About
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
BOARD CHAIR
Jana Ortega, JD
Sole practitioner and founder of Ortega, PLLC
Immediate Past Chair
Nancy Hohengarten JD
Travis County Court at Law #5 Presiding Judge
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
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Laura Sovine, LMSW-AP
The Sobering Center Executive 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.
Jessica Palvino
Assistant General Counsel, Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Lynn Sherman
Solo Practitioner Attorney at Lynn Sherman Law Firm & Consulting
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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