Board Members
The Education Alliance Board members head public and private entities whose missions overlap and whose partnerships and resource use align to accomplish the goals of the Education Alliance.
Ambassador Lyndon Olson, Alliance Co-Chair
Businessman/Philanthropist
Mr. Tom Salome, Alliance Co-Chair Businessman/
Philanthropist/Waco Foundation Chair
Ms. Ashley Allison, Executive Director Waco Foundation
Mr. Anthony Billings, Executive Director Workforce
Solutions – Heart of Texas
Ms. LaVeda Brown, President/CE Centex African American
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Jim Bush, Mayor City of Waco
Mr. Bill Clifton, Businessman Waco Industrial Foundation
Dr. Bonny Cain, Superintendent Waco Independent
School District
Dr. Roland Goertz, President/CEO Family Health Center
Mr. Larry Groth, City Manager City of Waco
Dr. Richard Hinckley, President/CEO Center for Occupational
Research and Development
Mr. Kent Keahey, President/CEO Providence Healthcare Network
Mr. David Lacy, President/CEO Community Bank
Dr. Brad Lancaster, Superintendent Midway
Independent School District
Judge Jim Lewi McLennan County
Dr. Johnette McKown, President McLennan
Community College
Dr. Tom Norris, Executive Director Region 12
Education Service Center
Mr. Ed Page, Regional Manager HEB
Mr. Victor Pena, City Manager City of Bellmead
Mr. Scott Ridgway, President/CEO Compass Bank
Mr. Joe Riley, President/CEO KWBU
Mr. Clifton Robinson, Businessman/Philanthropist
Mr. Glenn Robinson, President/CEO Hillcrest
Healthcare System
Dr. Sharon Shields, Superintendent La Vega Independent
School District
Ms. Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director Cooper Foundation
Mr. Tom Stanton, Executive Director Rapoport Foundation
Judge Kenneth W. Starr, President Baylor University
Mr. Willard Still, Vice Chairman of the Board American Bank
Dr. Elton Stuckly, President Texas State Technical
College Waco
Mr. James Vaughan, President/CEO Waco
Chamber of Commerce