Thread by @ClintonRarey

𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻 4 𝑺𝑬𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫: How a Wealthy Billionaire is influencing local politics playing shell games in collaboration with elected officials in @austintexasgov

https://twitter.com/ClintonRarey/status/1629624209826623489

Today we're looking at Leadership Austin @leadershipatx which was founded in 1979 by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce @AustinChamber & became a stand-alone 501(c)(3) in 2002

Their Mission: We connect and develop leaders to courageously engage and transform our communities

The current CEO as of Jan 2023 is Jill Goodman

She started her career in #MaricopaCounty as the board of supervisors.

The same county that has been littered with election scandals.

She ended her career at the mismanaged @AUStinAirport before becoming CEO of @leadershipatx

Board Member (#BM) Albert Carrion & 2006 Alumni is partnered at 2 law-firms which has received over $5.6 million in funding for "Legal Services".

This funding came out of the "Austin Energy Fund" and "Liability Reserve Fund" listed as Support Services and/or Miscellaneous.

#BM Emily Chenevert & 2016 Alumni is also the CEO of Austin board of realtors @ABoR_REALTORS the same organization that only endorses Progressive candidates in local elections. While receiving $101k for subscriptions, advertising and memberships from the @austintexasgov

#BM Hudson Baird & 2015 Alumni is also the treasure for Progressive Organization One Voice Central Texas which stood with majority of city council against Prop A to increase police staffing in 2021. Their guiding principles are also based around the woke ideology of DEI

#BM Jamarr Brown & 2020 Alumni is also the Executive Director for the Texas Democratic Party

#BM Jessica Weaver & 2015 Alumni also sits on the board of @atxcommunityfdn

Married to Greg Weaver the Executive Vice President of Catellus Development Corporation which is a subsidiary of @Prologis an Oakland, CA real estate developer

#Catellus founded "The Mueller Foundation" 501(c)(3) the master developer of Mueller Airport Redevelopment has received $2.5 million in contracts from 3 companies he has worked for.

#BM Justin Brady-Joyner & 2022 Alumni is the woke DEI Strategist for National Instruments which has been working with @ThinkeryATX Austins' STEM children museum since 2013

#BM Kathy Burrell & 2018 Alumni previously sat on the board for @PeopleFund which we've covered in previous series and the connection to @georgesoros

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#BM Kellie Sauls & 2021 Alumni has spent her whole career in the woke DEI ideology

#BM Laura Cortez & 2018 Alumni founded Cortez Consulting in 2015 & has received over $740,000 in contracts where she started receiving funding from the @austintexasgov 6 months after joining the board of @austinparksfdn

#BM Rakhi Agrawal & 2020 Alumni graduated from Frankfurt School I mean Columbia University in 2020. She then attended @TeachForAmerica (#TFA)

#TFA was founded by @wendykopp which is partnered w/ @TeachForAll that she also founded

Wendy is a Schwab Fellow of the World Economic Forum @WEF where #TeachForAll is adopting the @WEF's Education 4.0 Alliance. She is currently training teachers in 60 different countries.

#BM Rashed Islam & 2015 Alumni has sat on many boards within the @austintexasgov he also owns HDR Engineering where his company has received over $118 million in contracts from the @austintexasgov

#BM Susan Carbajal & 2015 Alumni served under @BillClinton

During 2007-2009 she was the chief counsel for the @DNC

She currently works for the city of Austin as the deputy director economic development department

Previous #BM Ali Khataw & 2009 Alumni was part of @MayorAdler Task for for institutional Racism, Advisory Committee for Project Connect, and steering committee for Travis County Central Health.

He is CEO of EncoTech Engineering which received $3.1 million in contracts from #ATX

Clarke Heidrick 1982 Alumni is a partner in Mcginnis Lochridge which has received $559,000 in consultant fees. Primarily coming out of the @AustinEnergy fund

Cookie Ruiz 1995 Alumni became Executive Director for @BalletAustin which has received $2.5 million in city funding where a majority were in grants for "Art Services"

Nathan Ryan 2018 Alumni & board member of @austinmonitor Co-Founded @OurGoodPolitics a leftwing organization which partnered w/ @MOVE_texas a Progressive activist organization focused on recruiting college students

Also collaberating w/ @wef organizations like @Globalshapers

Pike Powers 1980 Alumni & was a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski received over $537,000 in contracts from the @austintexasgov

Class Facilitator & 1991 Alumni Sam Planta is a partner at "The Austin Collaborative which received over $800,000 in city funding for Architect Services.

The list does not end w/ Alumni receiving city contracts for their companies or companies they are Executive Directors for.

Since 2002 every mayor that has been elected to the city of Austin has graduated from Leadership Austin or has been Endorsed by Alumni

@KirkPWatson class of 1984
@MayorAdler endorsed by Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell Class of 2005
Will Wynn Class of 1995

The following Council members are also Alumni

@NatashaD1atx - 2018
@ALTERforATX - 2015
@VanessaForATX - 2011
@kathietovo - 2008
@AnnKitchenATX - 2000
@LesliePoolATX - 1999
Mike Martinez - 2003
Brewster McCracken - 2003
Bridge Shea - 2001
Sherly Cole - 2000
Jennifer Kim - 2000

@leadershipatx should change their name to Democrat Leadership ATX, because I don't see any Republicans, independents, or conservatives coming out of there.

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