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After a career spent in the toughest communications trenches imaginable – political campaigns, press secretary podiums, and crisis war rooms - McLane founded the Mach 1 Group nearly a decade ago in Austin. Her vision was to build a firm that provides the best in strategic communications, media and public affairs counsel and she recruits out of newsrooms and the halls of government to give clients the award-winning service they enjoy.

Today, the Mach 1 Group serves the best-known brands and organizations operating in Texas.
Under McLane’s direction, Mach 1 has successfully advanced some of today’s most closely followed legislative and regulatory causes, managed major media crises for some of America’s best-known brands, and rebranded leading nonprofits.

Before founding Mach 1, as Vice President for Communications & External Affairs for the LIVESTRONG Foundation, McLane served as the organization’s chief communications and crisis management architect during years of global media attention surrounding its famous founder, and successfully steered a course that kept the Foundation’s vital mission front and center.

McLane served as press secretary for the U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Margaret Spellings in 2006 and 2007, promoting President Bush’s signature bipartisan education law, No Child Left Behind. She led crisis communications and rapid response for the Department and created successful strategies to promote the Education Department’s policies and practices.

From 2003 to 2006, she served as a key member of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign team and communications staff. As Deputy Communications Director and Deputy Press Secretary, she shaped the Governor’s public outreach efforts and led media relations in the areas of education, military affairs, homeland security, federal relations, emergency response, and the environment.

McLane’s career began in Austin at Public Strategies, Inc., a public affairs and crisis communications firm, where she produced and consulted on comprehensive campaign plans for leading technology, transportation, and entertainment industry clients.

She earned the Female Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2021 at the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and was also named one of Insight Success’ Most Disruptive Women Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2021. McLane is honored to serve as a pro bono PR partner for Keep Austin Fed. She is former chairman of the Ann Richards School Foundation Board of Directors and serves on the Capital Area Council of the BSA, formerly Boy Scouts of America.

She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and she and her husband Brett are proud parents to Jack and Ian. In her spare time, she serves as an under-appreciated driver for her two school-age children, an amateur chef, an avid critic of crisis media handling and a reader of anything by Bernard Cornwell.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began, Tyminski was at the forefront of the Texas Workforce Commission’s response. She managed internal and external communications for the agency and helped develop strategies to provide the nearly 1.4 million unemployed Texans with vital information.

Prior to joining State government, Tyminski worked in digital marketing, where she helped businesses connect with their customers online and develop innovative marketing strategies.

In 2021, she was appointed by Austin City Council Member Vanessa Fuentes (District 2) to sit on the City of Austin’s Minority-Owned Business, Women-Owned Business, Small Business Enterprise Procurement Program Advisory Committee.

Tyminski is an active member of Austin’s Young Women’s Alliance, Emerge America’s Young Leaders Cabinet, Women Communicators of Austin and the Pink Granite Foundation.

Tyminski holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Economics from Bradley University, where she was a three-time national runner up in informative and impromptu speaking. She received her Master’s in Communication Studies from Texas State University.

After moving to Austin, Dylan received his Master of Public Affairs Degree from the esteemed LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin. During his studies, Dylan also worked as Communications Manager for an elite government relations firm during the 86th session of the Texas Legislature.

Before joining the Mach 1 Group, Dylan served as part of the Regulatory Affairs team for the Texas Department of Insurance's Life and Health Division. During his time with TDI, Dylan managed the enactment of multiple rules and regulations, including creating the Texas All-Payor Claims Database and establishing statewide industry standards for Machine-Readable file submissions.

Dylan is a graduate of Creighton University and currently serves as a co-chair of Braver Angels Central Texas Chapter, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering communication across the political divide.

Before joining Mach 1, Alice served as Communications Director for Texas State Senator Donna Campbell, and prior to that role, as Communications Director for former Austin City Council Member Ellen Troxclair.

During her time in the newsroom Alice was responsible for coordinating two newscasts each day. Using compelling content and strong storytelling skills, she raised viewership and secured both newscasts as the top in their time slot.

A native Texan, Alice graduated from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater with a degree in Broadcast Journalism.