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Patsy Woods Martin |
Founder and Executive Director
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98 San Jacinto Blvd.
Suite 1200 |
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Austin, Texas 78701 |
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As founder and executive director of I Live Here, I Give Here, the Central Texas Campaign for Philanthropy, Patsy Woods Martin leads a collaboration of individual philanthropists, nonprofit organizations, family foundations, local businesses and religious leaders. The group is working to increase awareness of the needs in Central Texas and the role each of us can play in creating solutions to those needs. This pioneering movement to deepen and expand the culture of personal philanthropy in our community by inspiring Central Texans to give more and more Central Texans to give is built on public awareness, nonprofit mobilization, and donor education. The public awareness campaign includes an interactive and informational Website, area-wide advertising and a grassroots outreach program led by over 100 volunteers from around Central Texas.
Before assuming her role at I Live Here, I Give Here, Patsy was the vice president of resource development for United Way Capital Area. She has been a key fundraiser and volunteer for a wide range of Austin nonprofit organizations for over twenty years. Patsy currently serves on the board of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, the Women’s Fund of Central Texas and the advisory board of the newly created Legacy of Giving, an initiatives to expose children to philanthropy. She is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Junior League of Austin, Leadership Austin, and is a founding member of Impact Austin and UWCA’s Women’s Leadership Council. She has also co-chaired galas for the Helping Hand Home for Children and Hospice Austin and was a member of the Board of Regents at Texas Tech University. Patsy has been recognized by Ballet Austin as a “Woman on Her Toes”; by the Junior League of Austin as “Volunteer Extraordinaire” and by the Girl Scouts of Central Texas as a “Woman of Distinction.”
A fourth generation rancher in Montague County, Texas, Patsy is active in her family ranching and oil business.
Patsy and her husband Jack have three grown children and have called Austin home for over 30 years. |
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