Current Board Members
August ("Happy") W. Harris III, President, Class of 1982
August or "Happy" has deep Austin High family roots and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. After many years in the banking industry, in 2002, he took a new path and founded Covenant Financial Solutions, LLC, a merchant service provider and banking consulting practice. He also is a state certified mediator. Happy currently serves as President of the West Austin Neighborhood Group, Chairs the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce's Transportation Committee, serves on the Board of the Heritage Society of Austin; and is a member of the Texas Nature Conservancy's Generation Conservation Steering Committee. He is a graduate of Leadership Austin's Class of 2008.
Morgan Stone, Vice President, Class of 1988
Morgan has been a Board Member since 1998 and is President of Stone Asset Management, Inc., an investment advisor firm located in Austin. Morgan is also a member of the Financial Planning Association and the Estate Planning Council of Central Texas and is active in the Austin chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Marty Douglas Rosenfield, Treasurer, Class of 1962
Marty attended both The University of Houston and The University of Texas at Austin. She has been in the financial services industry since 1968 and is currently Assistant Vice President/Trust Officer of Austin Trust Company.
Brooks Goldsmith, Class of 1951
Brooks graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. After serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Dental Corps in Fort Carson, Colorado, Brooks returned to Austin in 1961 to establish a private practice in General Dentistry. He and wife Anne, have two grown children, Eric and Blake.
Marsha Jensen, Class of 1956
Marsha graduated from the University of Texas and was a teacher for 20 years in Austin, Bangkok, and Okinawa. She then worked for the State of Texas Department of Information Resources. In 1991, Jerry Adams and Marsha discovered the need for the scholarships and founded AHSCEF. She is a past president of AHSCEF and has served with other charitable organizations.
Alden B. Smith, Class of 1955
Alden has kept Austin High all in the family. His wife, Barbara Leonard, AHS Class of '56, and their three sons all graduated from Austin High: Leonard, a lawyer, Class of '80; Mark, a real estate appraiser, Class of '83; and Lamar, a high school history teacher and tennis coach, Class of '87. After earning a B.B.A. from the University of Texas, Alden spent 17 years as a stockbroker, but now concentrates on owning and managing commercial real estate, directing stock market investments, and overseeing assets in the oil and gas industry and in various partnerships.
Sam Kimberlin, Class of 1945
Sam received a BBA. and LLB from The University of Texas at Austin. He served as First Assistant District Attorney of Travis County, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Counsel for the Texas Department of Banking, and for 28 years as the managing officer of the Texas Bankers Association prior to his retirement from that position. Currently he is consultant to Austin Trust Company and a director of Thornhill Securities, Inc., and he serves as an appointee of the Dean on the U. T. Third Age University Council, which is composed of representatives of SAGE, LAMP, QUEST and FORUM.
Jerry Adams, Class of 1956
Jerry is a retired FBI Special Agent, and is a co-founder and past President of AHSCEF.
While working in the Texas Governor’s Office, he helped write and implement the Texas Homeland Security Program. He is the owner of Gerald Adams & Associates, Inc., a private investigation/security corporation. He is past President of the Ronald Mc Donald House and the Society for Former Special Agents of the FBI. His wife, Gay Stolley, is a 1957 AHS graduate. Jerry is the recipient of the 2005 PEACE AWARD from the International Institute for Interfaith Dialog, Inc.
David C. Parker, Class of 1952
David graduated from the University of Texas in 1952 and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity. He is actively engaged in Real Estate Management and has 3 children.
Delano Womack, Class of 1952
Delano married his high school sweetheart, Margaret Ann Olle in 1954. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1956 with a B.B.A. in Marketing and Real Estate. Delano is still active in the real estate industry in Austin and the surrounding area and has been on the Board since 1996.
Alice Marshall Davis, Class of 1960
Alice is married to John M. Davis, class of 1959. She received a B.S. in Education and an M.A. in Geographic Education from the University of Texas. She retired in 2005 after 34 1/2 years in the classroom. Of those years, 26 were spent teaching geography, Asian Studies, sociology and English at Austin High. She was also the Social Studies Department Chair and sponsored the Hall of Honor Steering Committee for five years. Alice is a member of the Assistance League of Austin, Austin Retired Teacher's Association and Zeta Eta chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma society.
Ann Lavercombe Doctorman, Class of 1956
Ann attended The University of Texas at Austin. For a number of years she worked in state government – as personal corresponding secretary to Attorney General Crawford Martin and initially as administrative assistant to State Representative (and later Speaker of the House) Pete Laney. For the past 27 years, Ann has served in the private sector as Executive Assistant to the President and Vice-Presidents of Texas Oil & Gas Association, a trade association for the Texas oil and gas industry. Ann is married to Bill Doctorman, a commercial Realtor in Austin for over 40 years.
Don McCullough, Class of 1957
Don graduated from the University of Texas with a BS degree in Advertising. He formed his own association management company (AMC) in 1966 where he retired in 2008 after selling the business to his younger brother Joe (another AHS graduate). Don's company managed not-for-profit trade and professional societies and associations and he was elected President of the International Institute of Association Management Companies in 1977. He is married to Sherrill his business partner, and they have two married sons Matt and Mike, and four grandchildren.
Boone Almanza, Class of 1981 (100th Graduating Class)
Boone received a BA from Houston Baptist University, Magna Cum Laude, 1985 and a JD from The University of Texas School of Law, 1988. After working with Clark, Thomas & Winter, P.C and becoming a shareholder he founded Akin & Almanza, LLP which is a 9 member law firm with both a litigation and transactional practice. Boone has served on numerous non-profit boards and is a past board member and president of West Austin Youth Association and he currently serves on the Austin High School Alumni Association Board of Directors. Boone and his wife, Erin, are the proud parents of Albert (14), Madalena (12) and Isabella (9).
Past Board Members
| John Avery |
1964 |
| Bo Byers |
1936 |
| Rosario Mercado Baxter |
1956 |
| Harry L. Bengtson, Jr. |
1948 |
| Bob Dowd |
1957 |
| Beverly Dunn |
1968 |
| John Fainter, Jr.,Esq. |
1957 |
| Bill Gaston |
1944 |
| Brian Gaston |
1974 |
| Carol Hatfield |
1952 |
| Stacy Looney |
1983 |
| Bitsy Henderson Mallory |
1966 |
| Mario Markarzel |
1980 |
| Nancy Middlebrook |
1966 |
| Charles Moody |
1984 |
| Cary Petri |
1965 |
| Lee Person |
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| Cathy Powell |
1960 |
| Lynn Remadna |
1967 |
| Susie Salinas |
1985 |
| Mrs. Vivian Todd |
1939 |
Carol de al Torre |
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| Barry Williams |
1945 |
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