Board Members
Samantha Alexander
CapMetro
As Executive Vice President, Chief Experience and Engagement Officer for CapMetro, Samantha leads the agency’s strategic initiatives and team members in Customer Service, Community Engagement, Communications, Marketing and Client/Business Development. These teams are unified in their effort to provide valuable experiences and meaningful engagements with our community, customers, partners and team members.
Samantha joined CapMetro in 2019 as its Director of Brand Communications and served as the Senior Director of Public Affairs and Engagement, leading the agency’s Community...
moreBrian Butterfield, Secretary
Cushman & Wakefield
Brian Butterfield is a Senior Vice President focusing on Office Tenant Representation at Cushman & Wakefield | Oxford Commercial. A native of the Lone Star state, and an Austin resident for more than 15 years, Brian is both personally and professionally invested in the long-term economic health and vibrancy of Austin. To each of his clients he brings a keen understanding of the culture of city, the professionals that give it meaning to him, and the nuances of the submarkets and product types.
Brian is keenly aware of the transportation that Austin struggles with every day...
moreBlanca Gamez
The University of Texas at Austin
Blanca serves as the Director of Parking and Transportation Services at The University of Texas at Austin. She graduated with a degree from UT in Advertising, has received her Masters in Public Administration and Urban and Environmental Planning, and completed her doctorate in Adult, Professional, and Community Education. In her position, she oversees all day-to-day operations of alternative transportation on campus including: shuttles, carpools, vanpools, carshare, and Bike UT. Blanca is currently working on implementing other sustainable programs on campus that would benefit the UT...
moreSandy Hentges Guzman, Board Chair
Austin Area Research Organization
Sandy Hentges Guzman is the Chief Executive Officer of the Austin Area Research Organization (AARO), a non-partisan nonprofit organization of 110 business and civic leaders from Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, Burnet and Caldwell counties that engages committed leaders in advancing regional solutions to benefit the long-term economic and social well-being of Central Texas.
Before her role at AARO, Sandy was the Legislative Director for Texas State Senator Kirk Watson. Initially focused solely on transportation policy for the senator, Sandy has also served as point on the senator’s...
moreAlex Houston
JLL at Meta
Alex Houston has worked in TDM for several years, first at Movability as an intern, and currently with JLL, working for Meta. In her current role, she is Assistant Transportation Manager, and implements transportation programs in Central Texas and across the U.S. for one of the largest tech companies in the world.
Alex has direct experience with TDM programming and implementation strategies and has helped Meta adjust its transportation policies during and after the many changes that the COVID-19 pandemic brought to employers.
moreRey Madolora, Treasurer
UneeQ
As an experienced CFO, Rey Madolora brings extensive experience in scaling and growing businesses, building passionate teams, fundraising (raising over $250M in capital), strategic planning, change management, and business transactions, with a focus on early-stage startup technology companies. He is a strategic thinker and has an innate ability to translate technical knowledge into practical financial guidance and creative business solutions. As a key business partner his strengths are engaging across the organization, understanding operations, and providing expert financial analysis to...
moreRichard Mendoza
City of Austin
Richard Mendoza joined the City of Austin in January 2017 as the Public Works Director and is responsible for building and maintaining our city’s roadways, bridges, sidewalks, and urban trails; designing and delivering our capital and neighborhood partnering improvement projects; and providing safe routes to school for our children. Leading a dedicated workforce of 664 employees, he oversees an annual operating budget of $140 million and a portfolio of $1.4 billion in capital improvement projects. Under Mendoza’s leadership the Public Works Department has accomplished the $24 million...
moreJenell Moffett, Vice Chair
Downtown Austin Alliance
Jenell leads economic, demographic, geographic, and market research and analysis efforts to support the Downtown Alliance's strategic priorities.
She sets the annual research agenda and directs multiple research projects that support economic development, planning, and advocacy efforts. She serves as the staff lead for the Research Task Force and is the secondary staff lead for the Strategic Communication Committee. Prior to her work with the Downtown Alliance, Jenell worked for the City of Austin for more than 10 years.
moreLeigh Pankonien
Silicon Labs
Leigh joined Silicon Labs in 2016 and serves as Digital Marketing Manager. In this role, she manages digital programs including advertising, search engine optimization (SEO) and social media. She previously co-founded and ran Social Distillery, a local social media agency, for five years before finding the perfect B2B tech client to work for – Silicon Labs.
Leigh has a B.A. in Religion from Trinity University and an M.A. in Advertising from The University of Texas at Austin. She enjoys attending concerts, traveling, skiing, scuba diving, attending sporting events, hanging out with...
moreJim Pledger, Chair Emeritus
Jackson Walker LLP
Jim Pledger has lived in the Austin area for 30 years and is a partner at Jackson Walker LLP. He specializes in representation of financial institutions, including bank mergers and acquisitions, charters and charter conversions, public equity and debt offerings for financial institutions and the resolution of regulatory enforcement matters. Prior to joining Jackson Walker, he served as the Texas Savings and Loan Commissioner for 15 years.
Jim has served on the West Lake Hills City Council and its Zoning and Planning Commission and understands that traffic and transportation are among...
moreBryan Rivera
Austin Transit Partnership
Bryan's accounting background has led him to a career in public service. He has worked for the City of Austin Treasury Department, and is currently the treasurer for Austin Transit Partnership, the the independent local government corporation tasked with implementing Project Connect.
During his time working for the City of Austin he administered the financing portion of the various bond programs that support transportation throughout the City.
He is interested in the exploration of different funding initiatives to advance...
moreDanielle Skidmore
Danielle Skidmore Consulting
Danielle Skidmore is the President and Owner of Danielle Skidmore Consulting. She has 24 years of planning, design and construction experience on transportation projects throughout Texas. She has extensive experience with both roadway and drainage design for schematic and final design projects for counties, municipalities, and TxDOT.
A civil engineer with more than two decades of experience planning and designing public infrastructure, she has a deep appreciation for how our built environment impacts the way communities grow and how we move within them. As a downtown resident and a...
moreMia Zmud
Blue Door Strategy and Research
With 30 years of experience in the transportation industry, Mia Zmud leverages the power of scientific research to guide emerging technology and innovation business strategies and market plans within the transportation industry. Holding C-level, senior advisor, and management roles spanning both the public and private sectors, Mia offers a unique perspective to guide strategic direction, partnership and alliance building, and market strategy. She is passionate about driving innovation solutions within the public sector to speed the adoption of emerging technologies, meet customer...
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Kimberli Coleman
Membership and Events Manager
Commutes: MetroRail, telework, flex time
Kimberli is originally from Dallas, Texas and moved to Austin in the summer of 2021. She has more than a decade of experience in the non-profit sector helping organizations achieve their missions to better their communities through affordability initiatives, providing access to resources to groups and individuals in need, and creating networking spaces for similar organizations to join the movement of change. She has an extensive background in creating models and various programs to bridge the gaps between those in...
moreKate Harrington
Director of Outreach and Engagement
- Commutes: MetroExpress bus, MetroRapid bus, MetroRail, bike, telework Kate is a communicator by trade. At Movability she's in charge of marketing, communications, and events. Kate has a background as a reporter, and ran her own communications business before starting with Movability in 2019. She has worked for the Austin Business Journal and as a freelance reporter, with work published by PBS News Hour, USA Today, the Dallas Morning News, and the Texas Tribune. Even though AP Style trained her differently, Kate has come to love the Oxford...
Marshall Jackson
Business Administrator
Commutes: MetroRail, telework, flex time Marshall Jackson has worked in administrative roles going on 10 years in various positions. Marshall has a background in human resources, executive support, and office management. She is the Business Administrator for Movability, supporting fellow professionals with everyday business needs. She lives in Cedar Park, Texas. When Marshall isn’t working hard at Movability, you’ll find her spending quality time with her family.
moreBill Schnell
Program Manager
Commutes: MetroRail, MetroRapid bus, telework
Bill began his career in earnest as a cub reporter at Grisham Middle School’s “The Bear Facts” newspaper, from which he catapulted his desire to turn a phrase into a career in communications and public relations. With a corporate background within the tech community, Bill helped to develop and manage employee commute solutions programs at Cirrus Logic Inc., which was recognized for its robust and comprehensive programs to help employees adopt alternative and sustainable commutes.
At Movability, Bill focuses on key...
moreLonny Stern
Executive Director
Commutes: MetroBus, MetroRapid, MetroBike, telework, flex time, bike
Lonny is an Enterprising Austinist focused on the economic vitality of Central Texas. A resident of Austin since 1999, he is coming to Movability after serving the Community Engagement team at the Austin Transit Partnership, which is designing and building Austin's first light rail system. Lonny has worked in a variety of roles, including as a Community Engagement Administrator for Capital Metro, Senior Director of the STEM Council at Skillpoint Alliance; as an Outreach Director at Expower Texans...
moreAlex Terrazas
Program Coordinator
Commutes: MetroRapid bus, CARTS bus, telework Alex brings a long history of customer relations and entertainment to his role as Movability’s in-house content producer. With recent education in geography, psychology, and film, he also helps develop campaign messaging, maps, case studies and location analyses to help drive results in marketing and programs for Movability. On weekends, you can find Alex at a concert in Austin, at the river in San Marcos, or visiting family in his hometown of San Antonio.
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