Emilia “Emmy” Alcocer-Hill (Experience Austin 2014, Emerge 9 – 2015, Essential 40 – 2019) is one of only four people in the 40-year history of Leadership Austin to participate in all three of our core programs. Of those four people, Emmy is the only one…
Every spring, Leadership Austin recognizes alumni and community leaders who are serving the region in exceptional ways, and who are committed to our core values of community trusteeship, inclusiveness, collaborative decision-making and personal responsibility. The Ascendant award is given to an alumnus who has graduated…
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…
The key to success for Leadership Austin alumni is the discovery of their why, coupled with an introduction to how. Our programs lead participants on a journey to discover and explore their values – those deep-seated ideals that guide and motivate us. Then we provide…
Leadership Austin has graduated more than 2,800 alumni in the past 40 years. At that rate, the odds of connecting with an alumnus is high anywhere you go in the region. That is true at Austin Community College, where 12 current employees completed either the Emerge…
Ask any alumnus to describe their Leadership Austin experience, and you’ll frequently hear words like “game-changing”, “transformative” or “life-altering”. That was certainly the case for Ashland Viscosi (Emerge 8 – 2014). Ashland came to Emerge with a background in the creative arts, specifically the film industry….
Marion Martin (Essential 30 – 2009) is an active alumna. She has served on the Board of Directors and is a regular attendee at Leadership Austin events. We feel like we know her pretty well. She proved us wrong, however, when she shared this post…
In 2016, Austin Mayor Steve Adler formed the Task Force on Institutional Racism and Systemic Inequities. The goal of the Task Force was to identify and make recommendations on how to address patterns of systems-level, racially-based disparities in the community. Their final report included more…