Executive Office
Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., Executive Director
A native Texan and licensed psychiatrist, Dr. Martinez is the fifth executive director and the first Hispanic to lead the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health since its creation in 1940. As chief executive officer, he oversees the vision, mission, goals, strategic planning and day to day operations of the foundation.
Learn more about Dr. Martinez.
Contact: (512) 471-7625, Hogg-ED@austin.utexas.edu
Initiatives and Grant Programs
Dr. Lynda Frost, Director of Planning & Programs
Dr. Lynda Frost serves as the director of planning and programs at the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, where she oversees major initiatives and grant programs, leads strategic and operational planning, and manages program staff. An experienced administrator and attorney with legal expertise in human rights, juvenile justice, criminal law and mediation, Lynda joined the foundation as associate director in 2003.
Contact: (512) 471-9150, lynda.frost@austin.utexas.edu
Stephany Bryan, Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison
Stephany Bryan serves as program officer and consumer & family liaison for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She represents the perspectives of consumers of mental health services and their families in the Hogg Foundation’s strategic planning, grant making, programs and policy activities.
Vicky Coffee, Program Manager
Vicky Coffee joined the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health as a program manager in 2007 and later became program manager. She leads initiatives to improve the mental health of children and their families in Houston, enhance the mental health workforce, and promote consumer, youth and family involvement in mental health policies and services in Texas.
Contact: (512) 475-7057, vicky.coffee@austin.utexas.edu
Tammy Heinz, Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison
Tammy Heinz serves as program officer and consumer & family liaison for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She represents the perspectives of consumers of mental health services and their families in the Hogg Foundation’s strategic planning, grant making, programs and policy activities.
Contact: (512) 471-7635, tammy.heinz@austin.utexas.edu
Colleen Horton, Program Officer
Colleen Horton serves as a program officer for the Hogg Foundation, leading the foundation’s mental health policy unit and managing policy-related grants and activities. She also provides information and technical assistance upon request to legislators, legislative staff, state agency staff, as well as consumers and families on mental health topics.
Alison Boleware, Policy Fellow
Alison Boleware serves as a policy fellow for the foundation, assisting foundation program staff in policy-related initiatives designed to generate mental health policies that improve the mental health and wellness of Texans.
Contact: (512) 471-7627, alison@austin.utexas.edu
Rick Ybarra, Program Officer
Rick Ybarra serves as program officer for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and leads the foundation’s Integrated Health Care Initiative. With over 25 years of clinical and administrative experience in both private and public sector behavioral health, Rick’s policy and program experience extends to county, state and national efforts promoting reforms, public policies and clinical practice to improve effective service delivery and health equity for racial/ethnic populations. Ybarra joined the foundation in 2007.
Contact: (512) 471-9154, rick.ybarra@austin.utexas.edu
Mary Capps, Program Associate
Communications
Haila Yates, Communications Manager
Haila Yates serves as Communications Manager for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She has more than a decade of nonprofit marketing experience, specializing in integrated marketing strategy, branding and positioning, copy writing, and graphic design.
Contact: (512) 471-9142, haila.yates@austin.utexas.edu
Ike Evans, Public Affairs Representative
Ike Evans serves as the Public Affairs Representative for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Contact: (512) 471-4804, imani.evans@austin.utexas.edu
Kate Smallwood, Digital Media Strategist
Kate Smallwood serves as Digital Media Strategist for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. A native Texan, she has worked in Austin’s nonprofit and higher education sectors for more than a dozen years in the areas of communications, community relations and fund development. Kate enjoys working at intersection of good ideas and generous philanthropy and joined the foundation in 2017 to continue on this path.
Contact: (512) 471-7631, kate.smallwood@austin.utexas.edu
Finance and Operations
Bridget Lawrence, Assistant Director of Finance and Operations
Bridget Lawrence serves as assistant director of finance and operations for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She has a finance degree from Texas A&M University and a MBA from Texas A&M University – Commerce. She began her career with The University of Texas in 2008 and joined the Hogg Foundation in 2015.
Contact: (512) 471-2982, bridgetl@austin.utexas.edu
Margarita Alvarez, Operations Associate
Margarita Alvarez joined the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health in October 1990. She has served in various administrative support positions including grants management, records management, travel, and front office operations. Prior to joining the foundation, Margarita worked for six years at the School of Social Work and sixteen years with various state government agencies providing administrative technical support.
Contact: (512) 471-5041, margarita.alvarez@austin.utexas.edu
Lexi Banihashemrad, Grants Associate
Lexi Banihashemrad serves as the grants associate for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She is a native Austinite, loves hiking with her fiancée and their dogs! Highly enjoys working with Foundation staff in such an impactful field.
Contact: (512) 475-7089, lexi.banihashemrad@austin.utexas.edu
Alisha Camacho, Operations Associate
Alisha Camacho serves as an operations associate for the foundation where she coordinates events and manages procurement duties. She is a 2014 graduate of the University of Texas. Prior to joining the foundation in 2016, Alisha spent five years with the University of Texas School of Law.
Contact: (512) 475-7083, alisha.camacho@austin.utexas.edu
Edward Reed, Systems Administrator
Edward Reed serves as the systems administrator for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. Ed has been with the foundation for over 10 years, providing server, network, and database support. He’s partial to cooking and healthy eating. He also enjoys the view from his office very much.
Contact: (512) 475-7050, ed.reed@austin.utexas.edu
Elizabeth Stauber, Archivist and Records Manager
Elizabeth Stauber serves as the archivist and records manager for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. She has a Master of Science in Information Studies with a focus on Archives and Preservation from The University of Texas at Austin. She has helped many organizations preserve their analog and electronic records for future generations – from museums to news organizations. Before entering the archives profession she worked at an artist agency in New York City, managing artist portfolios. Elizabeth enjoys spending her weekends camping, hiking, and winning Fitbit challenges.
Contact: elizabeth.stauber@austin.utexas.edu
Crystal Viagran, Grants Manager
Crystal Viagran is originally from San Antonio, TX. She moved to Austin in 1994 to attend the University of Texas. She has been with UT for 13 years and joined the Hogg Foundation in 2013. Crystal serves as the grants manager and a member of the operations team.
Contact: (512) 471-7634, crystal.viagran@austin.utexas.edu
Reception
Contact: (512) 471-5041