Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2014 participant Mike Grable, reflecting on the November class day on Austin’s natural environment. Mike is president at Lone Star Transmission, LLC.—– In preparing for our November session on the natural environment, we read about Robert Gifford‘s seven “Dragons…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2014 participant Blair Dancy, reflecting on the October 2013 class day on Greater Austin’s demographics and growth. Blair is a partner with Van Osselaer & Buchanan and a trial lawyer in Austin.—– Common Interest; Uncommon Passion.Personal family lore has it…
We are very pleased to announce the participants of the Leadership Austin ESSENTIAL Class of 2014! This year marks the 35th anniversary of Leadership Austin and our flagship ESSENTIAL program. Congratulations to the 60 individuals selected for their community involvement, service, and diversity. See the…
Guest post from EMERGE 2009 and ESSENTIAL 2013 alum Katie Vitale. Here, Katie shares her experiences learning about Leadership Austin and applying for the EMERGE program. —– Having no expectations is a mindful and challenging practice, unless you pair that with having little to no experience…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2013 participant Laura Donnelly Gonzalez. Laura is Chief Operations Officer at Latinitas, a nonprofit empowering young Latinas through media and technology.—– Geeking Out on Public Transportation and Utilities I probably enjoyed the January class day on public transportation and…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2011 graduate Oliver Bernstein. This is the first in a series of posts related to our Healthy Living for Leaders initiative – powered by H-E-B. The program promotes the importance of health, wellness, life-balance, and resiliency to being an effective community…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2013 participant David M. Williams, Ph.D. Dave is Founder and Improvement Advisor at TrueSimple Improvement.—– I moved to Austin in 1998. My sister lived here and made it easy to meet friends. We enjoyed sipping Mexican Martini’s at Cedar Door, watching…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2013 participant Marc Miller.—– Is water the new fuel for growth? Oil has fueled the Texas economic growth for over 100 years. As the oil industry is going through a revival, it is now water that will determine whether…