Announcing Emerge Class 14

Announcing Emerge Class 14

While they gather today for the Emerge Opening Retreat, we’re excited to announce the members of the Leadership Austin Emerge Class 14. This is the fourteenth Emerge class since the program’s inception in 2007 and we wish to congratulate the 54 individuals selected this year.


Catherine Ashton
Giant Squid Group, LLC

Lily Atilano
Sage Advisory Services

Katie Bell-Moore
Ann Richards School Foundation

Pranava Bethi
Civilitude Engineers & Planners

Flannery Bope
Concierge Auctions

Andrea Bryant
Aguirre & Fields

Kelly Canavan
Supreme Court of Texas

Nydia Castillo
City of Austin

Kynan Dancy
Bank of America

Elissa Dumiak
Scion Staffing, Inc.

Cat Duong
H-E-B

Anna Claire Eddington
Texas Global at UT Austin

Kristi Fogle
Austin Chamber of Commerce

Ericka Foster
Accenture

Brandon Garcia
Texas Public Charter Schools Association

Claire Grady
Milestone Community Builders

Kumail Hasan
Sense Corp

Kirsha Haverlah
Travis County Counseling 

Christine Herlin
I Live Here I Give Here

Kyle Hoskins
Apex Process Consultants

Landry Jones
YETI Coolers, LLC

Mandee Kaur
Fresenius Medical Care

Jenny Lavery
Austin Creative Alliance

Katelyn Lowrey
Mission Capital

Julia Manson
Manson Metal

Mel Martin
Austin Young Chamber

Cynthia Martinez
Travis Central Appraisal District

Mikayla Middleton
Auctane 

Priscella Maldonado Moezzi
United Way

Amanda Nastoupil
Accruent

Daisy Ordonez
Charles Schwab

Hope Osborn
State of Texas,
Senator Kel Seliger


Amelia Owen
Integral Care

Jenna Parro
Dell Medical School

Roberta Petrauskaite
Bookreport

Audrey Platz
Amplify Credit Union

Leslie Puckett
Workforce Solutions Capital Area

Sarvesh Rajasekaran
AffiniPay

Ashika Raval
Communities in Schools of Central Texas

Tori Robertson
Buie & Co.

Alma Rodriguez
Integral Care

Weston Rose
The University of Texas System Administration

Danny Rothe
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors

Kanobia Russell-Blackmon
St. Vincent de Paul

Luke Sokolowski
Charles Schwab

KaSondra Stephens
McLane Company

Ryman Stringer
KUNGFU.AI

Christina Thompson
Community Wheelhouse

Augustine Verrengia
Stantec

Alejandro Victoria
CASA of Travis County

Alice Walton
Walton Strategies

Amy Willson
Texas Advocacy Project

Cole Wilson
Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life

Michael Worthington
Classic Forms and Products, Inc

The Emerge program is a diverse gathering of community-minded, high-potential rising leaders dedicated to building meaningful relationships and developing leadership skills to make a difference in the Greater Austin community. Emerge provides an exceptional opportunity to connect with leaders from across our region while strengthening the critical skills necessary for community leadership roles.

Special thank you to our 2021 Emerge program presenting sponsor, St. David’s Foundation.