Whereas Christina Gorczynski has been the Executive Director of Impact Austin since August 2018;
Whereas Christina took the Executive Director position with enthusiasm, passion, and a vision; and
Whereas in the four years since Christina was Executive Director, she has:
increased Impact Austin’s membership and revenue,
professionalized the organization with structure and insightfulness for membership experience and volunteer success,
created an environment of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging,
created and built critical bridges and relationships for the benefit of Impact Austin and its membership,
elevated Impact Austin’s leadership in the community to help advocate for inclusivity and community justice,
through the COVID-19 pandemic, guided Impact Austin through a full pivot for operations, grant review and grant making, events, membership experience, and call to action to support our Community Partners and other non-profit organizations, and
given her all to the betterment of Impact Austin, the Board, our membership, trust-based philanthropy and non-profit community in Central Texas; now, therefore be it
Resolved, that the Impact Austin Board of Directors:
1. expresses its heartfelt, deep, and sincere thanks and gratitude to Christina for:
every ounce of effort and work she has done for Impact Austin;
every smile made and tears shed for the betterment of Impact Austin;
all of the heavy lifting she endured and managed to move Impact Austin to where it is today;
every decision, collaboration, consensus building, and relationship creation that defined her role as Executive Director of Impact Austin; and
leaving the organization and its membership in a much better place than when she accepted her position;
2. formally recognizes her family – Brett Merfish and sweet Mateo (who we have known
before and after he was brought into his loving family) - and thanks them for sharing
Christina with us;
3. expresses its complete and total support for Christina and her family as she navigates
to her next chapter; and
4. expresses its love for Christina as a person who has filled us with passion through her persona, her strengths and talents, and her wisdom.
The Board unanimously approved this motion on 8th day of June, 2022.
