Where I’m Coming From
Compiled by Forrest Preece
Nan McRaven, ACC Trustee; Board Member KLRU/PBS and Pease Park Conservancy; and Gates Foundation Consultant
- What’s something about you that not many people know?
I owned a country western bar after college.
- What was your first job?
Working for the Community Center of Lackland AFB during the summer, teaching kids crafts.
- If you could have dinner with three people – dead or alive, at any time in history—who would they be?
My Mom, Dad, and Aunt Aileen.
- If you had to pick three musicians for a playlist, who would they be?
Alicia Keys, Roy Orbison, Prince
- Favorite book and TV show?
Somerset Maugham, A Passion in the Desert. Perry Mason (old and new), The Wild Wild West, and Get Smart.
- Most powerful movie you have seen.
To Kill A Mockingbird
- What makes you happy?
Spending time with my family and friends. And helping people with their career decisions.
- Favorite place in Austin?
The Trail at Town Lake
- Favorite restaurant and watering hole
Chez Nous/Justines, Nightcap
- Which living person do you most admire?
My brother, Bill McRaven
- Best advice you ever received?
Make your life story bigger than yourself. Aim for the greater good with the simple actions you take every day!
- What did you want to be when you were growing up?
A movie producer
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