About

Board of Directors

Executive Committee

BOARD CHAIR
Jana Ortega, JD
Sole practitioner and founder of Ortega, PLLC

BOARD VICE CHAIR
Craig Moore JD
Assistant District Attorney with the Travis County District Attorney’s Office.

BOARD TREASURER
Douglas Smith
Policy Analyst with the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
INTERIM DIRECTOR
Danie Connick
The Sobering Center Interim Director
Directors


Margaret Gomez
Commissioner of the Travis County Commissioner’s Court, Precinct #4

Kathie Tovo
City Council Member
Austin City Council, District 9

Andy Brown JD
Owner and founder of The Brown Law Firm, PLLC

Christopher Ziebell, MD
Medical Director of the Emergency Department at Dell Seton Medical Center.

Stephen M. Strakowski, MD
Inaugural Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin.
Ex-Officio Members


Roger Jefferies
Designee for Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt.

Rey Arellano
Designee for Austin City Manager Spencer Cronk

Joseph Chacon
Designee for Austin Chief of Police Brian Manley

Jasper Brown
Designee for Austin/Travis County EMS Chief Ernesto Rodriguez

Stephanie Hayden
Director of Austin Public Health Department
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