Our Leadership
Sarah Wauters, Interim Executive Director
As Interim Executive Director of Kids in a New Groove (KING), Sarah Wauters uses her knowledge and passion for helping others to advance the nonprofit’s mission to provide Texas youth in foster care with a committed one-on-one mentoring relationship through weekly private music instruction, giving students the ability to build concrete strategies for life-long success.
Sarah first joined KING in 2018 as program manager bringing her extensive experience in program management, relationship building, fundraising, community outreach and event planning. For more than 10 years, Sarah has been serving nonprofits in Austin including Integral Care, March of Dimes and the Livestrong Foundation. Sarah, a fluent dual-language speaker in English and Spanish, holds a B.S. in psychology from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra in the Dominican Republic. She enjoys traveling and reading and is currently teaching her husband and two children how to dance merengue and bachata.
Our Board
Nicole Watson
Chairman of the Board
Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce.org
Mary League
Secretary
Vice President Global Human Resources, Apollo Endosurgery
Mark Porter
Treasurer
Advisor at Brinson Benefits
Elizabeth Rogers
Compliance Officer
Shareholder, Privacy & Data Security at Greenberg Traurig
Clint Strait
Vice President, Strait Music Company
Dana Keeven
Senior Contract Divisions Manager, C3 Presents
Dorian Colbert
Instructor of Psychology at Huston-Tilloston University
Hector Beltran
Program Committee Chair
Systems Analyst, Managing and Reporting Statistics, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Jenna Reblin
Staff Attorney, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Julie Fiore
Director of Audience Experience, Austin Opera
Founder and Producer, One Ounce Opera
Karyn Scott
Founder of Kids in a New Groove & Lifetime Board Member
Lowell Keig
Division Director for Texas Workforce Commission, Civil Rights Division
Mitch Flax
Fundraising Committee Chair
Managing Director, Emerging Markets at MassMutual Workplace Solutions
Quinn Donahue
Owner, QD Presents