Our Staff
Foundation employees are committed to the mental health and well-being of all Texans and prioritize a culture in which everyone adheres to shared core values that inform our work.
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Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr.
Executive Director
Dr. Martinez is the fifth Executive Director to lead the foundation since its creation in 1940. He oversees the vision, mission, goals, strategic planning, and day-to-day operations of the foundation.
(512) 471-7625

Margarita Alvarez
Facilities & Travel Specialist
Margarita joined the foundation in 1990. As Facilities & Travel Specialist, she coordinates travel and manages the front office. Previously, she served as Operations Associate and as a Grants Associate in the foundation’s grants management unit.
(512) 471-5041

Lexi Arons
Grants Coordinator
Lexi has served in a variety of roles with the foundation since 2009. As Grants Coordinator, she facilitates applicant and grantee processes and is the go-to for questions about the foundation’s grants management system, Fluxx.
(512) 475-7089

Mary Capps
Cross Unit Liaison
Mary serves as Cross Unit Liaison for the foundation, working across teams on a variety of projects with an eye toward process optimization and strengthening cross-unit collaboration.
(512) 232-6287

Vicky Coffee
Director of Programs
Vicky, who has been with the foundation since 2007, has committed more than 30 years to increasing awareness, offering services, and enhancing systems to support individuals, youth and families living with mental health conditions in Texas.
(512) 475-7057

Ike Evans
Communications Manager
Ike Evans has been at the foundation since 2012. As the Communications Manager, his roles include marketing communications, media outreach and assisting with implementing the foundation’s overall communications strategy.
(512) 471-4804

Anna Harris
Executive Assistant
Anna Harris joined the foundation in 2020, serving as the executive assistant to the director. Previously she worked in the non-profit sector, providing administrative leadership for the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) and others.
(512) 471-7625

Tammy Heinz
Senior Program Officer and Consumer & Family Liaison
Tammy has been with the foundation since 2009, bringing her lived experiences with mental health issues, recovery, resiliency, and well-being to the work of the foundation’s strategic planning, grant making, communication, programming, and policy activities. Tammy co-leads the Collaborative Approaches to Well-being in Rural Communities Initiative among other grant projects in her portfolio.
(512) 471-7635

Shannon Hoffman
Policy Program Specialist
Shannon joined the foundation in 2018. She assists the policy unit in providing education on mental health topics to elected officials, advocates, state agencies, and other stakeholders.
(512) 471-7627

Emily Ibarra, MPAff
Program Fellow
Emily Ibarra is fhe first ever Program Fellow for the Hogg Foundation. She supports learning efforts around community development and public health throughout the foundation and with external stakeholders across Texas. She is a graduate of the LBJ School of Public Affairs with a master’s in public affairs.

Alison Mohr Boleware, LMSW
Director of Policy
Alison returned to the Foundation in 2022 after previously serving as the Policy Fellow from 2015 to early 2018. She leads the Foundation’s policy unit to educate on public policy initiatives that support mental health and well-being for all Texans. She is a licensed social worker and an MSSW graduate of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
(512) 471-2988

Krystal Mullins
Senior Operations Associate
Krystal joined the foundation in 2017. As the Senior Operations Associate, she handles procurement duties, as well as event and meeting coordination.
(512) 475-7083

Angela Ott
Policy Fellow
Angela Ott is the current Policy Fellow at the Hogg Foundation. She assists foundation policy staff with activities designed to generate mental health and substance use policies that improve the mental health and wellness of Texans. She is a recent MSSW graduate of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work.
(512) 471-9150

Taylor Payne
Postdoctoral Fellow
Taylor serves as a postdoctoral fellow for the foundation. In this role she is supporting the development of the data justice for mental health initiative. Her main research interests focus on identity, discrimination, educational equity, burnout and well-being.

Edward Reed
Senior Systems Administrator
Ed serves as Senior Systems Administrator for the foundation. For more than ten years, he has provided server, network and database support. Ed is partial to cooking and healthy eating, and enjoys the view from his office very much!
(512) 475-7050

Kate Rooni
Public Affairs Specialist
Kate serves as Public Affairs Specialist for the foundation. She assists in developing and implementing communications activities that inform and educate key audiences about the Hogg Foundation and its programs and activities.
(512) 466-5647

Elizabeth Stauber
Archivist and Records Manager
Elizabeth serves as Archivist and Records Manager for the foundation. In this role, she collects, assesses, organizes, preserves and provides access to historically significant records produced by the foundation over the last 75+ years.
(512) 471-2811

Crystal Viagran
Director of Finance & Operations
As Director of Finance and Operations, Crystal oversees the foundation’s fiscal operations including grants management, accounting, procurement and endowments, and works with IT services, archives and office management.
(512) 471-7634

Darrell Wiggins
Digital Content Strategist
Darrell works with the communications manager and public affairs specialist in creating and managing the foundation’s digital content and assists foundation staff in creating branded and accessible materials for our audiences.
(512) 471-9142

Rick Ybarra
Senior Program Officer
Rick joined the foundation in 2007 where he serves as Senior Program Officer and leads the Integrated Health Care Initiative and co-leads the Collaborative Approaches to Well-Being in Rural Communities initiative.
(512) 471-9154