President: Gerald Hill, Sr. Vice President for Advocacy and Communications - Seton Healthcare Network, Member since: 2001

Gerald Hill was once a State Representative, has worked at Texas State University, and is now Senior Vice President of Seton Healthcare Network. Gerald is Vice Chair of the Leadership Committee and serves on the Nominating and Healthcare Committees.

President-Elect: Mike Swayze, Managing Partner - Pena Swayze and Company, LLP, Member since: 2000

Mike Swayze is managing partner of Pena Swayze and Company, a public accounting firm in Round Rock. Mike was Chair of the Nominating Committee and also serves on the Higher Education Committee. He will be President of AARO beginning January 2008.

Past President:Denise Trauth, President - Texas State University-San Marcos, Member since: 2003

Denise M. Trauth began her tenure as President of Texas State University-San Marcos in August, 2002. She came to San Marcos after nine years at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she had served as Provost since April, 1997. In Charlotte, Denise was very active in the community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, the Arts and Science Council, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation, and Big Brothers-Big Sisters. Dr. Trauth is also a member of the AARO Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Committee.

Treasurer: Sandy Dochen, Corporate Community Relations Manager - IBM, Member since: 2005

Sandy Dochen is the Corporate Community Relations Manager for IBM in the Central Texas region. Sandy serves on the Education and Higher Education Committees.

Staff

Executive Director: Barbara Johnson, bjohnson@aaroregion.com

Barbara Johnson was named Executive Director of AARO in January 1993. Prior to her current appointment, Barbara held executive positions in the field of health care management. She served as Project Manager - Multi-Institutional Systems Development for the Massachusetts Hospital Association (1980 - 1984), Manager of the Neurology Division of the Brigham and Women's Hospital, a 720 bed teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School and the Harvard-Longwood-VA Neurology Training Program (1984 - 1986); and Business Manager of the Maine-Dartmouth Family Practice Residency Training Program affiliated with the medical school at Dartmouth College and 3 community hospitals (1986 - 1988). Ms. Johnson was Chair of the Administrative Team of the Austin/Travis County Community Action Network and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Central Texas Indicators Project. In 2001, she served as a member of the Travis County Bonds Citizens Advisory Committee. Ms. Johnson is the past Senior Warden and member of the Vestry of St. Michael's Episcopal Church.

Program Director: Sydney T. Mitchell