The Executive Board is a group of community-focused leaders invested in improving the lives of Austin youth. Their main responsibilities involve raising funds to support our agency, reviewing and approving agency policies, and generating awareness of, and support for, BBBS.

Blake Absher, Board Chair
BB&T
Austin Market President

Dave Alben
US Micro Products, Inc.
Chief Executive Officer

Jamie Avila
TCP Real Estate
Residential Real Estate Realtor

Becky Bonham
Real Estate Developer
Partner

Heather Granato
Molecula
Vice President of Customer Success

Scott Haigler
RSM US LLP
Office Managing Partner

Pamela Malunat Hurley
Philanthropist

Lonzo Jackson
Tower Research Capital, Information Security
Senior IT Security Risk Manager

April Justice
Charles Schwab
Vice President

Lynette Perkins
Bohemian Innovation, LLC
Chief Executive Officer

Evan Spaulding
Sabre Commercial, Inc.
Chief Financial Officer

Albert Swantner
Mobile Tech RX
Chief Technical Officer

Pictured from left to right: Evan Spaulding, Heather Granato, Jamie Avila, Becky Bonham, Blake Absher, David Rappold
Not pictured: Dave Alben, Scott Haigler, Pamela Malunat Hurley, Lonzo Jackson, April Justice, Lynette Perkins, Albert Swantner

Jamie Avila
TCP Real Estate
Residential Real Estate Agent

Loraine Brown, Foundation Board Chair
Vino Veritas Ventures
Founder & Owner

Bill Hopkins
Husch Blackwell, LLP
Attorney/Partner

Lonzo Jackson
Tower Research Capital
Senior IT Security Risk Manager

Guillermo Martinez III, PhD
Austin Community College
Interim Vice President, Student Affairs

Thessaly Startzell, Treasurer
Dell Technologies, Inc.
Retired

Pictured from Left to Right: Bill Hopkins, Virginia Murillo Fraire PhD, Loraine Brown, Thessaly Startzell, Jamie Avila
Not pictured: Lonzo Jackson, Guillermo Martinez III, PhD

Darrell Bazzell
The University of Texas at Austin
Senior Vice President and CFO

Kyndel Bennett
Cayetano Development, LLC
Chief Executive Officer

Clayton Christopher
CAVU Venture Partners
Partner

Dr. Paul Cruz
Austin Independent School District
Superintendent

Hector De Leon
De Leon Washburn & Ward, P.C.
Founder

Chris Ellis
Endeavor Real Estate Group, Ltd.
Managing Principal

Gary Farmer
Heritage Title Company of Austin, Inc.
President

Kerry Hall
Texas Capital Bank
President, Austin Region

Amy Jones
O’Connell Robertson
President

Nyle Maxwell
The Nyle Maxwell Family of Dealerships
Dealer Principal

Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette
Huston-Tillotson University
President

Dick Rathgeber
Rathgeber Investments
President

Dr. Joanne Smith
Texas State University
VP for Student Affairs

Lawrence Speck
Page Southerland Page, Inc.
Senior Principal

Carl Stuart
Registered Investment Advisor

Tom Taylor
Taylor Investments
Principal

Pictured from left to right: Dick Rathgeber, Kyndel Bennett, Kerry Hall, Lawrence Speck, Tom Taylor, Amy Jones, Gary Farmer, Carl Stewart

Not pictured: Darrell Bazzell, Clayton Christopher, Dr. Paul Cruz, Hector De Leon, Chris Ellis, Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, Nyle Maxwell, Dr. Joanne Smith

Jeremy Cox
My Event is the Bomb
Owner

Tri Dang
Texas Health & Human Services
Program Specialist V, Child Care Licensing Division

Oliver Davis-Urman
WeWork
Regional Sales Lead

Liz Garcia
Courageous Feats
Owner

Ali Nichols
Blackbaud
Team Lead

Jeremy Giroir
Collective Capital
Owner/Founder

Nicholas Johnson
OpenJAUS, LLC
Chief Technical Officer

Michaela Lindsay, Chair
Worksmith
VP Marketplace Development

Stefan Sinclair
TheWaveVR
Software Development Engineer

Albert Swatner
Bohemian Innovations, Sway Water
Founder

Pictured from left to right on back row: Stefan Sinclair, Joe Strychalski, Albert Swantner, Oliver Davis-Urman, Jeremy Giroir.

Pictured from left to right on front row: Liz Garcia, Nicholas Johnson, Michaela Lindsay, Jonathan Lin-Davis.

Not pictured: Jeremy Cox, Tri Dang and Ali Nichols.