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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

CHAIR

Scott Fox

Owner, Fox Electric

VICE CHAIR

Taggert Medgaarden

Executive Director, Austin Housing & Redevelopment Authority

TREASURER

Justin Akkerman

President, Akkerman Inc.

SECRETARY

Lindsey Compton

Owner, The Style Lounge and MOD Medspa

MEMBER AT LARGE

Chad Sayles

Director of Corporate Engineering, Hormel Foods

BOARD MEMBERS

Betsy Morem

Director - SAX Advisory Group; Co-Owner - MOD Medspa; Owner - The Tendermaid

Brad Fjelsta

President/CEO, Cooperative Response Center

Carter Wagner

President, The Joseph Company

Chandler St. Michael

Partner, Hoversten, Johnson, Beckmann & Hovey, LLP

David Clasen

Owner, Clasen Jordan Mortuary

Gail Dennison

Director of Development and External Relations, The Hormel Institute

Geoff Smith

President, IBI Data

Jason Baskin

Council Member, Austin City Council

Jim Krueger

President/CEO, Freeborn Mower Cooperative Services

Joe Bower

President, Austin Area Chamber of Commerce

John Hernandez

Project Lead - Transform & Modernize, Hormel Foods Corporation

Dr. Kat Linaker

President, Riverland Community College

Kristin Johnson

Administrator ACO and Value Based Programs, Mayo Clinic

Lance Pogones

Owner, Turtle Creek Construction & Games People Play

Mike Postma

Area Manager, Workforce Development, Inc

Mike Tapp

President, Tecstra Systems

Nate Jansen

President/CEO, Quality Pork Processors

Nathan Annis

Vice President of Corporate Development, Hormel Foods Corporation

Patty Tewes

President/CEO & COO, First Farmers & Merchants Bank

Tanya Medgaarden

Principal, CliftonLarsonAllen

Tom Dankert

General Manager, Austin Utilities

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