Board of Directors

Board Members

Ellen Ambrose Community Volunteer	Chair
Kori Gough Seeds for Change Consulting	Past Chair
Becky Johnson Community Volunteer	Treasurer
Lisa Tully Community Volunteer	Secretary

Sherie Artaza

Community Volunteer

Misty Bray
Community Volunteer

Janis Carter
Community Volunteer

Heather Crawford
Community Volunteer

Jennifer Dipasquale
Community Volunteer

Holli Hill
Daichi Sankyo, Inc

Andrea Sheridan
Office of the Speaker of the House

Carrie Trabue

Community Volunteer

Benita Trevino
Community Volunteer

Ashley Zimmermann
Community Volunteer

Gary Frump
The Container Store

Dealey Herndon
Community Volunteer

Erika Herndon
Community Volunteer

Karyn Scott

Kids in a New Groove

Elsa Broeker

Community Volunteer

Tiffany Wilkinson

Community Volunteer

Nancy Williams

Community Volunteer

Katie Young

Community Volunteer

Ron Hubbard

City of Austin HHSD

Sheila Brown

Community Volunteer

Board members are expected to:

Attend all board and committee meetings and functions, such as special events.
Be informed about PC’s mission, services, policies, and programs.
Review agenda and supporting materials prior to board and committee meetings.
Serve on committees or task forces and offer to take on special assignments.
Annually make a personal financial contribution to the organization.
Inform others about the organization.
Suggest possible nominees to the board who can make significant contributions to the work of the board and the organization
Keep up-to-date on developments in the organization's field.
Avoid any actual or perceived conflicts of interest and follow PC’s conflict of interest and confidentiality policies.
Refrain from making special requests of the staff.
Assist the board in carrying out its fiduciary responsibilities, such as reviewing the organization's annual financial statements.

We recruit board members who bring special strong interest and expertise to PC and who possess the following traits:

Ability to: listen, analyze, think clearly and creatively, work well with people individually and in a group.
Willing to: prepare for and attend board and committee meetings, ask questions, take responsibility and follow through on a given assignment, contribute personal and financial resources in a generous way according to circumstances, open doors in the community, evaluate oneself.
Develop certain skills if you do not already possess them, such as to: cultivate and solicit funds, cultivate and recruit board members and other volunteers, read and understand financial statements, learn more about the substantive program area of the organization.
Possess: honesty, sensitivity to and tolerance of differing views, a friendly, responsive, and patient approach, community-building skills, personal integrity, a developed sense of values, concern for our organization’s development, a sense of humor.

Term: Three years with option for Board to renew for an additional year beyond the three year term.