Congratulations – Emerge 13

Congratulations – Emerge 13

We’re excited to announce the graduation of Leadership Austin Emerge 13 – Class 2020. This is the thirteenth Emerge class since the program’s inception in 2007 and we wish to congratulate the 52 individuals who now join the 3,000 Leadership Austin Alumni in our region.


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
Sysco

Alyssa Clark-Anaman
Creative Action

Ben Clutter
IT’S TIME TEXAS

Jolene Cochran
City of Austin

Collette Cosby
Brookfield Residential

Anais Cruz
Central Health

Daniel Culotta
City of Austin Office of Innovation

LeeAnn (Dukes) Huggs
Baylor Scott & White

Mikaela Flores
Apple

Gray Garmon
UT School of Design & Creative Technologies

David Glenn
Home Builders Association

Greta Gray
Texas Mutual Insurance Company

Kelsey Greathouse
Verb Inc.

Kristen Grewe
Galvanize Education

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
United Way for Greater Austin


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. Consider applying for the 2021 Emerge Class through June 30.

Special thank you to our 2020 Emerge program presenting sponsor, St. David’s Foundation.