Austin Chamber announces new board leadership, members
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 by Chad Swiatecki
Rudy Garza, president and CEO of GarzaEMC, has been selected as the board chair for Austin Chamber for 2024, with Mark Ramseur, managing principal of Pape-Dawson Engineers, named as chair elect for 2025. Garza also serves on multiple boards throughout the city, including the Real Estate Council of Austin, Leadership Austin and Salvation Army, and served as Austin’s assistant city manager from 2000 to 2011. Ramseur volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, and he and his wife, Lori, received the 2023 Ice VII Award in recognition of their Fund A Friendship donations. The board also has 12 new members serving terms that will run through the end of 2026. They are:
- Mason Ayer, chief executive officer, Kerbey Lane Cafe
- Denise Bradley, vice president of communication and community affairs, St. David’s HealthCare
- Daniel Brooks, principal; managing director, Page
- Jason Buechel, chief executive officer, Whole Foods
- Denise Davis, partner, Davis Kaufman PLLC
- Kerry Hall, director, Susser Bank
- Scott Haywood, central division president, HNTB Corporation
- David Jabour, president, Twin Liquors
- Bobby Jenkins, owner, ABC Home & Commercial Services
- Joseph Llamas, president, Generational Commercial Properties
- Pamela Madere, partner, Jackson Walker LLP
- Jenny Whittemore, chief operating officer, Endeavor Real Estate Group
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