Guest post from Essential Class of 2014 participant Mary McDowell, with her thoughts on the April class day on regional healthcare. Mary is the Director of Operations at People’s Community Clinic. —– The room rang with Senator Kirk Watson’s refreshingly unvarnished declaration, long known to…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2014 participant LaTonya Pegues, with her thoughts on the March class day on arts and creativity. LaTonya is CEO of BOAZ Enterprises. —– What a memorable time we had during our Arts and Creativity class day at the Long…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2014 participant Matt Stillwell, reflecting on the February class day on education and workforce development. Matt is an independent insurance agent in Austin. —– Susan Dawson (Essential 1992)—an engineer by trade and E3 Alliance President by passion—led our morning sessions. She…
Guest post from Essential Class of 2014 participant Heather Miller, reflecting on the January class day on Austin’s transportation, land use and housing. Heather is director of marketing at Outbox (stealth). —– Full disclosure: My first job in Austin was managing TxDOT‘s 2004-2005 public education…
Guest post from recent EMERGE 2013 graduate Jessica Sager, reflecting on the December 5 EMERGE program day on community engagement. Jessica is an account manager with the International Matrix Management Institute. —– To effectively recap the power and magic of our 5th EMERGE classroom session,…
Guest post from ESSENTIAL Class of 2014 participant Leslie Wingo, reflecting on the December class day on Austin’s diversity and inclusion. Leslie is a partner with Sanders\Wingo Advertising. —– We define others and ourselves by how we see the world and how we see our…
Guest post from EMERGE 2013 participant Andrea Genevieve Michnik, reflecting on the November 21 EMERGE program day on teaming with others. Andrea is a social media consultant and blogger at AndreaGenevieve.com.—– If you would have told me a month ago that as part of Leadership…
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…