Board of Directors

Joyce Statz, President
Julie Rawlings, Vice-President
Bridget Keating and Julie Waidelich, Co-Secretaries
Mick Koffend,Treasurer

Members of the Board for 2022-2024:

Christopher Bove – 9109 Rockcrest Circle – (Appointed March 2023) – Chris and his family moved to Northwest Hills in July 1967 before he was a year old; his father was among the first of the IBM employees to start the plant on Burnet Road. As his father was transferred back to New York, he spent his school years in New Jersey and Connecticut, coming back to Austin for college. He graduated from Southwest Texas State University with a BA in Finance and a BS in Economics. He and his wife moved back to Northwest Hills shortly after they got married in 1991. Throughout the 1990's and early 2000's he was a hospital administrator at St David's Hospital, finishing as the Director of Aquatic Therapy. From the hospital he changed industries and worked as a consultant for automation of assembly lines and production for SMC, a Japanese conglomerate. He left there to start a real estate career in 2010, first working with commercial clients around Texas. Since 2015 he has focused primarily on residential clients.

Chris and his wife are long time members of the international Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club (a 501c3 corporation), actively promoting, supporting, and advocating for law enforcement while supporting them and their families when they are injured or killed while on the job. The Thin Blue Line LE MC is an international motorcycle club started in 2009 in Houston with about 1,400 members, approximately 90% of them retired or active law enforcement officers. There are 43 chapters around the globe and growing. Chris is currently Chapter Secretary for the Bastrop Chapter.

When not out on the motorcycle or working, Chris and his wife can usually be found with their two rescue German Shepherds walking through Westover Hills and the greenbelts.

Ruven Brooks – 3902 Edgerock – (Elected November 2017) – Ruven is a retired software engineer and cognitive psychologist who has worked for ITT Corp., Schlumberger, Rockwell Automation, and the University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston. He has also taught at the University of California, Irvine, Milwaukee School of Engineering and, even, a course at the University of Texas – Austin. He and his wife, Linda Beamer, came to Austin when he was transferred by Schlumberger in 1989 and lived just off Bee Caves road until 1996 when they moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They moved back to Austin in 2010 to the Great Hills area and then in 2014 to the NWACA area. Both of his children are graduates of Anderson High School. He serves on the NWACA Zoning and Transportation Committee with a particular focus on public transit. One of his most recent hobbies is to use GIS systems to make maps.

Vicki DeWeese – 7504 Crossdraw Drive – (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.

Carol Dochen – 5010 North Rim Drive – (Elected May 2020) – Carol Dochen is the owner of Dochen Realtors®, where she has been recognized with eight-consecutive Platinum Top 50 Realtors® awards and she received the coveted Broker of the Year Award for 2017. Other accolades include: Austin’s 5-Star REALTORS®,  Austin Woman Magazine’s “I Am Austin Woman” award for businesswoman of the year, and outstanding sales recognition in Texas Monthly Magazine. Carol has served as a Director of the Austin Board of Realtors® (ABOR), twice has been chair of the Austin Multiple Listing Service (ACTRIS) and served as a director of the Texas Association of Realtors®.

In addition to her real estate career, Carol finds time to serve on non-profit and civic boards, including a previous board position for NWACA and the Jewish Federation/Temple Beth Shalom Austin. She is currently serving on the Executive Board for Temple Beth Shalom and is a member of the Board of Directors.  For more than 20 years she has donated a portion of every sale to Austin’s Habitat for Humanity. And, every Monday night, (pre-Covid 19) Carol can be found rehearsing with Tapestry Singers, a local Austin choral group.

Carol grew up in Dallas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and Longhorn Singers.  She is married to Sandy Dochen, and together, they have two grown children. Members of the Dochen family have lived in Northwest Hills since 1967!

Jessica Forrest – 4210 Greystone Drive – (Elected April 2022) – Jessica, an adopted Texan, was born in Iran, raised primarily in Mexico and Venezuela, currently serves as a Wealth Planner with Austin Asset. For over 30 years year she has worked in a variety of banking, public funds, brokerage, and finance roles primarily serving the needs of individuals, families, and non-profits. She has happily lived in Northwest Hills since 2009. Jessica is a CFP® certificant and an MBA graduate of St. Edward’s University. Jessica currently serves as the Board Treasurer for two local non-profits and when not riding her bike or walking her dogs, is planning some active with friends and family.

Charlie Galvin – 4105 Cat Hollow Drive – (Elected November 2017) – Charlie is a Senior Program Manager at Infinera Corporation, an optical equipment manufacturer in high capacity optical transport. Prior to Infinera, Mr. Galvin held senior positions in network development at Lightsquared and Qwest Communications. In 2014, Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Galvin to be a member of the Advisory Committee, Emerging Technology Fund, Office of the Governor, State of Texas. He is also on the Advisory Board of Communities in Schools in Central Texas. Galvin received a bachelor’s degree from Southern Methodist University and a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

Richard Grayum – 7909 Northforest Drive – (Appointed March 2018, BCA President 2015-2018, Elected May 2020) – Richard is a licensed civil engineer, an accredited professional in leadership in energy and environmental design. He has lived in Northwest Hills with his wife, Sally, and daughter since 2005. Sally is a certified professional organizer and room Mom at Hill Elementary. Their daughter attends Hill Elementary School and swims with the Westover Wild Orcas. Richard represented District 10 on the Environmental Commission from 2015-2017 and has worked in the public infrastructure and land development industry since graduation. Notable projects in the area include the Austin American Statesman Expansion, the Spring Condominium Towers, and Wells Branch Parkway. Richard is currently working on a Military Museum at Ft. Hood and several master-planned, single-family communities in Georgetown, Hutto, and Kyle. Richard will lead the Balcones Civic Association transition committee.

Bridget Keating – 8830 Silverarrow Circle – (Appointed April 2018, Elected May 2020) – After graduating from the University of Texas School of Nursing in 1985, Bridget moved to Westover Hills. She and her husband John have three daughters who attended Hill Elementary, Murchison Middle School, and Anderson High School. She has been active in PTAs and in booster clubs for various extracurricular activities, and she has served on the board for Capital of Texas Aquatics. She currently volunteers in various capacities for Foundation Communities, helping to provide quality programs and affordable housing for those who are working, but still struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living in Austin.

Mick Koffend – 4106 Cat Hollow Drive – (Appointed September 2021) – After graduating with a BS in Chemistry Mick joined the U.S. Navy in 1970. As a Naval Flight Officer, he earned his daily bread for about five years by being shot off an aircraft carrier. After the Navy, he went to Harvard Business School to get a MBA. Mick has been a Controller or the Chief Financial Officer of several small companies and as part of his mid-life crisis he became a CPA. In 2002 Mick and his wife, Mary, started a care management company, Accountable Aging Care Management.

Mary and Mick raised three daughters in Houston before they moved to Austin in 1998. They have lived in northwest Austin ever since. One of the daughters and her family now live in northwest Austin as well; all of the Austin grandchildren have attended Hill, Murchison and Anderson schools. Mick is committed to a world without multiple sclerosis (MS.) To this end, he has been trained as a MS Ambassador and serves on committees of the National MS Society. He is a member of several professional financial service organizations and is a Registered Financial Gerontologist™. Lastly Mick is a Bible Study class leader that likes to ride his bike and play bridge.

Kevin Kott – 6404 Williams Ridge Way – (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.

Mae Levitan – 4308 Deepwoods Drive (Appointed April 2023) – Mae is an Austin realtor, working with the Linda Welsh Realty Group since 2020. She is originally from Forest Hills, New York, and attended St. John’s University in Queens, New York. She and her husband Mark have two children who went to Paragon Prep and are graduates of Anderson High School’s IB Program. Both children currently live and work in New York City. They moved to Houston in 1989 so that Mark could complete his ophthalmology education at Cullen Eye Institute. They have lived in several cities since then, including Tampa, Florida; Dallas, Texas; Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; and Austin, Texas – where they’ve lived since 2002. Actively involved in the community, Mae has served as a Board Member at the Dell JCC and Congregation Agudas Achim for a total of 12 years. While in Pennsylvania, she chaired a fundraising gala for the American Diabetes Association (in honor of her father) that raised close to $100K for research. Her mottos: Do the right thing and pay it forward. Practicing these two will ensure you can sleep well at night.

Ben Luckens – 4221 Lostridge Drive – (Elected May 2020) – Ben has lived in Austin since 1978 and in Northwest Hills since 2005. For the past several years he has served on the NWACA Zoning and Transportation Committee. He is a retired city planner. He worked for the City of Austin for 21 years and was a planning consultant for 10 years. He currently serves on the Austin Design Commission. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Congress for the New Urbanism. He has a BA from the University of Kentucky and a Master of Planning degree from the University of Tennessee. His education also includes course work at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT.

He is married with an adult son. His hobbies include travel, photography, hiking, and following University of Kentucky athletics.

Connie Lundgren – 4101 Paint Rock Drive – (Appointed March 2018, Elected May 2020) – Connie is a native Texan and long-time Austinite. She and husband Wallace moved to the Austin area when Wallace went into the car business as Lundgren Chevrolet Pontiac in 1982. Wallace was responsible for the family moving to northwest hills in 1995, having spent many wonderful summers with his aunt, uncle, and cousins in their home on Greystone. While raising their daughters and caring for her grandmother who lived with their family for 18 years, Connie worked as a substitute teacher, managed the marketing of her husband’s car dealerships, and ran a full time real estate career from 2006 to the present. Both daughters have made Austin their home along with husbands and children. Connie holds a BA in journalism from the University of Houston and four real estate certifications including the Certified International Property Specialist. In addition to her involvement with NWACA, Connie volunteers for the Center for Child Protective Services and Women’s Guild.

Julie Rawlings – 8346 Summerwood Drive – (Appointed April 2018; elected May 2020; BCA Vice President 2015-2016) – Julie Rawlings is an army brat who moved from place to place with her family until attending the University of Texas at Austin. Following graduation, she worked in several capacities for the Texas Department of Health (microbiologist and epidemiologist). She retired, after 30 years of service, in 2005. She lived in Northwest Hills for more than a dozen years before finally buying in Summerwood in 2010. Julie served as president of the Summerwood Homeowners Association for five years prior to joining the NWACA board. You can see Julie and her corgi, Lyric, regularly walking Summerwood and the surrounding neighborhood.

Teri Schock – 8502 Alverstone Way – (Appointed April 2018; BCA Board Member 2015-2016, Elected May 2020) – A west Texas native, Teri has lived in Austin since 1990, when she attended the University of Texas. In addition to selling real estate since 1998, Teri has over 20 years of experience working with law firms in the litigation arena. She is also an active real estate investor in the Austin real estate market. Teri is a Certified Negotiation Expert and a Certified Probate Real Estate Specialist, and recently was elected to the Wolf Ranch Real Estate Advisory Board. Teri earned the Chairman’s Excellence Award – Aquamarine level, for recognition in top sales in 2016 and 2017. She has supported her community by coaching girls’ soccer, basketball, and kickball; and she has been involved with the Hill Elementary PTA. Teri is a board member of A Link to Hope, a non-profit organization which provides innovative therapies for stroke survivors and their caregivers. She continues to be a member of Impact Austin, a philanthropic organization which provides grants to non-profit organizations in Austin.

Joyce Statz – 5305 Valburn Circle (Elected May 2020) – Joyce is a retired IT professional who has lived in Northwest Hills with her husband David Hogan since 1984. She spends her time volunteering for her church, NWACA, the Austin Firewise Alliance, and several other organizations. Among her NWACA activities are performing home wildfire risk evaluations, coordinating the monthly newsletter, and handling the NWACA web site. In her free time, she enjoys gardening and walking in the neighborhood.

Julie Waidelich – 4303 Lostridge Drive – (Appointed April 2018, Elected May 2020) – Although a native Houstonian, Julie graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995, moved to Chicago for a few years, and returned to Austin in 1999. Together, she and her husband Scott have four children - Andrew, Jake, Sarah, and Tristan - and a maltipoo named Moose. As a real estate broker and owner, Julie took her passion for Austin, her community involvement, and her love of real estate to form Nest Properties Austin. She has been helping clients buy and sell real estate in Austin since 2000, and she has been fortunate to grow the firm through repeat business and referrals from loyal clients. Julie is actively involved in our local schools and community and enjoys giving back through her time and sponsorship of local events and organizations. She is a board member of the Anderson Band Booster Association and actively involved with National Charity League and the Pi Beta Phi alumni group. In her spare time, Julie enjoys running, cooking, playing tennis, volunteering and spending time with family and friends.

Dana Sharon Winer – 7136 Chimney Corners – (Appointed September 2021, Elected April 2022) – Dana is a native Austinite, proud Longhorn, and resident of Northwest Hills for the past 20 years. She has spent her career at Accenture, a technology services and consulting company, focusing on quality and process improvement. Dana enjoys volunteering for several organizations, including Congregation Agudas Achim, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, and Sigma Delta Tau. She has served as a volunteer tax preparer for Foundation Communities and as a Girl Scout cookie coordinator (contact her for a cookie hook-up!). Dana enjoys watching Longhorn football, spending time with her daughter who attends Murchison Middle School, and walking her peppy Chihuahua named Snow around the neighborhood.