Board of Directors

Sandy Dochen, President
Vicki DeWeese and Bart Arnold, Vice-Presidents
Ann O'Connell and Megan Helmbrecht, Co-Secretaries
Julie Choyce, Treasurer

Members of the Board for 2026-2028:

Bart Arnold – (Elected May 2024) - Bart is a native Austinite and has lived in the Westover Hills section of Northwest Hills with his wife Kelly and son Dylan since 2006. After graduating from Austin High School, he graduated from the University of Texas in 1983 and worked in the commercial real estate business until he switched to high-tech in 1997. After 25 years at Dell and AMD in various sales management and marketing roles, Bart reactivated his real estate license in 2021 and is now a partner in Layer 3 Real Estate with a close friend and fellow Realtor. Bart is active in community events and was recently elected President of the Anderson High School Tennis Booster Club, so that he can help out and cheer on Dylan's team. He also coached at Northwest Little League as well as flag football at i9 Sports. Hobbies include boating, fishing, wine tasting, and visiting the Spanish Basque Country where oldest son Lee and his family live. He is looking forward to helping make Northwest Hills the best neighborhood in Austin through community involvement and engagement.

Greg Bondy– (Elected April 2026) - Greg has lived in Austin for over 35 years and has retired from the high-tech sector where he worked for numerous companies including IBM, Oracle, Starmount, Infor, and Hexagon. Greg has been very active within the neighborhood, working on and contributing to wildfire risk mitigation, where he chairs the Wildfire Committee for NWACA. He’s written several articles on wildfire related issues for the NWACA newsletter and is one of the NWACA Firewise evaluators. He also contributed to the Austin/Travis County Wildfire Protection Plan and is a member of the Austin Area Firewise Alliance. Greg enjoys golf, sailing, hiking, and travel with his wife Karen.

Julie Choyce – (Elected April 2026) – Julie has lived in Northwest Hills since 1997. She grew up in cities across Canada and graduated from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Biological Sciences. Julie and her husband Jason have four children, all who have attended our local public schools. Julie has been deeply involved in the area schools and youth organizations, serving as PTA President at Doss, Murchison, and Anderson; as Treasurer at YMSL, Anderson Project Graduation, Ann Richards PTSA, Anderson PTSA, and Capital of Texas National Charity League; co-leader of Girl Scout Troop 1351 from 2010 - 2022; in addition, she’s held various other roles on the boards and CACs of the same schools and organizations. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and photography.

Tina Couch – (Elected April 2026) - Tina Couch has called Westover Hills home since 2008 and has been a Realtor serving the Austin area since 2012. Before entering real estate, Tina spent many years in the telecommunications industry, specializing in product and project management, where she developed the strategic planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills that continue to benefit both her clients and the community. She holds an MBA and brings a practical, solutions-oriented approach to every endeavor.
A longtime advocate for community involvement, Tina has served on numerous local boards and organizations, including the Westover Hills Club, Young Men’s Service League (YMSL), and National Charity League (NCL). She played a leadership role in establishing local chapters of YMSL and NCL, including serving as a founding member of one chapter, helping foster volunteerism, leadership, and community engagement among local families.
Tina and her husband, Chris, have raised their two children in Westover Hills and have enjoyed being active participants in the schools, organizations, and neighborhood groups that help make Northwest Austin such a special place to call home.

Vicki DeWeese – (Elected April 2022) – A native Austinite and Anderson High School alum, Vicki and her husband, Pete, have lived in Northwest Hills for over 20 years. Vicki attended UT’s McCombs School of Business and later The University of the South, School of Theology. A former banker, Vicki served as Managing Partner for the Jr. League Sustainers investment group, as a political finance/ethics consultant, as President of Doss Elementary PTA and Doss Endowment Fund, Co-Chair of the CAC, liaison to the City of Austin/AISD Bond Committee, Treasurer for Anderson High School Project Graduation and Anderson Cheerleaders, President of the Hyde Park High School Parents, founder of the Hyde Park Golf Booster Club, liaison to Hyde Park School Board and on the executive boards of: Women’s Symphony League, Jr. Austin Women’s Club, Zachary Scott Theatre Center, Austin Natural Science Center, Austin Museum of Art, and Chi Omega House Corp. She enjoyed coaching NWA Kickball, serving as a Girl Scout leader, presiding for Children’s Chapel and serving on the Vestry at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, volunteering with NWLL, WAYA, and Boy Scouts of America.

Sandy Dochen – (Elected April 2026) - Sandy is a native Austinite who's been involved with people and institutions that have helped to drive Austin's evolution over several decades. He now serves as a community volunteer, having retired from IBM in a regional corporate social responsibility position in 2019. Sandy serves on the board of Amplify Credit Union and the Anti-Defamation League. He's a past chair of Workforce Solutions Capital Area and the Austin Area Research Organization, which works on issues of long-term importance to Central Texas. More recently, he is a founding member of the Central Texas Alliance. He has also served as a Fellow in the Leadership Austin Program as well as VP of Governmental Relations and Education for the Austin Chamber of Commerce. Sandy was the Director of Communications for MCC, the research consortium which contributed to Austin's technology positioning and learned multiple leadership and public service values from working for the late Congressman Jake Pickle. Sandy received a journalism degree from UT-Austin and, in his mid-20s, served as news director for KLBJ Radio.

Mike Harreld – (Elected May 2024) - Mike holds a Master of Arts in Accounting from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics from the University of Kentucky. As an expert in the electric utility sector, he served as EVP CFO for Southern Company, a Fortune 200 company, overseeing business controls, mergers and acquisitions, energy solutions, start-ups, shut-downs, IPOs, sales, and board management. His global career includes consulting in the UK, Germany, Holland, The Bahamas, and China.

Mike has taught at the LBJ School and currently provides business consulting services while engaging in various volunteer activities. New to the NWACA neighborhood, he takes a keen interest in local schools, where his two grandchildren are students.

Megan Helmbrecht – (Elected May 2024) - Megan has lived in Austin since 1999. Her family moved from Bryker Woods to Northwest Hills in 2005 where they raised their three children. Megan has a nonprofit consulting business that helps charities with their fundraising strategies. She has served on many nonprofit boards and chaired numerous charity events including Anderson High’s Project Graduation, AGE of Central Texas She Thrives, Honduras Good Works, Hand to Hold’s Baby Shower, e3Alliance, YMSL, the Women’s Symphony League, Doss Elementary’s H’Owl Carnival, The Miracle Foundation, the Lance Armstrong Foundation, and Cub Scouts Pack 2. Megan’s hobbies include cooking, reading, doing yoga, and walking her dog, Bailey.

Fuerza Linda Kitcher – (Elected April 2026) - Fuerza Linda (also called Fuerzalinda or Fuerza) moved to Northwest Hills in 2018 with her husband, Andrew, to be closer to her large Texas family. She is a licensed attorney and mother who spends her time volunteering with community, educational, legal, advocacy, and college alumni groups. She is especially excited to help promote the involvement of NWACA families with children at home, and to bring together all our NWACA neighborhoods and neighbors.

Kevin Kott – (Elected April, 2022) – Kevin is a native Texan, born in Fredericksburg, raised in San Antonio, and after a 40-year career in business, has lived in Northwest Hills since 2014. Kevin has a BS in Mechanical Engineering. He has served as general manager and president of several small companies specializing in science and engineering in both the automotive product development and nuclear research industries. During that time, he has lived in Michigan, Tennessee, and Virginia, in addition to San Antonio, before retiring in Austin. Kevin is married to Patti Tauber, an Austin Real Estate Agent and specialist (MSW) in gerontological social work. He has four wonderful grown sons and stepsons spread around the USA. His hobbies include music, cooking, biking, running, kayaking, pickleball, and entertaining the family’s dogs, GumBeau and Pierre - and a cat, Q-Ball.

Naresh Kumar - (Elected May 2024) – Naresh and his wife Suzan, bought their house on Lakemoore Dr in 2014 and moved there from Dallas in August 2022. They have two daughters and five grandchildren who live in Austin. One of the daughters and her three children live within the NWACA boundary. The eldest grandchild attends Anderson High.

After obtaining his master’s degree in Geology in India, Naresh taught high school science and math in Ghana before coming to New York for his Ph.D. in Marine Geology at Columbia University. Following five years of teaching and research at Columbia, Naresh and Suzan moved to Dallas in 1977, where he started his career in the oil business. The family lived in Midland, Denver, Anchorage, and back again to Dallas. Naresh retired from an executive position at ARCO in 1995, following which he ran his own consulting business that took him to Brazil, Chile, Canada, Russia, and Alaska. During this period Naresh also taught at UT Arlington, UT Dallas and Dallas Community College. During his retirement Naresh also obtained an MBA in Finance from UT Dallas.

Naresh is passionate about financial education for youth and adults. He has volunteered for Financial Health Pathways in Austin and with WINGS in Dallas as a financial educator. He was a partner with Dallas Social Venture Partners (1999-2001) and served on its board. He also received an award from the Dallas Independent School District for initiating and running a Math Club at his children’s elementary school. In Alaska, Naresh was the Director of the statewide Science Fair. He has also been President of professional societies in Anchorage and Dallas.

Jerry Mankovsky - (Appointed October 2025) - A native of Dallas, Jerry and his wife Sherrie (from St. Louis) moved to Austin in 1980 where they have raised three sons. Sherrie and Jerry met at Washington University in St. Louis where they both graduated. Subsequently, Jerry went to graduate school at the University of Texas and then on to the brand-new medical school at Texas Tech University School of Medicine. He did his internship at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, part of the Barnes Hospital System, and then finished residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. After that, Jerry worked as an Ob/Gyn for 40 years.

They have lived in their current house for more than forty years, with their sons attending Doss Elementary, Murchison Middle, and Anderson High Schools. In addition to work and serving on various medical committees, Jerry has been a T-Ball coach for six years, a Cub Scout Den Leader for six years, and a Cub Scout Pack Leader for three years at First Presbyterian Church. He was also Scoutmaster of Troop 3 at Northwest Hills United Methodist Church for 13 years, Both Sherrie and Jerry were quite active with the Anderson High School Band, serving one year as co-presidents of the Band Boosters.

His hobbies include cooking, having taken over the home kitchen for the past 10 years. Also, they have been raising longhorn cattle for fun over the past 10 years.

Kristine Munden – (Elected April 2026) – Kristine moved with her family to Austin, and ultimately, Northwest Hills so that her twins, incoming freshmen, could attend Anderson High School. Kristine was no stranger to Austin, having lived here while her husband Robert attended law school and subsequently began his career. During that time, she worked remotely for KPMG Washington, DC, and then locally for Garden.com. A new job for her husband took them to the Philadelphia region, where she worked for a contemporary art gallery before her twins were born. A stay-at-home mother, she served on her alma mater’s alumnae association board and on the alumnae award committee. In 2011, another move brought her family back to Texas—to San Antonio, where she was involved in the elementary school’s PTA. She served as Sister School Chair, initiating the Angel Tree program and continuing the Coat Drive, Thanksgiving Basket drive, and literacy program. Kristine also served as Chair of the PTA Excel Grants Program and was an active parent volunteer for BASIS San Antonio. A member of Abiding Presence Lutheran Church, she served as coordinator for Thanksgiving Baskets and Angel Tree programs benefitting Transplants for Children families. Kristine also was a leader for her daughter’s Brownie troop. Upon her return to Austin, she volunteered at Anderson High School, primarily with the Choir Booster Club as President-elect and President. She is a member of the advisory board for Migration by Bluebird, NWACA’s Parks Committee, and the Writers’ League of Texas. The past few years have entailed frequent trips to her hometown in New Hampshire to care for her elderly parents. Kristine enjoys writing, traveling, nature, baroque music, and getting to know her Northwest Hills neighbors.

Lindsay Neuren – (Elected April 2026) – Lindsay Neuren is a third-generation Austinite, who grew up in Northwest Hills, and her family is still rooted here. She began her career in nonprofit fundraising in New York City. Alongside her business partner, Ross Speed, Lindsay co-founded the Speed & Neuren Group, selling real estate in Austin. Together they have surpassed $1B in combined sales volume. The group has been named the Austin Business Journal’s #1 Real Estate Team four consecutive years (2022–2025) and has been ranked as the #1 team at Compass Austin since the team’s inception. In 2023, Lindsay was named Austin Board of Realtors Salesperson of the Year and recognized in Austin’s 40 Under 40.
Outside of real estate, Lindsay spends time with her husband Jordan, their two kids, Hudson and Blake, and their dog, Kal. She loves being outdoors, she’s an avid tennis player, and she appreciates great food and wine. Lindsay is deeply passionate about philanthropy in the Jewish community and surrounding issues of educational equity and mental health. Lindsay serves on the Shalom Austin Women’s Philanthropy committee and is a sponsor of Doss Elementary, Hill Elementary, and Murchison Middle School in Northwest Hills.

Ann O’Connell – (Elected April 2026) – Ann O’Connell is an attorney whose practice has focused on criminal law and child protection. Ann and her husband Doug moved to the NWACA area in 2003 and raised their kids here, both of whom are now young adults. Ann is active at St. Matthew’s, the O’Connell’s church home since 2004, and is a former senior warden. The O’Connell’s are also long-time members of the Jewish Community Center. Ann also has served on her HOA board in the southern area of NWACA since 2017.

Kayla Winer-Winkler – (Student member, appointed May 2026) - Kayla is a second generation Austinite and a Northwest Hills native. She is a Junior at Anderson High School and is excited to be part of the IB program. At Doss Elementary, Kayla was part of Mandarin immersion, a journey that has taken her on many wonderful adventures, including a study abroad to Taiwan. It would be difficult to describe her without mentioning that her natural state is with her nose in a book or baking something sweet to share with her friends. Kayla is co-president of the Anderson Book Club, and she is also a Junior Officer of the school's Model UN. Kayla also has a Chihuahua, Snow, though she will claim to be a cat person.