Coopwood has been active in the community, serving on the Northwest Austin Civic Association board as vice president from 2009 to 2013.

Professional: Practiced general and trauma surgery in Austin from 1970 to 2003 and was on the staff of the Seton and St. David’s hospital systems. Was chief of surgery at Brackenridge Hospital from 1980 to 85 and the chief of medical staff in 1986. He also served as president of the Travis County Medical Society in 1995.

Awards: Physician of the Year at Brackenridge (1988) and the Travis County Medical Society (2004). Named by Austin Business Journal as a Healthcare Hero (2011).

In retirement, he has held several community board positions. He served as a member of the board of managers of Central Health from 2004 to 2015, serving as board chair for three years and serving on the Mayor’s Task Force on Aging and the Commission for Aging for one year. Dr. Coopwood is the current Chair Person for the CommUnityCare Board.

He has a background in food and beverage and in entertainment. Swenson volunteers at an Alzheimer’s respite program, where he plays the piano for sing-alongs and leads chair exercises. He is a longtime client of CommUnityCares’ David Powell Clinic and an advocate for LGBTQ rights, AIDS awareness, and the homeless. He joined the board as a community member in March of 2019 and is the current board Secretary.

Rios is an experienced banking and risk management professional. He is currently an assistant vice president at Texas Capital Bank, where he specializes in credit risk analysis and portfolio management for the Austin commercial market.

Rios is a graduate of Hispanic Austin Leadership (HAL), a leadership development program of the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. He now serves as the director of the HAL Alumni association. Rios is a member of the National Association of Community Health Centers, an INDIEpendent ambassador of the Austin Film Society, and a graduate of the Austin Independent School District’s UpClose education advocacy program. Rios is a strong advocate for local economic and business development, leadership development, public health services, education and the arts. In his spare time, he enjoys attending sporting events and film/music festivals that our amazing Austin community offers.

Her professional pursuits have included employment as a Licensed Vocational Nurse, a Telecommunications Trainer and a Programming Technician. Her faith-based activities include serving as a member of the clergy staff at the Travis County Correction Complex in Del Valle, ten years of church administration at Austin Transitional Center, and participation in a finance mentoring program. She is also a leader for Celebrate Recovery, a Christian 12-step program.

Brooks-Shirley has received numerous professional recognitions from her employers and many certificates of recognition for Prison Ministry. She is also head of the Prison Ministry at Greater Mount Zion Church.

She has served as a CommUnityCare Health Centers board member since January 2010 and is a founding member of the board’s Patient Experience Committee. She serves on the Strategic Planning, Vice chair of the Patient Experience and Population Health committees. She also chairs the Nominating and Governance committee.

Brooks-Shirley lives in Austin and has a son and five grandchildren. Her hobbies include writing poetry, becoming a published author of a book of poems, singing and community service.

Steven joined the firm in August 2013 after three years with the City of Austin, as Prosecutor in the Municipal Prosecution division where he prosecuted hundreds of cases and over twenty jury trials and then as an Assistant City Attorney in the Employment and Public Safety Division advising multiple city departments on employment issues as in-house counsel. Since joining the firm Steven has represented clients in a variety of labor and employment issues including negotiating initial collective bargaining agreements, litigating non-compete and trade secret matters, advising clients on thorny work separation decisions, assisting with federal and state agency compliance and investigations, and of course, defending employment claims brought against his clients.

Carlos is a passionate advocate for the Latino community, whose Hands Anonymous Project is dedicated to serving. Their mission is to empower families to defeat abuse, discrimination and achieve social justice.

Carlos has a Master´s degree in Counseling and in Business Administration from St. Edwards University. He’s a problem solver with excellent verbal/writing communication skills, a superior work ethic, and a team player.

Carlos joined the CUC Board because he wants to advocate for better community health services for the underserved.

She now has the pleasure of being a member of the East Austin Coalition for Quality Education as well as a members of the Winn Elementary Campus Advisory Committee.  Due to her recent part-time retirement, she can now focus her attention on new ventures such as entrepreneurship and travel.   

In addition to being an active member of the board of directors, Locklear donates her massage therapy and wellness skills at community health fairs. She worked for Capital Metro for 10 years, driving a bus for special-needs riders. This is where, she said, she developed her passion to help the medically underserved.

Dr. Price’s retirement project is to work toward improving the American healthcare system. He is particularly passionate about regular exercise to delay or prevent chronic disease. He tries to set a good example by completing hundreds of triathlons, including Hawaii Ironman. He has completed a published study documenting the benefits of exercise in pregnancy.   

Dr. Price and his wife Maria Inez have two sons, Stephen, a radiologist in Austin, and Matthew, a full-time musician. 

Dr. Price earned his degree in psychology at Stanford University and graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. 

Pastor Samano has been instrumental in helping to meet the health care needs of this underserved community by partnering with CommUnityCare the past three years to bring health services to his parishioners.

He is part of the Global Proclamation Academy, which is a partnership of 27 pastors, in addition to holding a position as a professor at the All Nation Seminar, conducting classes for students in the pastors and master’s programs.

Pastor Samano is pursuing his education by applying to a master’s program in divinity and plans to work toward a Ph.D. in divinity. He is married and has three children.

In addition to her professional experience at IBM, Siles has also been a part of the Hispanic Employee Resource Group at IBM Austin for the past 10 years and served as the chair the for previous two. Siles received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from George Mason University in May 2007 and is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Technology Commercialization at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business. Siles is also a 2012 graduate of the Hispanic Austin Leadership program. Last summer she began serving as the chair for the National Academic Committee of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Inc.

Siles’ other volunteer work includes serving as chair for the board of directors for the nonprofit Latinitas and on the board for CommUnityCare Health Centers.

Williams and her husband relocated in 2010 to Austin, where they continue to happily reside. Williams currently assists as a local coordinator with international experience and has hosted exchange students from Finland, Suriname, Switzerland and Spain. She is also a substitute teacher for the Manor Independent School District.

Williams enthusiastically welcomes the opportunity to help CommUnityCare provide quality health care for residents of Travis County. She currently serves as the chair of the Patient Experience Committee.

Sanchez also spends time lending support to the Austin International Drag Festival and the AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service. He also enjoys volunteering his photography skills to these organizations.

Sanchez shares he is excited to serve on the board of directors to be an advocate for increasing access to health services.

Sanchez moved to Austin in 1997, originally from McAllen, Texas. He graduated from McAllen High School in 1975.