Leadership Boards
KS WELI Board of Directors

Kelsey Evans
Corporate Relations
Executive Director

Lesley Robinson
KS WELI
Founding Director

Lillian Mills
McCombs School of Business
Dean
KS WELI Current Board Chair, 2022

Ramón Rivera-Servera
College of Fine Arts
Dean

Richard Reddick
TEXAS Undergraduate College
Dean

Roger Bonnecaze
Cockrell School of Engineering
Dean

Sheena Wilde
Kendra Scott
Vice President, Philanthrophy

Stephen Russell
College of Natural Sciences
Department Chair, Human Development & Family Sciences Director, School of Human Ecology

Sydney Key
KS WELI
Student Board President 2023-2024
Past Board Members

Brent Iverson
School of Undergraduate Studies
Former Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies
KS WELI, Founding Board Member & Board Chair 2021-2022

Doug Dempster
College of Fine Arts
Retired
Former Dean, College of Fine Arts KS WELI, Founding Board Member & Board Chair 2019-2021

Ingrid Villarreal ’23
KS WELI
Student Board President 2022-2023

Jan Ryan
College of Fine Arts
Professor of Practice
Former Executive Director, Center for Creative Entrepreneurship KS WELI, Founding Board Member

Jay Hartzell
University of Texas at Austin
President
Former Dean, McCombs School of Business KS WELI, Founding Board Member

Paul Goldbart
College of Natural Sciences
Former Dean

Samantha Bryant
KS WELI
Past President, Student Board 2020-2021

Sharon Wood
University of Texas at Austin
Executive Vice President & Provost
Former Dean, Cockrell School of Engineering
Student Board

Alexa Escorriola '26
VP Internal
Economics & International Relations

Alexa Summers '26
VP Outreach
Unspecified Business

Grecia Angeles '25
VP Events
Marketing

Kayla Akly '25
VP Marketing
Business Honors & Marketing

Kena Desai '25
VP Professional Development
Public Health Honors

Khushi Desai '25
VP Philanthropy
Finance

Kirsten Shin '25
VP Logistics
Human Dimensions of Organizations

Mollie Garrett '26
VP Web Communications
Journalism

Nina Velacheri '26
VP Events
Unspecified Business

Priscilla Olivarez '25
VP Founding Fearless Podcast
Textiles and Apparel

Ryan Levin '26
VP Marketing
Unspecified Business

Shaili Shouche '26
VP SHEReads
Business Honors & Finance

Sydney Key '25
Student Board President
Management Information Systems

Vanessa Chen '25
VP Outreach
Business Analytics

Puja Satish '24
VP Web Communications
Accounting (IMPA)

Jessica Yang '24
VP Logistics
Management Information Systems

Sohana Parikh '25
VP Philanthropy
Finance

Vani Jain '24
VP SHEReads
Finance
KS WELI Student Board Initiatives

BuildHER

HelpHER

SHEReads

Project LEAP



Current SB President
Alumni Board

Faith Guerrero ’23
Management

Indra Gutierrez ‘21
(Exec MBA) MBA

Ingrid Villarreal ‘23
Biology

Isabella Garcia ‘22
Human Dimensions of Organizations

Jasmine Lopez ‘22
Journalism

Jessica Sutherland ‘21
Design

Koshilia Sachdev ‘20
Supply Chain Management

Lindell Galvan ‘19
Finance & Sport Management

Michaela Lindsay ‘17 (MBA)
MBA

Nayelie Salazar ‘22
Corporate Communications

Samantha Bryant ‘21
Business Honors Program & Management

Sarah Wong ‘18
Marketing

Sara Kopenec ‘20
Marketing

Sydney Marvin ‘20
Civil Engineering


