Board & Staff
STAFF: Sara S. Cleveland, Executive Director Sara Cleveland, a lifelong Texan and longtime supporter of women's rights, joined NPCT as Executive Director in March 2007. Prior to joining NPCT, Sara held various Development positions during her multi-year career with the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Her focus on Major Gifts and Grant Seeking, as well as her dedication to health education and individual rights, prompted her decision to join NPCT. Sara has also worked as a Regional Instructor Manager with ProsoftTraining.com, an Austin-based technical training firm. Sara holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Educational Human Resources Development from Texas A&M University. When not traveling abroad, Sara resides in South Austin.
Originally from western Massachusetts, Katie has worked for NARAL Pro-Choice Texas since March 2006. In addition to working with volunteers, interns, and coalition partners, Katie also coordinates NPCT's public education and grassroots advocacy campaigns, including the statewide Healthy Women, Healthy Families project, and focuses on incorporating reproductive justice strategies into NPCT's projects and programming. She holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University. In addition to her work with NPCT, Katie is also Board Chair of Sun Dragon Martial Arts and Self Defense in South Austin. Blake grew up in San Angelo, Texas before moving to Austin to attend the University of Texas. He earned his BA in American Studies with a minor in Government before returning to West Texas to attend the Texas Tech School of Law on a full Regent's Scholarship. While in law school he was a founding board member of the Student Public Interest Initiative, the social director of the Board of Barristers and a member of the institution's curriculum committee. He began his career in public interest law with summer clerkships at the Texas Civil Rights Project, Jane's Due Process, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. After practicing as a plaintiff's attorney in the area of employment discrimination and workplace safety, he became General Counsel to a statewide political campaign where he became educated on Texas campaign finance and election law, and solidified his interest in public policy. He has served as a committee clerk in the Texas House and is knowledgeable on legislative process and parliamentary procedure. Blake and his wife live in central Austin with their daughter and their chocolate Labrador, Arnold. On nights when he's not playing volleyball, Blake can be found in his kitchen where he enjoys cooking and eating with his family and friends.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Carol Drennan Laurie Felker Jones Rachel Howell Jennifer Mattingly (President) Catherine Mauzy (Emeritus) Janet Maykus (Secretary) Lillian Ortiz Ambrosia Ortiz y Prentice Stephanie Reich Warren Wills NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Foundation Mike Hirsch Rachel Howell Jennifer Mattingly Catherine Mauzy (Emeritus) Janet Maykus (Secretary) Yvonne Morales Ambrosia Ortiz y Prentice Stephanie Reich |