The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
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Who We Are

The Literacy Coalition of Central Texas (LCCT) is a nonprofit organization working to alleviate illiteracy across the lifespan by strengthening our community’s network of literacy programs.

Our mission is to strengthen Central Texas literacy education providers through advocacy, research, training and resource development.

Our vision is to mobilize providers, learners, employers, educators, policy makers and other stakeholders to create a central Texas community that is 100% literate, employable, and engaged.

Get to know us!

Our Board of Directors:

Chair: Loretta Holland, Prospect Consulting

Vice Chair: Vanessa A. Gonzalez, Allison, Bass & Associates, L.L.P.

Immediate Past Chair: Jon Engel, Community Action, Inc.

Treasurer: Tom Wilkinson, PMB Helin Donovan, LLP

Secretary: Nancy Hammel, Travis County Attorney's Office

Stan Ashlock, Texas State University

David Borden, Austin Community College

Retta Kelley, Austin-American Statesman

Michael Mackert, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Michael Simons, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

Mark Stacey, Milagro Advisory Group

Rosalynn Tuggle, Hewlett Packard

Lynn Wolfe, City of Austin

 

 Our Member Literacy Service Providers:

Advocacy Outreach of Elgin American Youthworks
AmeriCorps for Community Engagement and Education (ACEE)
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries Any Baby Can
Austin Community College Austin Area Urban League
Austin Learning Academy Austin Independent School District
Avance Austin Public Libraries
Capital Idea BookSpring
Catholic Charities of Central Texas Caritas of Austin
Community Action, Inc. Communities in Schools
El Buen Samaritano East Side Community Connection
Family Connections English at Work
Gonzales Learning and Career Center Foundation Communities
Lifeworks Literacy Leander ISD EL Civics
Literacy Council of Williamson County Linking Languages
Literacy Volunteers of Wimberley Literacy Volunteers of Bastrop
Rawson-Saunders School Manos de Cristo
Texas Cooperative Extension Scottish Rite Learning Center

Our Staff:

Executive Director, Meg Poag

Ms. Poag received her Master’s of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin.  Meg served for two years as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas School of Social Work and has focused her professional career facilitating a variety of collaborative community-building efforts.  In her thirteen years of professional experience in human services, Ms. Poag has worked in direct practice, administration and community planning in the areas of housing stability and affordability, substance abuse, mental health treatment, early childhood education, literacy, and services for the elderly and survivors of domestic violence.

Program Manager, Nichole Lopez

Nichole Lopez graduated from the University of Maryland at College Park with a Master’s degree in Public Policy and a concentration in International Development. Previously, Nichole worked as Program Coordinator and Research Assistant for the African American Studies Department and the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. Nichole is bilingual, and an experienced instructor of English as a Second Language. In addition, she is a certified ‘trainer of trainers’ for adult literacy programs.

Jen Freeman

Literacy Advancement Program Specialist

Peter Morrison

Health Literacy Program Specialist