Board of Directors

Eva Wheatley

Eva Wheatley

Board President

Neonatologist, St.David’s North Austin Medical Center
Austin, TX

Kam Looney

Kam Looney

Secretary

VP, Commercial Relationship Manager, Encore Bank
Austin, TX

K. Machel Delange

K. Machel Delange

Treasurer

Director of Accounting & Administration, Al Petrie Advisors
Richmond, TX
NICU Parent

Chantelle Barretto

Chantelle Barretto

Manager of Corporate Strategy, Lower Colorado River Authority
Austin, Texas
NICU Parent
Efrem Colmenero

Efrem Colmenero

President, VIVA Pediatrics Home Health
McKinney, TX
NICU Parent

Tiffany Gladdis

Tiffany Gladdis

Licensed Clinical Psychologist & Medical Director of the Office of Equity and Diversity, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO

Kellie Lavergne

Kellie Lavergne

Manager, Human Capital Management – Workday, ConocoPhillips
Cypress, TX
NICU parent

Adam Law

Adam Law

SVP, General Counsel, Pilot Water Solutions LLC
Houston, TX
NICU parent

Meredith Mallory, MBA

Meredith Mallory, MBA

Senior Director of Development, Dell Children’s Foundation
Austin, TX
Lucas Manring

Lucas Manring

Director of Finance & Operations, Clearstep
Austin, Texas

NICU Parent

Avid Noble

Avid Noble

Owner/Operator, Tumble 22
Austin, TX
NICU Grandparent
Tyler Rudd

Tyler Rudd

Central States Counsel, Wine Institute
Austin, TX

Marissa Willis

Marissa Willis

Senior Vice President; Wealth Management Advisor
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Austin, TX
NICU Parent
Doak M. Worley, IV

Doak M. Worley, IV

Assistant General Counsel — Real Estate, RWE Clean Energy, LLC
Austin, Texas
NICU Parent

Emeritus Board

Dave Alter, Co-Founder
Bree Borgsteadt
Todd Boullion
Lydia Contreras, PhD.
Patty Fougerat
Clio Armitage Harper III , MD
Kelli Kelley
Ryan Kelly
Doug Levine

John Loyd
Lana Macrum-Craig
Rodney D. Molitor
Becky Pemberton
Rhonda Reed, BSN, RNC-NIC
Scott Whitaker
Joey Williams
Ashley Wilson

Board Fellows

Satish Bandaru

Satish Bandaru

MBA Candidate, Class of 2026
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

Hrutwin Pottekkatt

Hrutwin Pottekkatt

MBA Candidate, Class of 2026
The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business

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