge class since the program’s inception in 2007 and we wish to congratulate the 55 individuals selected this year.
Rakhi Agrawal
3 Day Startup
Michael Banta
A Cloud Guru
Eda Baykal-Caglar
CommUnityCare Health Centers
Amanda Beck
Texas Association of School Boards
Connor Best
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr P.C.
Paulette Blanc
TMF Health Quality Institute
April Brown
Austin City Council – District 10
Corby Bryan
National Instruments
Taylor Calvin
Texas House of Representatives
Alyssa Clark-Anaman
Breakthrough Central Texas
Ben Clutter
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Jolene Cochran
City of Austin
Collette Cosby
Brookfield Residential
Anais Cruz
Central Health
Daniel Culotta
City of Austin Office of Innovation
LeeAnn Duke
Baylor Scott and White Health
Mikaela Flores
People’s Community Clinic
Gray Garmon
UT School of Design & Creative Technologies
David Glenn
Home Builders Association
Greta Gray
Texas Mutual Insurance Company
Kelsey Greathouse
Schulz Nursery
Kristen Grewe
Austin CityUP
Laurent Grosvenor
Alpha SDA Church
Molly Hahn
Public Consulting Group
Dana Hansen
Downtown Austin Alliance
Steven Hatchett
Huston-Tillotson University
Lauren Holcomb
American Heart Association
Jess King
Brookfield Residential
Brooke Knudtson
Texas Association of School Boards
Chloe LaPorte
Girls Empowerment Network
Mallory Lineberger
LBJ Presidential Library
Anali Martinez Gonzalez
MWM DesignGroup
Cristina Masters
Office of State Representative Howard
Felicia Morales
Amplify Credit Union
Cory Mundy
State of Texas
Kevin Price
Hearing the Homeless
Joseph Ramirez-Hernandez
Accenture
Nicole Renaux
Pioneer Wealth Management Group
Kelan Robinson
Austin FC
Angel Rodriguez
Wilsonart LLC
Porscha Roney
Texas Dept of Family & Protective Services
Maria Rosas
Austin Independent School District
Kareece Sacco
Well Aware
Tim Seaton
Blue Sky Partners
Lia Shepherd
Magnolia Montessori For All
Austin Siebert
Keller Williams Realty
Curtis Smith
Office of Texas State Representative Canales
Ian Tuski
Austin Classical Guitar
Alex Verdugo
Facebook, Inc
Rona Walton
State of Texas / Office of Court Administration
Ruishi Wang
Westwood High School (Round Rock ISD)
Jennifer Woods
Ascension Seton
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 Greater 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 2020 Emerge program presenting sponsor, St. David’s Foundation.
