Celebrating 25 Years of Leadership Education
2001 – 2026


Spring 2026 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Archer Fellowship Program and celebrates Congressman Bill Archer’s enduring legacy of inspiring young Texans to pursue lives of public service.

To honor this milestone, generous donors established the Katie Cook Romano 25th Anniversary Endowment, which celebrates a quarter-century of lives and leaders shaped at the Archer Center and recognizes the extraordinary and dedicated leadership of our longtime executive director. The endowment will support the operations and mission of the Archer Center, providing unparalleled experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, medical, and law students from The University of Texas System in our nation's capital. 

Thank you for playing a vital role in advancing the Archer Center’s mission to educate and inspire Texas leaders committed to service at the local, state, federal, and global levels.

25th Anniversary Donor Wall

Archer Fellow alumni are denoted with a *


Speaker of the House

Liz and Jim Bayless
Julia and Don Carlson
William Huang

Ranking Member

Zachary Fichtenbaum*

Chief of Staff

Erin Dougherty* and Ray Mitchel
Kat Murray
Meg and Donal Skinner

Friend of Archer

Allison Ainsworth Johns*
Lawrence Robinson*
Bret Schenewerk*
Katie Short*
Erin Smith