Add one Leadership Austin alumnus to your team and you gain new perspectives. Add several and you build a new culture. That’s what you’ll find at Bank of America. On Day 29 of 40 Stories in 40 Days, the Essential alumni who work for Bank…
Leadership Austin is proud and privileged to be in partnership with organizations that are making a difference in our region. Among these is The Junior League of Austin, which has been developing the potential of women in Austin for 85 years. Since Leadership Austin’s founding,…
Over the past 40 years, Leadership Austin has focused on bringing together diverse perspectives while also maintaining civil, productive discourse in our programs. When we thought about who could help us talk about what this practice looks like in action, we immediately knew which alumni…
The 20th Anniversary Supper Club is a bit of a legend at Leadership Austin. A group of seven alumni have been meeting for dinner on the first Monday of every month for 20 years. Here, a remembrance from one of those alumni, Sandi Aitken Tomlinson…
Rubén Cantú (Essential 35 – 2014), Executive Director of the Office of Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, has issued a direct challenge to every company in Texas: create leadership and job opportunities for…
If Leadership Austin has an event, Ali Khataw (Essential 30 – 2009) will be there. And, if he isn’t there, he has invited someone else to be there. “I loved the Leadership Austin programs I did so much, I’m a poster child for it now,”…
There are fans, and then there are superfans. When it comes to Leadership Austin, Avalanche Consulting, Inc. falls into the superfan category. Of seven team members, three are dual graduates of both the Emerge and Essential programs. They have served on the Leadership Austin board…
Susan Dawson (Essential 13 – 1992) is a force to be reckoned with (or not reckoned with, if you are faint of heart). She has been honored with too many awards to list (but you can see them here). She spent her career working in…