Joe Barton, President - In 2014 Joe relocated from Canada to begin his career in Austin as a Game Developer with his two young kids. They have enjoyed learning and exploring the Austin area together since they arrived. The following year he enrolled his kids into ATX Kids Club, which they have insisted on returning at every opportunity. After seeing first hand the positive effect the program had on his son children he wanted to help ATX Kids Club and has since joined the Board of Directors to do so.
Qainta Harris, Board Member
With a love of volunteering and working with children, Qainta has developed a career in healthcare that has always involved working with the community like volunteering with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. For years, as a R.N. and a mother, she was on a search for an active and educational summer program for her son that led her to discover ATX Kids Club. Upon realizing the lasting and positive impact the program had on her son, she wanted to become involved with ATX Kids Club. Qainta has been serving on the board of ATX Kids Club since Spring of 2016.
With a love of volunteering and working with children, Qainta has developed a career in healthcare that has always involved working with the community like volunteering with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. For years, as a R.N. and a mother, she was on a search for an active and educational summer program for her son that led her to discover ATX Kids Club. Upon realizing the lasting and positive impact the program had on her son, she wanted to become involved with ATX Kids Club. Qainta has been serving on the board of ATX Kids Club since Spring of 2016.
Maria Calaf, Board Member
Maria Amelia Calaf is an accomplished litigator with first-chair experience trying cases and representing clients before federal and state district and appellate courts throughout the country. Even with her impressive resume representing Fortune 100 companies to the State of Texas, and more, Maria has spent much of her time being an advocate of for children’s education, domestic violence survivors, and women of color.
Maria Amelia Calaf is an accomplished litigator with first-chair experience trying cases and representing clients before federal and state district and appellate courts throughout the country. Even with her impressive resume representing Fortune 100 companies to the State of Texas, and more, Maria has spent much of her time being an advocate of for children’s education, domestic violence survivors, and women of color.
Tamzin Cochrane, Board Member
Food activist and childhood nutrition advocate, Tamzin helps companies and schools educate around and create a culture and environment that truly supports healthy eating. Her company, Pinny and Trowel, has been a longtime partner of ATX Kids Club’s in creating educational and engaging activities for ATX Kids Club children. Tamzin has been a supporter of ATX Kids Club for years and has recently joined as a Board Member to further the organizations mission.
Food activist and childhood nutrition advocate, Tamzin helps companies and schools educate around and create a culture and environment that truly supports healthy eating. Her company, Pinny and Trowel, has been a longtime partner of ATX Kids Club’s in creating educational and engaging activities for ATX Kids Club children. Tamzin has been a supporter of ATX Kids Club for years and has recently joined as a Board Member to further the organizations mission.
Madalina Campagna, Board Member
Madalina Campagna is the Operations Manager for the Gift and Estate Planning Team at the University of Texas at Austin Development Office. She is the primary liaison between the Gift and Estate Planning Team, UT System, and university colleges, schools and units on matters relating to distributions from estates and testamentary gifts to UT and helps manage marketing, communications, stewardship and onboarding. A UT alumna, Madalina started working at UT Austin in 2016 and previously worked for the Center for Enhancing Philanthropy at UT System. Prior to this she held roles in grant writing, legal research and gift and estate planning. She has proven to be an invaluable resource as an ATX Kids Club Board Member.
Madalina Campagna is the Operations Manager for the Gift and Estate Planning Team at the University of Texas at Austin Development Office. She is the primary liaison between the Gift and Estate Planning Team, UT System, and university colleges, schools and units on matters relating to distributions from estates and testamentary gifts to UT and helps manage marketing, communications, stewardship and onboarding. A UT alumna, Madalina started working at UT Austin in 2016 and previously worked for the Center for Enhancing Philanthropy at UT System. Prior to this she held roles in grant writing, legal research and gift and estate planning. She has proven to be an invaluable resource as an ATX Kids Club Board Member.
Emily McKelvey, Board Member
Emily is an Associate Director for Social Finance, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress by developing innovative financing tools for the social sector. Prior to joining Social Finance, Emily worked in strategy consulting. She holds a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Originally from the Northeast, Emily spent her summers growing up visiting her grandparents in South Central Pennsylvania and attending a nearby Adventure Camp. She still cherishes the memories of community, adventure, and independence that she gained from camp and is proud to be working with an organization that provides those same experiences for campers today!
Emily is an Associate Director for Social Finance, a nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing capital to drive social progress by developing innovative financing tools for the social sector. Prior to joining Social Finance, Emily worked in strategy consulting. She holds a BA in Public Policy from Duke University and an MBA in Finance from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Originally from the Northeast, Emily spent her summers growing up visiting her grandparents in South Central Pennsylvania and attending a nearby Adventure Camp. She still cherishes the memories of community, adventure, and independence that she gained from camp and is proud to be working with an organization that provides those same experiences for campers today!