Chris will be celebrating his 20th year on the board this July and would love to continue serving on the board, and serving the needs of Clarksville, for a long time to come. In the 20 years Chris has been on the board, he has served many roles: including Vice President (current role), President (2007), creator of the original CCDC website, head of the Tenant Selection Committee, and of course “the guy with the truck,”helping to coordinate many CCDC events over the years. 

Chris has lived in Clarksville since 2000 and both of his children have attended Mathews. At Mathews, Chris has served as the Building and Grounds Coordinator and his wife Jaime has served as the PTA president. Chris and his family love Clarksville, the CCDC, and everything they stand for.

BJ is a committed CCDC volunteer, acting as Treasurer, a member of the Finance and Operations Committee, and responsible for the annual audit and development of the annual budget. She also volunteers for CCDC’s special events, helps with fundraising activities, and procured a landscaping plan for CCDC’s new house on West 10th.

BJ moved to Austin in 1978 to attend graduate school at the University of Texas and never left. That’s because she loves where she lives. She and her husband, Stan, and son, Ivan, always lived in neighborhoods near Clarksville and fell in love with Clarksville when they rented a house on Woodlawn while students at UT. In 1992, they were lucky to buy a lot on Patterson and build their house, the one with the red neon street numbers.

What attracted BJ to Clarksville was the diversity of the people who live here. She’s sad to see that some of that diversity has been lost due to the soaring property values. But she saw that CCDC is committed to preserving the history of the neighborhood and to its mission to promote the economic diversity of the neighborhood by offering affordable housing. And so she volunteered to be a board member to help to preserve the unique history and diversity of Clarksville.

Kim has lived in the neighborhood for forty-plus years, moving here shortly after finishing her graduate studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. She has been on the CCDC Board of Directors for twenty years, serving most of that time as the Board’s Secretary. Kim’s two now-adult children are proud Mathews alums, a school she and her husband John came to love when they took an Italian class at the evening Community School that operated there long before their children were born. Being included in the Mathews Hall of Honor a few years back is one of her proudest achievements.

Kim’s recent CCDC activities include: grant writing, last year securing $40,000 of funding for housing repairs and construction; coordinating CCDC’s fundraising participation in Amplify Austin Day, which raised $11,000 in 2023; working on “Clarksville Conversations,” CCDC’s quarterly public interest speaker series; and serving as the Board’s liaison with the Austin Housing Finance Corporation and American YouthWorks on the construction of the CCDC’s most recent affordable housing unit. She also is a member of the Old West Austin Neighborhood Association zoning committee.

Aubrey received a Master’s degree in Architecture from Yale University after attending the Career Discovery program at Harvard University and The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City. Today, although not an architect, Aubrey runs a multi-discipline design studio in Austin. 



During his many years of service on the CCDC board of directors, the organization has benefited from Aubrey skills and knowledge and saved significant amounts of money. He has also helped the CCDC negotiate win-win solutions with developers and homeowners who wanted to demolish old Clarksville homes because they wanted more living space than the homes provided, and he has spent many long nights with fellow board members at City Council and Landmark Commission meetings waiting to speak on issues affecting the neighborhood. Aubrey also worked with RuthAnn Brown on the design of the iconic Clarksville family tree tee-shirts.



Aubrey has lived in Austin since 1972. During his early years in Austin, he attended UT. Later he lived in France with the idea of playing pro or semi-pro soccer and also worked as an au pair. After returning to Austin, Aubrey started a small construction business, but quickly realized that he wanted to design buildings more than build them.



Aubrey values the opportunity to serve on the CCDC board because he loves Clarksville and all the that the CCDC does.

Encouraged by Mary Baylor and Pauline Brown, in 1984 Malcolm joined with eight of his neighbors and formed the CCDC to prevent developers from gentrifying Clarksville and destroying its unique character. Besides being the longest serving Board member, Malcolm has been the CCDC’s pro bono attorney. In a multi-year litigation, Malcolm prevented a renegade group of Board members from selling CCDC properties and pocketing the proceeds and then legally evicted them and their attorney from the CCDC housing where they had been squatting.



In his 50-year private law practice, Malcolm has represented numerous racial, disability health, multi-national and police accountability advocacy groups. He successfully tried the first sexual harassment and age discrimination jury trials in Texas and was a co-founder of the Texas Employment Lawyer’s Association, a statewide organization of attorneys representing primarily employees.



Malcolm has also been a board member of several non-profit organizations including Hands on Housing, which rehabbed Austin homes, Earth and Sky, a nationwide radio service that presented information about science and nature and Austin Bat Cave, a student creative writing program. He also served on the Austin Community Development Commission, which advises the Council on programs designed to serve the poor and community at large.

Paula has been a resident of the neighborhood since 1991 and a CCDC board member for ten years. Since joining the board, she has helped support the CCDC’s missions by contributing her time as well as money to the organization. For example, Paula has underwritten repairs to the organization’s properties; was instrumental in organizing the first annual CCDC/OWANA Christmas Caroling party and has played a lead role in organizing the party ever since; and has been an active volunteer at other CCDC events.

Paula also serves as a docent at the Hezikiah Haskell House, has been active in the Austin Museum Partnership on behalf of the CCDC, and worked with the Austin Parks Foundation to improve the pickle ball and basketball courts at Mary Baylor Park. 



Paula is a member of the OWANA Steering Committee, serving as a bridge between OWANA and the CCDC.

Felecia Miller is a descendant of Charles Clark, founder of Clarksville, a Texas Freedom Colony, and Hezikiah Kyle Haskell, an early resident of the Haskell House.

Her great-grandfather, Link Thompson, owned several homes in Clarksville, ultimately settling at 1722 West 11th. Over the years, family members, including Felecia’s paternal grandmother, occupied the home.

Felecia grew up in the family home, attending Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Clarksville, where she was baptized at an early age. She sang in both the youth and adult choirs and attended O. Henry Middle School and Austin High.

Felecia

Felecia attends church In Elgin, Texas, where she has served on the Board of Directors for over 20 years and has been a part of the Ministerial for over 15 years.

Professionally, Felecia is a Lead Data Analyst and Professional Program Developer for a well-known, national communications company. She is the mother of two and has been married to her husband since 1997.

Felecia’s personal mission as a board member is to enhance and contribute to the ongoing development of Clarksville.