Andrew Rauch

Andrew Rauch was born in Austria and came to the US at age 3. He was raised in the city and has fond memories of growing up in the Bronx, NY. Shortly after graduating from Pace University, Andrew moved to the Austin, TX area in the Spring of 1988.

Andrew and his wife Sabrina are Charter members and helped plant and launch HCBC Southwest. During the 8 years at HCBC Southwest, Andrew and Sabrina enjoyed serving in Real Life Groups, Men’s and Women’s Ministry, Backyard Bible Clubs and Set-Up team.

Andrew is the Founder and Managing Partner of ventureandphilanthropy.com and he has more than 15 years of entrepreneurial experience in various industries including technology, training, real estate services, telecommunications, consulting, and venture philanthropy.

Andrew is a charter member with Hill Country Bible Church Dripping Springs and he and Sabrina have three children, Olivia, Jackson and Karis.

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Pete Tao

Pete is not a native Texan, but does all he can to claim Texas as his home state. After graduating high school in Baytown, TX, Pete attended the University of Texas, graduating with a BS in Electrical Engineering and followed that up with a MSEE from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Pete’s professional career has followed a high-technology path starting in Dallas, moving back to Austin with technologies ranging from chip design, to telecommunications to his latest position in video communications. Pete likes to say that pick-up basketball started his journey to know Christ. He met his first pastor while playing hoops, ended up attending his church, followed by being baptized in the cool waters of Barton Creek and then his first ministry appointment into that church’s teen youth group.

Pete first attended Hill Country Bible Church Northwest in 2001 and was excited to join this small band of folks with the passion and vision for starting a church in Dripping Springs, especially considering that Pete and his family have lived in Dripping Springs since 1992. Pete is married to Gwen and they have three boys: Caleb (9), Cody (9) and Isaiah (5).

Along with spending time with his family, Pete’s interests include officiating D-1 college football, playing pick-up basketball and chasing golf balls.

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