About ECC
Vision
To instill values of lifelong service in college aged students and train the next generation of community leaders.
Mission
ECC will involve students from Austin area colleges and universities in every aspect of the center’s operations to improve the quality of life of East Austin residents.
Board and Staff
Board
Eastside Community Connection strives to maintain a board that is diverse in background, interests, and professions. Our board provides both support and governance. In its supporting role, the board must help raise money, bring contacts to the organization, provide special skills and other resources, and act as ambassadors to the community. In its governance role, the board must select the executive director, evaluate the executive director's performance, review and authorize plans and commitments, ensure compliance with legal requirements, and evaluate the organization's work. To achieve these goals, the Eastside Community Connection will select and maintain a board of involved and responsible students and community members, who are representative of various sectors of the campus and community. Board members serve 2 year terms, and the terms stagger so as to ensure continuity from year to year.
Officers
- Chair - Tara Reilly Mica, National Rifle Association
- Vice Chair - Graham Davis, Indeed.com
- Treasurer - Justin Clowers, William K. Knox, P.C.
- Secretary - Leslie Kwang, UT Student
Directors
- Ashley Baker - UT Student
- Michael Daehne - UT Student
- Zyanya Lopez - UT Student
- Sly Majid - Eastside Community Connection, Executive Director
- Ishwariah Panneerselvam - UT Student
- Kevin Robnett - Office of the Texas Speaker of the House
- Andrew Townsell - UT Student
- Justin Yarborough - United States Marine Corps
Leadership Council
Being fully aware that students may not have the access to funds that alumni and other community members might have, ECC has create a Leadership Council to assist with the function of fundraising and organization development. The Leadership Council will advise the Board of Directors on issues of importance, and help raise money for the ECC. The Leadership Council will not be responsible for governance of the organization, and is not held liable for any of the ECC's actions.
The current Leadership Council members are:
- Krystle Alvarado
- Ben Barnes II - The University of Texas School of Law
- Keri Bellacosa - FOX 7 News
- Andy Brown - Munsch Hardt Kopf & Hart PC
- Jennifer Brown - J.E. "Buster" Brown Consulting
- George P. Bush - Attorney, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
- Joe Ciccarello - SolarWinds LLC
- Alison Fischer - The LBJ School of Public Affairs
- Charlie Greenberg - Texas Attorney General's Office
- Drew Gressett - Hat Creek Burgers
- James Hines - Verizon
- Brian Haley - Freedom First Pac
- Harrison Keller - The University of Texas Provost's Office
- Stacey Kounelias - Attorney
- Amy Maxwell - Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
- The Honorable Patrick Rose - Texas House of Representatives
- Tom Serres - Piryx Inc.
- Andrew Solomon - The University of Texas School of Law
- The Honorable Eddie Rodriguez - Texas House of Representatives
- Ryan Wallace - The University of Texas System
- Admiral Bobby Inman* - The LBJ School of Public Affairs
- Jack S. Blanton, Jr.* - Niklos Drilling Company
- Curtis Meadows Jr.* - President Emeritus, The Meadows Foundation
- * Denotes Senior Advisory Board Member
Staff
- Executive Director, Sly Majid, smajid@austinecc.org
While we only employ one full-time employee who serves as our Executive Director, we have a remarkably large staff. The rest of our staff is comprised of interns, UT classes, and volunteers. Here's a sample . . .
Classes from the University of Texas have worked with us on numerous projects. Their projects include a client database, first budget projections, a volunteer database, marketing strategies for our clothing donation program, and more!
Our current interns include Business Managers, Program Directors, Location Specialists, Event Planners, and a Volunteer Coordinator. Responsibilities range from designing new programs to writing grants. Thanks interns!
Volunteers staff our food pantry, and teach classes! Thanks volunteers!
Student Interns
- Office Manager - Michael Allen
- ESL Director - Kristina Knowlton
- ESL Director - Ana Villareal
- Volunteer Coordinator - Yisel Uranga
- Publicity Director - Rachel Colson
- Event Planner - Lauren Anderson
- Computer Literacy Director - AJ Ronen
- Food Pantry Director - Alice Fang
- Staff Intern - Becky Holmes
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Contact Info
General e-mail: info@austinecc.org
Voice: 512-220-7312
Fax: 512-532-0707
Address: 5810 Berkman Drive, Austin TX 78723. Click here for a map
Buses: UT students: The #37 Colony Park/Windsor Park picks up near UT campus and drops off at Berkman and Northridge Drive.
Clients from 78702: The #300 Govalle Crosstown picks up in 78702 and drops off a couple of blocks from our location on Berkman.