Who We Are

YWCA Greater Austin is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

Our local programs and services have furthered the YWCA vision of peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people since 1907. Over the past 116+ years, programs have evolved and have included desegregation efforts in the 50's and 60's, drug addiction programs in the 70's and 80's, Volunteer and Training Institute in the early 2000's, and COVID response and more.

Today we combine programming and advocacy in order to generate institutional change in three key areas: racial justice and civil rights, empowerment and economic advancement of women and girls, and health and safety of women and girls.

YWCA is proud to be the oldest and largest women’s movement, providing services for women and their families in our community.

Since our inception, we have been at the forefront of the most pressing social movements - from voting rights to civil rights, from immigrant justice to pay equity, from violence prevention to health care reform.

Our Team

  • Kris Cano

    M.A., EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Robin Roelofs

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  • Laura Gomez-Horton

    LCSW-S, CLINICAL DIRECTOR

  • Daphne Garza

    SHRM-CP, DIRECTOR OF OPERATION

  • Haleigh Campbell

    MSW, PRACTICE DIRECTOR

  • Ana Vidina Hernández

    MSSW, MA, DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

  • Olivia Schneider

    Fund Development Coordinator

  • Eva Escobedo

    LPC-S, CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

  • Maya Amos

    LCSW-S, SEP, CLINICAL SUPERVISOR

  • Rose Hernandez

    LCSW-S, CLINICAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR

  • Bri Liu

    MA, LPC, LEAD COUNSELOR

  • Caitlin Battell

    MA, LPC, LEAD COUNSELOR

  • Lisset Betancourt

    LMSW, LEAD COUNSELOR

  • Cat Logrip

    YOUTH SPECIALIST

  • Sonya Sehgal

    YOUTH SPECIALIST

  • Cara Andres

    Youth Specialist

  • Kaysie Burkhardt

    INTAKE AND ELIGIBILITY SPECIALIST

Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is a diverse group of women leaders using their passion, insights, and connections in the community, to create real impact for Greater Austin.

2023 – 2024 Members

Faye Dedrick
Co-Chair of the Board of Directors

Laura Razo
Co-Chair of the Board of Directors

Xiaoyu (Cecile) Dong
Co-Secretary of the Board of Directors

Ama Koram 

Rebecca (Becca) Hyatt 

Glynis Braxton 

Sara Glakas 

Emily Sorensen