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2006 Benefitting the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas

The mission of the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas is to nourish hungry people and lead the community in ending hunger. In 2006, its 25th year of service, the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) currently provides food and grocery products to 370 Partner Agencies in 21 Central Texas counties. In 2005, CAFB distributed more than 15 million pounds of food. The CAFB service area covers 21,600 square miles in Central Texas.

2006 Table Hosts

Joe Aragona Founder of and general partner in venture capital firm Austin Ventures, past chairman of the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association and member of the boards of a number of companies

Sarah Bird Author of The Flamenco Academy and five other highly regarded novels, Texas Monthly columnist and contributor to The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, Glamour and Mademoiselle

John Burnett Author of the just-published Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent, Austin-based southwestern correspondent for NPR and veteran journalist reporting from Iraq, Afghanistan and other international locations

David Bull Executive chef of the Driskill Grill, competitor on the Food Network's Iron Chef America and one of the first two Austin chefs to be included among Food and Wine's Best New Chefs

Mike Clifford Vice president and chief information officer of Whole Foods Market since 2000 and former vice president and chief information officer of Dell, Inc.'s Public and Americas International Group

Vincent DiNino As Director of Bands at the University of Texas at Austin from 1955-1985, responsible for making the University of Texas Longhorn Band "the Showband of the Southwest;" co-founder with wife Jane of the UT Alumni band

John Dromgoole Expert in organic gardening, owner of The Natural Gardener nursery, host of radio and television shows on organic gardening, and recipient of environmental conservation and gardening industry awards

Larry Faulkner President of the University of Texas at Austin from 1998 to 2006, former provost of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a well-respected scientist and researcher in the field of chemistry

Dana Friis-Hansen Executive director and chief curator of the Austin Museum of Art (AMOA) and contributor to Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond, the book published in conjunction with the current AMOA exhibition

Richard Garriott Executive producer at computer-game design company NCSoft North America, co-founder with brother Robert of computer game publisher Origin Systems and creator of internationally acclaimed Ultima online game series

Perry Lorenz Developer of award-winning downtown-area lofts and condominiums, member of the City of Austin Design Commission for 14 years, and current member and past chair of the Austin Downtown Commission

Karen Pope Art historian and educator, member of the faculty of the Allbritton Art Institute at Baylor University and leader of art-history study tours traveling throughout Western Europe and the US

Ted Rappaport William and Bettye Nowlin Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, widely recognized wireless communications expert and successful entrepreneur

Miguel Rivera Principal in architectural firm Miró Rivera, which was named 2006 Firm of the Year by the Austin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA); recipient of the AIA National Young Architects Award

Andy Sansom Executive director of the River Systems Institute at Texas State University-San Marcos and former executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Nature Conservancy of Texas

Tanya Streeter Record-breaking freediver (breath-hold diver), dedicated ocean conservationist and host of Animal Planet's Freediver; described by Sports Illustrated as the world's most perfect athlete

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