Courtney has consistently demonstrated extraordinary leadership by spearheading initiatives that uplift our community. Under her guidance, the Kids In Cool Shoes (KICS) program was created in 2016. She currently serves as a double-placed Sustainer, on both the Coats for Kids and KICS committees. In addition to chairing Coats for Kids and KICs, Courtney has served as a Nominating Committee Member, Board Member at Large, Training and Education Chair and was selected as an AJLI ODI attendee.

Courtney’s ethos of philanthropy, volunteerism, and community engagement has been informed and shaped by her JLA affiliation. As a brand new Austinite, she founded Austin Involved, a nonprofit dedicated to helping young adults find relevant philanthropic opportunities. She created the Board Internship Program, which is now a part of I Live Here I Give Here, to identify and train young people and POC as nonprofit board members and was the basis for the nonprofit board training program used by JLA. Courtney’s 2013 graduate research paper on how nonprofits can nurture and develop their clients into future volunteers and donors won the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Outstanding Graduate Research award and became the basis for her first book, “The Giving Prescription: A Personal Plan for Healing Through Helping”. She continues to lead and mentor in our community, having served on the board of directors for other local nonprofit organizations such as the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Animal Trustees of Austin, the LIVESTRONG Young Leaders Cancer Council, and on the Mayor’s Council for the Austin Cities of Service.

Courtney is an international professional speaker who delivers keynote presentations about resilience, perspective, adapting faster, and achieving more through content-based motivation. She has been featured in Forbes, Psychology Today, USA Today and the Chicago Tribune. Her current client list includes Whataburger, Dell, Nike, Cisco and Marriott Hotels. She has served as a philanthropy consultant to clients such as LIVESTRONG, the Austin Community Foundation and Austin’s Campaign for Philanthropy (I Live Here, I Give Here).

Courtney has received much recognition for her personal and professional work including: Austin Under 40 award winner, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Austin “Woman of the Year”, Austin Monthly “20 in their 30s”, Leadership Austin Ascendant Award, GivingCity Magazine “The New Philanthropists” Finalist, Austin Business Journal Women of Influence Awards

Courtney’s  innovative thinking, compassionate leadership, and unique ability to foster collaboration have set a benchmark for excellence and made her truly deserving of the Volunteer Extraordinaire award.