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Board of directors
Jim Cannon has worked in the finance and M&A advisory field for more than 20 years. Jim’s formal education was at the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Jim is a principle with MD Cress & Associates, an international advisory firm focused on optimization, growth and acquisitions strategies. He is also affiliated and licensed through Crescent Securities Group, a registered broker dealer headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Jim is active in civic affairs; he is currently on the Board of Directors of CapCityKids, Be an Artist Program and SongwritingWith:Soldiers. He is also active in other local charities including Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Austin Baptist Chapel (Angel House) and The Neighborhood. Jim is married to Victoria Cannon and has two children, a daughter, Quinn, and a son, Nathan. Jim is an avid mountain bike rider and supporter of University of Texas athletics.
Joslyn Dobson is an institutional investment manager and private investor who founded and sold Palladium Capital Management after managing assets for Criterion Asset Management in Houston and Boston. She is currently the managing Partner of JDSD Investments LTD., and advises several family offices, explores venture philanthropic opportunities and is a board member and co-founder of CapCityKids. She is also on the board of advisors to the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work and Oncopep, a Boston-based vaccine development company targeting cancer. She resides in Austin, Texas, has been married to Sean Dobson for 16 years and they have two children, Sean-Karl, 9, and Johanna Grace, 8.
Sean Dobson, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, has been the head trader at Amherst Securities since 2000. Amherst Securities is a registered broker-dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. He currently serves on the Executive Committee for the MBS and Securitized Products Division of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Mr. Dobson has more than 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry, including previous positions with Spires Financial and the MMAR Group, Inc. Joslyn and Sean have two children, Sean-Karl and Johanna Grace. Sean and Joslyn co-founded Capital City Fund for Education in Austin, Texas after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans sending many homeless children to Texas.
Mike Lawrence is is an attorney who has practiced law in Austin for more than 30 years. For almost 20 years, he was a litigator in complex civil litigation as a partner in a major Austin law firm. He is now practicing on South Congress at Lawrence & Stenson Law, and splits his time between commercial litigation matters, commercial transaction work, commerical and residential real estate and entertainment law, and pursuit of community activities including legal support and hands-on charitable work with his church and other nonprofit charity groups, including A Spacious Place, CapCityKids, Mobil Loaves & Fishes, Austin Baptist Chapel and American YouthWorks. As a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin ("Hook 'em, Horns"), Mike graduated with a Plan II BA with highest honors in 1974 and a JD with honors in 1977. He had the distinct privilege of doing his Plan II senior thesis with the mentoring of Dr. Charles Hartshorne exploring the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and the intricacies of process theology. Mike and his wife, Kathie, have three children and three grandchildren. Mike is an avid music lover and guitarist. He particularly treasures sharing music with children at the summer camps sponsored by A Spacious Place. He is also a writer.
Amy Kinkade, principal at Mathews Elementary School, has 30 years experience in education. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. Mrs. Kinkade taught students who had special needs in both El Paso and Austin. She started her administrative career first as a Special Education Instructional Coordinator for the Austin I.S.D. and then as a campus administrator. Campus administrator jobs have been: Casis Elementary School principal, 12 years; Mills Elementary School, 3 years; Austin Jewish Academy (Head of School—4 years); Mathews Elementary School, 5 years. Mrs. Kinkade has had the opportunity to work with students, teachers, and parents in each of these communities. Her passion for meeting the unique learning style of each student and supporting the teaching style of each teacher make her an administrator who is able to build relationships with students, teachers, and the community.
Steve Gorman has been the head of Information Technology at Amherst Securities Group, LP since 2000 and also serves on the board of Amherst Holdings, LLC. Steve, originally from Houston, was a founding partner of Spires Financial, LP and previously worked with Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York City. He has over 25 years of experience in information technology in the securities industry. Steve enjoys biking around Austin and especially on the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike trail. He also likes attending plays in Austin at the Bass Concert Hall and the Long Center for the Performing Arts.