AGLCC Board Members

Amy Cook, Amy R. Cook, CPA
President

Amy has been active in AGLCC since 2002. During that time she has served as Programs Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and now President. In addition to her work with AGLCC she has served in multiple capacities within aGLIFF, Club Skirt, Austin Women’s Symphony, BNI, HRC, and the Dallas Women’s Business Network. After working in national and large local CPA firms, Amy began her own practice in 1998 after moving back to Austin. Her practice specializes in serving the accounting needs of individuals and businesses.

Jimmy Flannigan, Site Street, Inc.
Vice President

Jimmy started Site Street in 1997 from his dorm room at The University of Texas.  Site Street first joined the AGLCC in 1999, making the company the longest-serving member of the chamber.  The company was also the first company in Texas and the first web services company in the world to be LGBT-certified by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).  Jimmy previously served on the board of the AGLCC from 2001-2009 including as board president from 2007-2009.  He also served as regional chair at the NGLCC in 2008 and 2009.

Rick Holmberg
Secretary

Rick has been on the AGLCC board since 2009. He was on the board of the Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation in 2010 and 2011 and co-chaired the Austin Pride Festival both of those years. He has volunteered with the Octopus club since 2008 helping both manage the website and assisting in planning for its events. Rick worked many years in IT Program Management at Motorola and Freescale and now is VP of Engineering at a local start-up in here in Austin.

Ceci Gratias, Site Street, Inc.
Treasurer

Ceci volunteered on the board of the AGLCC through 2009, her last position being Vice Chair of Austin Pride.  She also currently serves on the Board of Out Youth, and the Austin Steering Committee of the Human Rights Campaign. She has also provided consulting and volunteer time for Queerbomb and allgo. Ceci enjoys working with Site Street clients on social media management and strategy.

Bart Loeser, JBL Microtraining
Programs

Bart started JBL MicroTraining in 2008 in response to the adverse/changing economy on business development programs with an time-efficient and cost effective approaches to training staff in team-building and leadership skills as well as communication, motivation and productivity. Bart has played a variety of roles in GLBT community organizing and leadership since 1986 in Houston and in Austin since 1996. He served his first term on the board of the AGLCC in 2010. An officer in Toastmasters Int’l for several years, Bart recently founded and serves as President to AGLCC Toastmasters, Austin’s first GLBT club.