Working Group Participants
The cross-sector working group was formed with 27 members of the business, governnment and education communities, 17 of whom participated in the June 22nd Texas Language Summit meeting in Austin.
- Sylvia Acevedo, President/CEO
CommuniCard LLC - Dr. Carl Blyth, Associate Professor
Department of French and Italian, University of Texas at Austin - James Buchanan, Principal
Communication Arts High School, Northside Independent School District, San Antonio - Jeanette Chen, Lecturer
Department of Asian Studies, University of Texas at Austin - Judy Cortez, CABA Systems Administrator
Travis County Health and Human Services - Dorothy Cox, French Teacher
Fort Bend Independent School District - Amanda Estrada, Program Coordinator
Community Care Services Department, City of Austin - Martin Gonzalez, Austin Housing Finance Corporation Bond Programs Manager
Neighborhood Housing and Community Development, City of Austin - Barbara Guerra, Diversity Chair
Texas Parent Teacher Association - Carrie Harrington, Languages Other Than English Coordinator
Fort Worth Independent School District - Martin Harris, Manager
Health and Human Services, City of Austin - Shirley Heald, Senior Operations Manager
Ryder/North Texas District Export Council - Dr. Elaine Horwitz, Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin - MayDell Jenks, Director of Other Languages
Katy Independent School District - Paul Kienlen, Bilingual/English as a Second Language/Dual Language Specialist
Northside Independent School District, San Antonio - Rebecca Leppala, Senior Workforce Planner
WorkSource - Shawn Levsen, International Account Executive
United Parcel Service - Fran Maples, Languages Other Than English Coordinator (retired)
Garland Independent School District - M. K. McChristian, Independent Consultant
Richardson, Texas - Bhavani Parpia, Coordinator
International Business Initiative, Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District - Rosanna Pérez, International Languages Coordinator
Northside Independent School District, San Antonio - Arun Prakash, Hindi Teacher
Bellaire High School, Houston Independent School District - D.K. Punzi, Criminal Courts Staff Attorney
Travis County District Courts - Rick Rayne, Senior Account Executive
Federal Express International - Sandra Small, Spanish Teacher
Richardson Independent School District - Paula Traffas, Accessibility and Compliance Coordinator
Civil Rights Office, Texas Health and Human Services Commission - Maria Treviño, Director of Languages Other Than English
Texas Education Agency
