meet the team
Texas Campus Compact is dedicated to excellence. Our team at the state office exemplifies our commitment to success. Together, we offer more than ten years experience in civic engagement and Service-Learning.

Patricia Paredes, M.A.
Patricia has over fifteen years of experience in public relations, marketing and development in both nonprofit and commercial sectors, working with seniors, youth, arts and education.

In 2000, Patricia established her own marketing, communications and public relations firm, PR Works, whose clients have included H-E-B and the Baptist Health System Foundation. Patricia relocated to Austin in 2004, where she managed public relations for the 2005 Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend event.

Patricia is active in community and cultural organizations and serves as Secretary on the national board of AVANCE; is a member of Southwestern University’s Board of Visitors; is active with The Long Center; is a Zachary Scott Theater Center "Great Scott;" is on the board of directors for First Night Austin; is a founding member of the Texas Cultural Arts Trust Texas Women for the Arts; is Vice President for Austin Community College's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies Advisory Council; and is on the board for IARSLCE. Most recently, Patricia served as the Interim Executive Director of First Night Austin. Patricia is a 2009 Leadership Austin Essential Class member.

Patricia holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master of Arts degree from the University of the Incarnate Word. Patricia resides in South Austin, Texas with her Siamese cat, Blanca.

Jim Conditt
Jim Conditt comes to Texas Campus Compact from the University of Texas Medical Branch - Office of Community Outreach's Area Health Education Center where, serving in the capacity of a Special Projects Coordinator II, he
designed and implemented a program to assist rural and medically underserved communities to recruit and retain their healthcare professionals; reduce healthcare disparities through community development efforts; and improve
rural / medically underserved healthcare infrastructure. Prior to UTMB Jim was the Prevention Services Director for Health Horizons of East Texas, where he directed efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and STDs.

Jim has extensive experience with grant writing, program design, and research and data collection and has designed and facilitated a statewide AmeriCorps pilot project; he is also a Department of Homeland Security AWR-160-1 Trainer.

Jim has a Bachelors of Applied Arts and Sciences with a double major in Social Work and Sociology from Stephen F. Austin State University; he graduated Summa Cum Laude and First in the College of Social Work, and has
worked in healthcare and community development since 1989.

Jim and his wife Rebecca moved to Austin from Nacogdoches, Texas in 2004 and enjoy living in South Austin with their children, Clint and Sabina, and their dog, Yoshi. Jim also has a grown son, Eric and a grandson, Phoenix who
still make their home in East Texas - despite a constant barrage of "come live in the best town in Texas" letters.

Deone Wilhite
Deone Wilhite comes to Texas Campus Compact from Big Brothers and Big Sisters - where, serving in the capacity of Director of Educational Services, he facilitated scholarships for more than 320 youth while directing efforts to increase the number of Educational Services Matching
Scholarship Program. Deone also created the "Kaplan Kids" program, which gives students free Kaplan SAT training as well as access to college admission counselors and business professionals.

Deone has more than 20 years of successful sales and administrative and management experience, having worked as the Business Continuity Planner for the Travis County Health & Human Services Department; the Vice President of
Marketing & Development for Silver Box Publishing; as a Customer Resolution Representative for Dell, Inc; and as both Vice President and Executive Director of the Rites of Passage Development, Inc.

Deone has an MBA from the Clark Atlanta University Graduate School of Business and a BBA in management from the University of Texas at Austin. He
is a former Leadership Austin class of 2003 alumni and is the founding member and VP of membership for the National Black MBA Association.

According to Deone, "I like to combine strong business principles and strong ethics in establishing meaningful objectives for the organization that I serve. I hold everyone's performance, including my own, to the highest
level of accountability."
 

Angela Funke
Angela Funke comes to Texas Campus Compact from Homework Helpline, a community program of the Austin American-Statesman, where she managed a free service that connects teachers with students and parents, providing resources to students throughout the year. Prior to her work with Homework Helpline, Angela served in the Public Information offices of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and the Texas State Library.

With almost ten years of experience, Angela is an accomplished graphic designer and media coordinator, having received an award from the National Association of Government Communicators for the You Can Read Again campaign with the Texas Talking Books Program.

Angela holds a B.A. in Communication from St. Edward’s University, graduating Summa Cum Laude and part of the Honors studies program.  Currently, she is working on her master’s degree in Counseling, also at St. Edward’s.

Angela and her daughter, Anya, have found their way back home to South Austin after several years in Louisiana and then Round Rock. A native-Austinite, Angela enjoys being back in Austin and has been involved in several Austin institutions such as the South by Southwest (SXSW) film and music festivals, the Texas Book Festival, and Community Tax Centers.