Board of Directors
Harold Hardaway
Board Chair
Co-Founder & CEO, Cardigan
Erin Mindell Cannon
Board Vice Chair
Director of Training and People Development, Paradigm Strategy
Denise Hernandez
Board Secretary
Deputy Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Travis County Attorney’s Office
Sarah Richardson
Immediate Past-Chair & Interim Treasurer
Relationship Advisor & Operations Officer, Brown Advisory
Tara Miko Ballentine
Founder, FNCH
Dennis Bielik
Executive VP & Managing Director, TCG Advisory Services, LLC
Jerome Brown
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering - Cybersecurity, Dell Technologies
Carly Christopher
Professional Actor & Co-Founder, Christopher Family Foundation
Lonnie Cooper
Self-employed
Jim McDermott
President, McDermott Holdings LLC
Abbey McGrew
Data Science Manager, Apple, Inc.
Derek Puerta
Field Account Executive, Dell Technologies
Ben Slade
Creative Director, RigUp
Heather Venard
Social Impact & Sustainability, Bumble
Leslie Wingo
President, Sanders\Wingo
Kelea Youngblood
Chief Marketing Officer, Austin Board of REALTORS®
Karen LaShelle
Executive Director, Creative Action