Meet our Board of Directors

SUSAN C. ERICKSON, President, Austin 12/1999 to present
Helping Hand Home for Children, Past President
Swedish Excellence Endowment Steering Committee
Champions for Children Awards Luncheon, Founder
Friends of Manda School, Board of Directors
Blackland Prairie Concerned Citizens Association
BS-Education & Sociology, University of Texas

JOHN E. CARLSON, Vice President, Elgin 3/2005 to present
Attorney, Austin/Elgin, Texas
Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Lund, Council Member and Officer
State Bar of Texas
American Bar Association
Austin Bar Association
Blackland Prairie Concerned Citizens Association

JUDITH A. MAGNUSON, Secretary, Austin 1/2009 to present
General Manager, Texas Pioneer Farm Mutual Insurance Association, Inc.
Licensed Texas Property & Casualty Claims Adjuster
Licensed Texas Property & Casualty Agent
Licensed Texas Life & Health Insurance Agent
Licensed Texas Managing General Agent
Capitol Managing General Agency, Inc., Past President
Daughters of American Revolution, Balcones Chapter, Secretary
Fair Trade Products, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
Georgian Acres Community Garden at Gethsemane Park

ROBERT E. JOHNSON, JR., Treasurer, Georgetown 11/2005 to present
Navistar International, Retired
Chisholm Trail Special Utility District Board, Finance Committee;
Williamson County Old Settlers Assoc. Board, Scholarship Chairman;
Georgetown Historical Society Board;
Grace Episcopal Church-Georgetown, Vestry (Board)

GARY N. JOHNSON, Director, Austin 4/2007 to present
Federal Highway Administration, Retired
Travis County ESD #13 Commissioner, Treasurer
Blackland Prairie Concerned Citizens Association, Steering Committee
Friends of Manda School, Special Events Committee
First Baptist Church, Pflugerville

CYNTHIA RAMOS, CPA, Director, Austin 1/2024 to present.
BBA in Accounting, University of Texas at Austin
BA in Economics, University of Texas at Austin
President, Ramos Accounting , Consulting, and Administrative Services
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Texas Society of CPAs
Life Chair , Texas Chapter of Insurance Accounting & Systems Association
Co-Chair, Austin CPA Chapter Inclusiveness Committee
Past President, Association of Latino Professionals in For America

CHRISTOPHER B. SWENSON, Director, Elgin 1/2016 to present
Swenson Ranch Direct, Inc., President
Swenson Land & Cattle Company, Board Member
Felician University, Board Member
The Swedish Association of Elgin and Vicinity, Inc., Board Member
BA-Yale University
MBA-Yale School of Organization and Management