Leadership

Meet our Executive team and Board of Governors.

Executive & Senior Leadership

  • Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D.

    Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D.

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Carol Egele, Ed.D.

    Carol Egele, Ed.D.

    Chief Administrative Officer

  • Amie Ortiz

    Amie Ortiz

    Chief People Officer

  • Kelly Pearsall

    Kelly Pearsall

    Chief Financial Officer

  • William Rivas-Rivas

    William Rivas-Rivas

    Chief Mission Officer

  • Courtney Seals

    Courtney Seals

    Chief Program Officer

  • Daniela Daniel

    Executive Assistant

  • Veronica Delgado - Savage

    Vice President, Mental Health & Well-Being

  • Elizabeth Estrada

    Vice President, Administration & Facilities

  • Krystan Farnish, Ph.D.

    Vice President, Research & Evaluation

  • Andrew Fike

    Vice President, Housing & Basic Needs

  • Andrew Gansky

    Vice President, Institutional Giving

  • Krissy Perez

    Vice President, Education & Workforce

  • Miranda Spiro

    Vice President, Compliance

  • Bree Torres

    Vice President, Real Estate & Housing Strategy

  • Grace Acuña

    Director, Philanthropy

  • Shawndi Johnson

    Director, Evidence-Based Programming

  • Reeanna Jones

    Director, Marketing & Communications

  • Preston Petty

    Director, Implementation & Innovation

Board Of Governors

  • Kaye Knox - Chair

    President, Knox Resources, Inc.

  • Lisa Dow - Vice Chair

    Community Volunteer

  • Trey Salinas - Immediate Past Chair

    Founder & Principal, 3 Point Partners

  • Christopher Aguilar - Co-Treasurer

    Corporate VP Of Finance, AMD

  • Mario Albert Castro - Co-Treasurer

    Finance Manager, City Of Austin

  • Kelly McDonald - Secretary

    Attorney

  • Melinda Twomey - Assistant Secretary

    Community Volunteer

  • Kyle Ali

    Lead Sr. Program Manager, Code Next, Google

  • Katrina Austria Marrero

    Customer Success Manager, Quest Software

  • Crystal Barone

    Founder & CEO, Amore Properties

  • Sara Canaday

    Owner/Leadership Strategist, Sara Canaday & Associates

  • Kacie Crowe

    Fortis Construction

  • Alan Hansford

    Founder & CEO, Virginia Executives

  • David Kirchhoff

    CEO, WorldStrides

  • Kerri Lang

    Budget Director, City Of Austin

  • Ana Moreno VanDiver

    Senior Manager, Global Alumni Community Engagement, Stanford Alumni Association

  • Glenn Neland

    Community Volunteer

  • Sarah Prescott

    Client Strategy Partner, EliseAI

  • Angela Pringle

    Community Volunteer

  • Lisa Richardson

    Community Volunteer

  • Greg Varnell

    Senior Solutions Architect, Hapax