Grassroots Leadership

A House In Austin is managed by 6 staff members, 9 board members, and dozens of volunteers who all collaborate to help parents be their child’s best first teacher. We strive to provide safe community support for parents blessed with the opportunity to raise kind, creative, confident, and intelligent children. We love the strong community we’ve created over the last 6 years and know without a doubt that we will continue to grow stronger with our families.

Lynette Kelly-Bell
​​Co- Executive Director

Lynette is a life-long resident of Chicago. She was raised in East Garfield Park by her parents along with fourteen of her siblings.

Being a stay at home mom, Lynette looked for different ways to have fun with her family of three. She found AHIA in 2016 and instantly fell in love with the support and opportunities that were provided to families. After participating for 1.5 years, Lynette and AHIA became one with her being added as Assistant Executive Director where she remained until Oct. 2021 when she and Becky became Co-Executive Directors.
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Lynette fuels her passion for change and her community by spearheading marketing, fundraising, donor cultivation and recognition, and AHIA special community events.

lynette.kellybell@ahouseinaustin.org

Becky Martin
​Co- Executive Director

Becky received her Master of Social Work from UIC in 2005. She worked for the YWCA Metropolitan Family Services as a trauma counselor from 2005-2013. She is trained in Trauma Focused CBT, Play Therapy, and is a Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Service provider.

Becky joined Boppin' Babies & Toddlers Music class as a mama with her youngest child, and she brings care and comfort to our group with her warm smile and genuine conversations. 

Becky volunteered leading our parent chat groups and became of one of first employees. Since then she has become the Co-Executive Director running programming, community connections, and connecting with foundational supports. 


becky.martin@ahouseinaustin.org

Adrienne Reynolds
​Operations Manager

Adrienne is a life-long Chicago resident. She is a legacy resident of the West Garfield Park area. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with a certificate in Paralegal Studies from Roosevelt University; a certificate in Mediation from DePaul University; an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management (DeVry University); and is a certified Empowerment Coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPec).

Early on in her career, she
was a group facilitator and Operations Manager for a Group Psychotherapy facility serving adults with chronic mental illnesses. She founded a nonprofit that provided tutoring and mentoring services to students in the West Garfield area and raised in kind donations for school supplies and clothes for the homeless and nursing home residents. She brings more than 15 years of executive-level and administrative experience. In her personal time, she raises pit bulls, sings, travels, and is dedicated to self-improvement.

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adrienne.reynolds@ahouseinaustin.org

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