This is a hybrid event (you may attend in person or on zoom). Please indicate in the COMMENTS whether you will be in person or online.

This will be a BYOL (bring your own lunch) event. We will have cake to celebrate Volunteer Week. We encourage carpooling to this event, as parking space is limited.

MPT Alter will talk about her job, how the city council works, how she interacts with her colleagues on Council and with the City Manager's office, her thoughts on how the policy-making process in Austin might be improved and related topics. So, if you have always wondered how our local elected representatives make the policies which impact our lives daily, now's your chance to find out!  

Folks, this will be an important event.  We have worked hard to secure Councilmember Alter as our speaker for the April lunch meeting, and we hope that we will have a large turnout of CCVers to welcome her. To make sure you will have a place at the table, please remember to register for this event online on this page.

Council Member Alison Alter has proudly represented Austin’s Central and Northwest District 10 since 2017. She was chosen by her colleagues to serve as Austin’s Mayor Pro Tem in 2022.

Dr. Alter is a Harvard-trained economist and lifelong parks advocate with over 20 years of experience as an educator and small business owner. Since taking office, she has focused on Austin’s long-term health and sustainability, championing early childcare, access to medical care, gun violence prevention, sexual assault response, emergency preparedness, and climate resilience. Council Member Alter chairs the Audit and Finance Committee, serves on the Council’s Austin Water Oversight and Austin Energy Oversight committees, and represents the City at the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO), the Hate Crimes Taskforce, and the Joint City, County, and School District Committee.

Council Member Alter lives in Central Austin with her husband, Dr. Jeremi Suri, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. They have two wonderful children, Natalie and Zachary.