Advocacy. Connection. Education.

ADVISORY BOARD

ADVISORY BOARD CHAIRS

Ali Khataw

CHAIR

President & CEO

Encotech Engineering

Ying McGuire

CO-CHAIR

President & CEO

National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)

Robert Lee

CO-CHAIR

Founder

Pearlstone Partners

ADVISORY BOARD members

Anbu Anbarasu

Managing Partner
Retex Investments

Angelos Angelou

Principal Executive Officer
Angelou Economics

Tamara Atkinson

CEO
Workforce Solutions, Capital Area

Bradley Compere

CEO & President
Capstone Title

Geoffrey Connor

Former TX Secretary of State
Attorney, Consultant

Jimmy Ferguson

Chairman
APIA Chamber

David Firestein

President & CEO (US-China)
George H.W. Bush Foundation

Mojdeh Gharbi

Co-Owner
Certain Affinity

Michele Glaze

Community Affairs Director
Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Kristie Gonzales

VP, Media Operations, TEGNA
President & General Manager, KVUE

Larry Graham

Community Relations Manager
Texas Gas Service

Jeff Hahn

Principal
Hahn Public

Debbie Hiott

General Manager
KUT Public Media

Daniel Hodges

Market President
Spirit of Texas Bank

Mitch Jacobson

Executive Director
Innovation & Entrepreneur UT

Brandon Janes

Partner
Jackson Walker LLP

Samson Jesudass

Chief Clinical Officer
Ascension

Richard Jung

Director, Admin. Law & Regulatory Compliance
Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Paul Kim

CEO
ATX Environmental Solutions

Lee Leffingwell

Former Mayor
City of Austin

Rudy Metayer

Council Member
City of Pflugerville

Viviene Ngo

Commercial Real Estate Manager
Jefferson Bank

Colin Pope

Editor
Austin Business Journal

Dr. Richard Rhodes

President
Austin Community College

Eddie Rodriguez

Representative
Texas House

Miguel Romano

President
Ascension Texas Foundation

Jeff Vice

Director, Local Govt Issues
Austin Energy