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 by an asterisk.


Speaker of the House

Liz and Jim Bayless
Julia and Don Carlson
William Huang

Whip

Kat Murray

Chairman

Allie Medack-Propis*
The Naranjo Family*
Umer Raffat*

Ranking Member

Amber Ahmed*
Katie Berger*
Zachary Fichtenbaum*
Ana Martinez*
The Rajagopalan Family*
Tom Ward

Chief of Staff

Gina Garcia Alger*
Beto Altamirano*
Sharon and Bill Archer
Amanda and Brewster Bevis
Chris Bjornson
Aaron Conrado*
Brigid Cook
Erin Dougherty* and Ray Mitchel
Grace Huffman Dunham*
Anna Bell Gall*
Marilyn Harris and Bill Dabaghi
John Harman
Meredith and Jarrett Hill*
Carolyn Hodges*
Murtuza Hussain*
Kathy and Ken Kies
Cheng Lee*
Miguel, Tomas, and Ellie Romano
Meg and Donal Skinner
Allison Tisdale* and Leslie Tisdale Reagan*
Jessie and Benedict Voit*

Friend of Archer

Amber Ahmed*
Christine Anderson
Krupa Bala*
Arturo Barrio*
Martha Bauman
Austin Bonner*
Jane and Bob Borochoff
Meredith Broadbent
Heather Jinkins Cantu*
Matthew Clarkson*
Charles Comiskey
Peggy and Craig Diebel
Gretchen Ellison*
Laura Gorecki* and Greg Rassier
Dustin Haley*
Kevin Hearn*
Todd Hill*
Carter Hull*
Bobby Janecka*
Allison Ainsworth Johns*
Rebeca and Luis Leal*
Christine Leatherberry*
Gan Louie
Kate Lummus
Ben Maddox
Jesse Moore*
Ha-Vi Nguyen*
Aayush Prasanna*
Nancy Palencia Ramirez*
Jim Ramsey*
Max Richards*
Lawrence Robinson*
Michelle Robinson*
Bret Schenewerk*
Dmitri Shneider*
Katie Short*
Erin Smith
Kelsey Erickson Streufert*
Pegah Taylor*
Elizabeth* and Robby Teas*
Lindsay Wardlaw*
Kit Whitehill
Cody Willming*
Walter Wukasch

Young Alumni

Anna Crockett*
Lexi Darrow*
Diana Davila*
Heba Estafanous*
Tim Hise*
Cassidy Kaye*
Allison Lajeskie
Rebecca Larsen*
Raquel Limas*
Katie and Cameron Peek
Kate Raetz
Shannon Sawyer
Mya Scott*
Katherine Taylor*
Lily Trieu*
Christine Varghese*
Molly Wurzer*
Susan Yanahan