Our Team

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Jenna Courtney

Executive Director

Jenna Courtney joined TXPOST in 2019, bringing more than a decade of policy making and advocacy experience from her time in and around the Texas Legislature. She focuses on the full integration of strategic objectives across program areas in order to maximize organizational effort and impact. Through her work, she seeks policy solutions and strives to develop diverse champions to drive progress and change in complex systems. She has extensive experience developing and managing nuanced and multi-faceted issue management campaigns that bridge media, government, and public relations to provide unified and targeted messages to engage stakeholders and influence decisionmakers.

Under her leadership, TXPOST has expanded its suite of services and supports, grown its staff, developed deeper and more extensive relationships across Texas, and applied metrics to measure success against organizational goals and objectives. .
Prior to joining TXPOST, Jenna worked for a boutique public affairs firm in Austin, Imperium Public Affairs (IPA), where she provided turnkey services to the firm’s diverse clientele. She oversaw the drafting and implementation of advocacy strategies around a suite of individualized public policy solutions in a number of sectors, including public education, municipal governance, health care, transportation, energy, and the environment. Jenna’s advocacy and strategic guidance was instrumental in passing revolutionary legislation that enabled the first-ever widespread analysis of afterschool programs—legislation that is becoming a model for afterschool education across the nation.

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Michael Lerch

Outreach and Engagement Manager

Michael Lerch joined TXPOST in 2022 with more than 20 years of communications, operations, and project management experience in both non-profit and for-profit situations. His diverse career began working on advocacy and research for environmental projects and has included running operations for several firms, assisting with the development and execution of global marketing campaigns, policy development, community building, as well as working with non-profits and universities on developing multi-channel communications.

The benefits of afterschool and summer programs for his two sons and his experience running operations for an organization that provided High-Impact Tutoring for at-risk children in Texas let to Michael's interest in TXPOST and he is excited to be a part of the team and the OST community.

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Laura Roye

Program Initiatives Manager

Laura Roye joined TXPOST in 2022 with a strong background in nonprofit client services and education. She has over 15 years of experience facilitating support groups, professional learning and development, and outreach events. Laura specialized in EdTech and STEM as an educator for 13 years, advocating for stakeholders to embrace digital leadership and positive social media practices. This led to creating resources and presenting at conferences across the state to promote collaboration, global connections, growth mindset, and critical thinking. She transitioned out of the classroom and founded an eCommerce business partnering with local companies to launch their products and facilitate customer growth. Laura’s professional experience aligns with TXPOST initiatives of Service Learning, STEM, and Entrepreneurship.