New Executive Director Raul Alvarez brings a history of service to our community and to CAN.
 

Community Advancement Network announces 
Raul Alvarez 
as new Executive Director
 
 
It is a privilege and an honor to be asked to lead Community Advancement Network.  Our community faces many challenges, and I believe the power of the relationships and collaborations that are fostered between leaders of the CAN partner organizations can make a huge difference in how we meet these challenges. 

I look forward to working with everyone in the CAN network to achieve CAN's vision of equity and opportunity for all people. 




The new CAN Executive Director is familiar to many in Austin.  Raul Alvarez served as an Austin City Council member from 2000 to 2006 and represented the City Council as a member of CAN's governing board during that time.  In 2004, he was elected Chair of the CAN governing board.  

Since 2007, Alvarez has worked for the Austin Independent School District.  First in the Office of Redesign as a Grassroots Community Organizer, where he managed initiatives for engaging parents and community in support of AISD's redesign activities.  In 2010 he became Administrative Supervisor of AISD's School Turnaround Initiative and has served as the lead AISD staff member with external projects and collaborations, including the My Brother's Keeper Initiative, Hispanic Futures Program, Missing School Matters Task Force, Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color, and the Eliminating Crime & Violence Community Collaboration. 

Alvarez served as a Trustee for Austin Community College from 2008 - 2010.  He has also served on the Capital Metro Board of Directors, the Electric Utility Commission, and as a member of the Austin City Council's Telecommunications, Healthcare and Minority/Women-Owned Business Subcommittees. Alvarez is currently active on the board of the East Austin Conservancy and is a founding member of Futuro Fund Austin.

Alvarez holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin.

 
Let our new Executive Director know how you think CAN is doing and how it can shape its work in the future.  Take the CAN stakeholder survey.