For Acroyogis, By Acroyogis
Austin Acro Advocates is a registered 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to facilitating the love, growth, and practice of partner acrobatics in the greater Austin, TX area.
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Austin Acro Advocates interfaces with acroyogis, teachers, jam venues, and the City of Austin to envision and work toward a safe, sustainable, and growing acro scene in the greater Austin area. It owns and operates web and social networking pages under the name AcroYogaAustin for the benefit of the Austin acro community.
Austin Acro Advocates was formed and incorporated in January 2017 by active local acro practitioners, visible in and well known to the community. Incorporation expenses were funded by private donation as a gift to the acro practitioners of Austin.
The current board of directors consists of:
- President: Micah Weiss
- Vice-President: Cecilie Abramson
- Treasurer: Joel Schopp
- Secretary: John Knize
- At Large: Jules Forester, Fadi Hamdan, Michael O’Reily
Former Members: Rissa Jackson (former President), Matt Stephans (former President), Bill Darling (former Treasurer), Lottie Tai (former Vice-President), Michael Rooney, Emily Shryock, Fadi Hamdan, Scott White (former Secretary), Jenlyn Meyers (former President), Katrina Repman, Chris Cox, Hayley Smith, Natalie McCrory, Shaina Goodwin, Daniel Perez, Jim Shepherd, Brian Scanlan, Luis Francisco-Revilla, Kate Hamlin, Iffy Roma, Cindy Chapter, Magda Gutierrez, Stephanie Pelletier, Stephen Kluchin, Kristen Lovio, Christina Miller, Brent Cotton (former Vice-President), Athena Kalamaris, Zachariah Garner
Board seats open to election twice per year, and community members are encouraged to vote and even run for a seat. Interested in becoming a board member? Learn more about what that entails here!
We look forward to serving you, the acro community of Austin.
Community Membership
Membership is not required to attend Austin-area acro events, only to vote in board elections. Please register to vote by becoming a member!
Registration is open to anyone in the Central Texas area who has attended a community acro event in the last six months.
Community members are encouraged to vote and run for a seat. Please register to vote by becoming a member!