Maya Guggari President  » a resident of Austin for the last 15 years, with her husband Mallikarjun and two kids, Sandeep (12) and Anup (9).   » born and brought up in Dharwad  » graduate of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad as well as Texas Woman’s University in Houston  » works at Seton family of Hospitals as Clinical Dietitian.
	Omkant Noubad Vice President  » Native of Bidar and resident of Austin since 2001 with wife, Poornima and daughters, Aishwarya and Anushka.  » Graduated from REC (NIT) Calicut with Post graduation from Mysore University.  » Working for State of Texas welfare project as Software Consultant.
	Shashi Visweswaraiah Secretary  » born in Mysore and brought up in Bangalore (Vijayanagar),  » resident of Austin for the last 4 years. Shashi and wife Archana have 2 boys: Amogh, 4 and Ankur, 2.  » works as a chip designer at Freescale  » enjoys outdoor activities with his kids and running
	Bala Ladukodi Treasurer  » has been a resident of Austin for the past 6 years with his wife and 5 year old son  » a native of Mangalore, Karnataka, but spent most of his childhood at Chennai  » favorite pastime is to spend time outdoors, with his wife and son!
	Executive Committee Members
	Adarsh Shrivatsa  » a native of Bangalore  » resident of Austin, with wife, Veena and son, Rohan, since 2006  » works for Cognizant Technology Solutions  » enjoys listening to music and watching Kannada movies
	Akarsh Hebbar  » a native of Mangalore and a naturalized Mysorean(!!)  » a resident of Austin since 2004  » works at AMD as a CPU designer.  » enjoys playing soccer, cricket, racquetball and hiking with his wife, Rashmi.  » besides this, he plays a little bit of Mrudangam in his spare time.
	Poornima Noubad  » Native of Bidar and resident of Austin since 2002 with husband, Omkant and daughters, Aishwarya and Anushka.  » Managing 2Asys Technologies and enthusiastic in volunteering services.  » Delighted to be part of AKS Committee.
	Sadashiva Kallur  » Originally hailing from Bangalore, has been a resident of Austin since the past year with wife Rashmi and one year old Tarun  » Prior to arriving in Austin,  was actively involved in North Carolina Kannada Balaga, and was responsible for founding that organization  » Currently works for PayPal  » I am really happy to be part of AKS. I will try my best to extend my sincere contribution towards the growth of AKS.  » My Mantra: Elladaru Iru, Entadaru Iru, Endendigu nee Kannadavaagiru. Kannadave Satya, Kannadave Nitya.