Board of Trustees

List of 10 members.

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  Anand Anbalagan 

  Bio

  Anand Anbalagan is a Managing Director at Vista Equity Partners, a private equity firm exclusively investing in enterprise software. Anand is currently a member of the firm’s permanent capital investment fund and sits on its Investment Committee. Anand currently sits on the board of Accelya and is actively involved in the firm’s investment in Ellucian. He was also actively involved in the firm’s investments in Bonterra, Kibo, Lanyon, MicroEdge, Mitratech, PeopleAdmin, Relias Learning and Upserve. Prior to joining Vista, Anand worked at Morgan Stanley’s Technology Investment Banking group where he advised clients on buy-side and sell-side transactions. Anand and his wife Maggie have two children, Nila (currently at Springs campus) and Avi (excited to soon join his sister at school), and a 65 lbs lapdog, Luna.
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  John Berkowitz 

  Bio

  John Berkowitz is the founder and CEO of OJO, an industry-leading real estate technology company and operator of Movoto.com, the largest privately-owned residential real estate search website in the US.
  
  Prior to OJO, John co-founded Yodle, a leader in local online advertising and built it up to a category leader with 1500 employees, 200m in revenue, and a successful sale to Web.com. He has received numerous leadership accolades, including EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Central Texas, Austin Business Journal’s Best Company CEO, and Austin Under 40 Award.
  
  John and his wife, Alina, are deeply committed to the long term sustainability and success of Headwaters, as it has fundamentally improved their lives since Jackson and Logan (current Juniors) joined the school in sixth grade.
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  Laura Detke 

  Bio

  Laura is a steadfast leader with strengths in strategic thinking, learning, relating to others, fulfilling  responsibilities, and getting things done. She is described by her peers and colleagues as having  operational know-how, emotional intelligence and integrity; skilled at focusing on the overarching  goal, strategic work, designing and implementing helpful processes; someone who values quality,  completes commitments thoughtfully, builds relationships and is fun to work alongside. 
  
  

  Laura started working when she was 15 years old as a children’s gymnastics coach. At age 16 she  was managing the coaching staff and the facility, running summer camps, judging competitions and  writing curricula. Thanks to a boss who gave her plenty of opportunity to lead, a seemingly simple high school and college job taught her precious customer service skills, how to teach so that others can learn and have fun doing it, and how to manage people senior to her in age and experience. 
  
  

  After completing a Bachelor of Design in Interior Design, Laura worked as a commercial interior  designer for 10 years in corporate workplace, healthcare and higher education spaces. She was  lucky to have skilled mentors and gleaned a wealth of professional skills from a highly collaborative,  fast-paced and emotional industry. Formative opportunities shaped her, such as presenting designs to Fortune 500 leaders, acting as a turnaround specialist by repairing relationships with challenging  clients, finding alternative solutions when projects over budget or rejected by customers, and  managing people. Laura became increasingly fascinated with project management, how to deliver a  stellar customer experience and the financial side of architecture and design firms. She wanted to  learn more about running a business and needed a better teacher. 
  
  

  In 2015 Laura completed a MBA in Entrepreneurship from the Acton School of Business in Austin.  Laura had been volunteering with various social service organizations for several years and flipped  life’s coin to make it her primary focus for work. She chose to concentrate on youth-based  organizations that provide a hands-on learning experience outside of home and school. Since fall  2015, Laura has been working with Explore Austin as their Director of Operations, then as a  volunteer board member (during early child-rearing years), and currently as an employee again. She  uses design thinking, decades of experience managing people and projects, an obsession for  organization, and fascination with how people tick to contribute to her community.  
  
  

  Laura has lived in Austin, Texas since 2008. She is a native of Venice, Florida and is happy to visit  family and beautiful beaches while living away from hurricanes. Her husband, Paul, is an architect  (she said she would never marry an architect) and they have three children together. Laura is  passionate about Montessori education done well because of the hands-on cognition it affords, the  personal independence and positive self-construction it builds, and the respect that children are  deservingly given. Laura could fill a book with all the lessons that parenthood has taught her so far  and all the operational skills it has refined. Primarily, she has learned that 1) children need  connection above all else; 2) perseverance and surrender are in a constant delicate dance; and 3)  she better know exactly what she is going to do next if she has 15 minutes available without caring  for children. When those 15 minutes arise, she is usually hiking, biking, digging in the dirt, playing  the piano or mindfully enjoying a sip of tea.
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  Tracy Manier 

  Bio

  Tracy Manier is the Vice President for Enrollment Management at St. Edward’s University in Austin, TX.  She has worked at St. Edward’s since 1997 and was instrumental in the university’s enrollment growth plan during her 17-year tenure as Dean of Admission. Tracy has expertise in the areas of financial aid leveraging, student search, direct marketing, brand awareness, staff development and mentorship, and strategic planning. She has served on the faculty at the Admission College Counseling Institute, the Advisory Board of St. Mary’s Cathedral School, and on the Board of Directors for the National Catholic College Admission Association (NCCAA) where she served a Presidential cycle from 2018-21.  She has published several op-eds on the subject of selecting the right college and navigating the college admission mania. She is also a member of the National Association of College Admission Counseling and the Texas Association of College Admission Counseling.

  Tracy is passionate about social justice issues, especially relating to higher education, and serves on the President’s Council for a Respectful and Inclusive Campus at St. Edward’s.  Tracy has also served as an adjunct faculty member at St. Edward’s from 1998-2004, teaching a survey course in literature.  She obtained her B.A. in English and Philosophy from Trinity University and M.A. in English from The Pennsylvania State University.  Tracy is also a 2012 graduate of the Harvard Institute for Educational Management and a participant in the 2015 Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) Senior Leadership Academy Class.
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  Keith Martin 

  Bio

  Keith Martin is President at Continu, a start-up building the best learning software to help companies more effectively train their employees, customers, and partners. Keith is a strategic business builder with proven leadership experience and a passion for solving problems with practicable insights and action. Based in London for eleven years, where he met his lovely American wife, Keith and Jennifer moved to the US in 2011 and have a child at the Creek Campus.
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  Ed Muzio 

  Bio

  Ed Muzio works with executive teams, from startups to the Fortune 500, to create collaborative, flexible, results-oriented management and leadership culture. His work has been hailed for producing substantial results even in the most challenging circumstances, and Ed has been called "one of the planet’s clearest thinkers on management practice" by the editor of an international business magazine. Ed has started organizations, led global initiatives, designed sophisticated adult training programs, and published multiple business books. His most recent, Iterate, is a bestseller for leaders, managers, and teams.
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  Brian Szymczak 

  Bio

  Brian has over 20 years of experience as a licensed attorney, focused primarily on counseling individuals and companies developing new and innovative medical technologies. Brian and his wife Shannon have two daughters who previously attended Primavera Montessori (beginning in 2009) and a third daughter who is currently enrolled on the Creek Campus. In his free time, Brian enjoys traveling, barbecuing, and various outdoor pursuits.
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  Magdalena Vial 

  Bio

  Magdalena joins us from The New Philanthropists. She brings 15 years of experience in non-profit board leadership, specializing in strategic planning and financials. She works as a technology leader, developing teams and scaling software product offerings. She hopes to contribute to deepening Headwaters’ roots in the Austin community. In her free time, Magdalena enjoys playing soccer and golf, and exploring the world. Her favorite way to spend her time though, is when she’s being referred to as Tía by her nieces and nephews, especially when it’s on an ice cream outing.
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  Jean Yang 

  Bio

  Jean is the VP of AI Go-to-Market and Transformation at Onit, a software provider for legal departments. Originally from New Zealand, she now calls Austin home. Jean transitioned from a traditional law firm background in New Zealand to the software industry when she co-founded and served as COO at McCarthyFinch, a legal AI venture acquired by Onit. Her expertise lies in building businesses from infancy to acquisition, with roles spanning technology development, operations, and go-to-market strategies.
  
  

  Jean enjoys giving back to schools. She was a founding member of the Westlake Girls High School alumni association, coached the University of Auckland’s Commercial Mediation Team, and enjoyed engaging with the Law faculty through supporting competitions, career fairs, and mentoring.
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  Aileen Yu 

  Bio

  Aileen Yu is a first-generation immigrant from China who grew up in San Francisco after moving to the United States at age 12. Her global perspective has been shaped by living, studying, and working in six countries across three continents. Aileen brings more than fifteen years of corporate experience in strategy, management, and retail/e-commerce. After leaving the corporate world, she embraced entrepreneurship and now owns a Mathnasium franchise in Southpark Meadows. She is also a licensed realtor and real estate investor. Aileen moved to Austin three years ago and quickly felt at home in the community. In her free time, she enjoys traveling in her camper van with her two dogs.