Steering committee
The Advance Together steering committee provides expertise on education and workforce issues. It also manages the selection of grantees and fundraising.
Members include state and national leaders who represent business, education, nonprofits, philanthropy and the public sector. They help ensure our program is well coordinated with state and local policy and related efforts in the region we serve.
Jenny Achilles
Senior Program Officer
Trellis Foundation
Austin, Texas
Christine Bailie
Senior Director of Institutional Strategy
Texas Association of Community Colleges
Austin, Texas
Peter Beard
Senior Vice President
Greater Houston Partnership
Houston, Texas
Joe Esparza
Commissioner Representing Employers
Texas Workforce Commission
Austin, Texas
Hannah Gourgey
Senior Fellow
Aspen Institute/Texas Opportunity Youth Network
Austin, Texas
Garridon Hankins
Program Officer
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Austin, Texas
Harrison Keller
Commissioner of Higher Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Austin, Texas
Carolyn Landel
Director
Texas Education RP3 Network
Austin, Texas
Ben Mackey
Executive Director
Texas Impact Network
Dallas, Texas
A.J. Rodriguez
Executive Vice President
Texas 2036
San Antonio, Texas
Jackie Quintero Sekiguchi
Community Affairs Manager
Texas Mutual
Austin, Texas
Yvette Ruiz
Southwest Region Executive, Corporate Responsibility
JPMorgan Chase
Austin, Texas
Erica Simon
Deputy Director of Strategy and Higher Education/Workforce
Educate Texas
Dallas, Texas
Juan F. Solis III
Vice President and Community Development Manager for Texas
Truist
San Antonio, Texas
Rumeli Banik
Senior Program Officer for Child Well-Being
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
New York, New York
Peter Beard
Senior Vice President, Regional Workforce Development
Greater Houston Partnership
Houston, Texas
Adrianna Cuéllar Rojas
President and CEO
United Ways of Texas
Austin, Texas
Aaron Demerson
Commissioner
Texas Workforce Commission
Austin, Texas
Mechele Dickerson
Arthur L. Moller Chair in Bankruptcy Law and Practice
University Distinguished Teaching Professor
The University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Austin, Texas
Yvonne “Bonnie” Gonzalez
CEO
Knapp Community Care Foundation
Weslaco, Texas
Tom Luce
Founder and Chairman
Texas 2036
Dallas, Texas
Michael Medalla
Manager
Toyota USA Foundation
Plano, Texas
Matthew Randazzo
President and CEO
The Dallas Foundation
Dallas, Texas
Wynn Rosser
President and CEO
T.L.L. Temple Foundation
Lufkin, Texas
Chantel Rush
Senior Program Officer
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, Michigan
Jackie Sekiguchi
Community Affairs Manager
Texas Mutual
Austin, Texas
William Serrata
President
El Paso County Community College District
El Paso, Texas
Nirav Shah
City of Austin
Austin, Texas
George Tang
Managing Director
Educate Texas, Communities Foundation of Texas
Dallas, Texas
Lindsay Whorton
President
The Holdsworth Center
Austin, Texas