The Downtown Austin Alliance, Who We Are
2010 Board of Directors
The DAA Board of Directors is comprised of:
- 18 entitlement members (property owners)
- 6 associate members
- 5 public members
To qualify to serve as a member of the DAA Board of Directors, you must either:
- Own property in the Public Improvement District
- Be a dues-paying member of the DAA
- Represent a public entity, such as the Austin Independent School District, University of Texas System, Austin Community College, City of Austin, Travis County, State of Texas, Travis County Healthcare District and Capital Metro.
The Board of Directors major roles include:
- Organizational leadership and advisement
- Formulation and oversight of policies and procedures
- Financial management, including adoption and oversight of the annual budget
- Strategic planning and visioning
- Advocacy and promotion of the organization and its mission
Board terms and responsibilities include:
- Standard term is three years
- Terms begin in October
- Members must prepare for and attend monthly board meetings. Each meeting lasts approximately one hour
- Members must serve on a strategic committee and/or work group. Meetings typically last 1-2 hours/month
Officers
Chair
David Bodenman, Highland Resources
Vice Chair
Joel Sher, Congress Holdings Group
Secretary
Pamela Power, Time Warner Cable
Treasurer
Andrew Smith, Thomas Properties Group
Board Members
- Jamil Alam, Endeavor Real Estate Group
- Doug Allen, Capital Metro
- Bobbie Barker, St. David's Community Health Foundation
- Taylor Bowen, AMLI Residential Properties Trust
- Hayden Brooks, American Realty Corporation
- Nancy Burns, Norwood Tower Management
- Council Member Sheryl Cole, City of Austin
- Kent Collins, Centro Partners
- Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt, Travis County
- Tim Finley, Finley Company
- Dana Friis-Hansen, The Austin Museum of Art
- Cid Galindo, The Galindo Group
- Charles Heimsath, Capitol Market Research
- Matthew Hooks, Ironwood Real Estate
- Marshall Jones, Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
- Michael Kennedy, Commercial Texas
- Tim McCabe, Trammell Crow
- Bill McLellan, Treaty Oak Bank
- Eva Muñoz, AT&T
- Paul Noetzel, CB Richard Ellis
- Alex Pope, Alex Pope Company
- John Rosato, Southwest Strategies Group
- Tom Stacy, Chair Emeritus, T. Stacy & Associates
- Mark Tester, Austin Convention Center
- Amy Thomas, The University of Texas System
- Alex Tynberg, Tynberg LLC
Advisory Board
- Thais Austin, National Association of Homebuilders
- John A. Barclay, The John A. Barclay Agency, Inc.
- Sinclair Black, Black & Vernooy Architects
- Terry Boothe, T. Boothe Commission Company
- O. Philip Breland Jr., Community Volunteer
- Cathy Coneway, Stanberry & Associates
- C. Wade Cooper, Jackson Walker LLP
- Carl Daywood ,Carl Daywood Realtors
- Sue Edwards, City of Austin: EGRSO
- Robert Gaston, Transwestern
- John Horton, Horton Investments
- Marilla King, Treaty Oak Bank
- Jim McBride, Blue Sage Capital
- Tom Petrie, Community Volunteer
- John Nyfeler, Consultant
- Mac Pike, The Sutton Company
- Bill Renfro, Community Volunteer
- Rob Roy, Endeavor Real Estate Group
- Fred Schmidt, Wild About Music
- Beverly Silas, Beverly Silas & Associates
- Jeff Trigger, LaCorsha Development
Other organizations we work with,
- Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Austin Parks Foundation
- Austin Police Department
- Capital Metro
- Caritas of Austin
- City of Austin
- Downtown Austin Community Court
- Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association
- Front Steps
- Austin Chamber of Commerce
- 6th Street Austin
- Salvation Army
- State of Texas
- Travis County
- UT System
