Board of Directors

Officers

Dale Leach, President
Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press
Dallas

Diana Fuentes, Vice-President
Editor & Publisher, Del Rio News-Herald
Del Rio

Thomas J. Williams, Secretary
Attorney, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Fort Worth

Chris Cobler, Treasurer
Editor, Victoria Advocate
Victoria

Executive Committee

Laura Lee Prather, Immediate Past President
Partner, Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
Austin

Tim Kelly, Past President
Editor, The Beaumont Enterprise
Beaumont

Joel White, Past President
Attorney, Joel White & Associates
Austin

Directors

Maud Beelman
Deputy Managing Editor, Dallas Morning News
Dallas

Gary B. Borders
Freelance Writer & Editor
Longview

Kelly Brown
Editor, Bryan-College Station Eagle
Bryan

Russ Coleman
Senior Vice President/General Counsel, Belo Corp.
Dallas

Brian Collister
Investigative Reporter, WOAI TV
San Antonio

Charles Daughtry
Attorney, Daughtry & Jordan, P.C.
Houston

Brenda De Anda-Swann
News Director, KVIA-TV
El Paso

Joe Ellis
Investigative Reporter, KXAN-TV
Austin

Shane Fitzgerald
V.P./Editor, Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Corpus Christi

Arnold Garcia
Editorial Page Editor, Austin American-Statesman
Austin

Thomas M. Gregor
Partner, Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall, LLP
Houston

James Hemphill
Shareholder, Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody, P.C.
Austin

David Kahne
Owner, Law Office of David A. Kahne
Houston

Joe Larsen
Special Counsel, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, L.L.P.
Houston

Mark Lisheron
Austin Bureau Chief, Texas Watchdog
Houston

Mike Norman
Editorial Director, Fort Worth Star Telegram
Fort Worth

Arif Panju
Attorney, Institute for Justice Texas Chapter
Austin

Ross Ramsey
Managing Editor, The Texas Tribune
Austin

Kelly E. Riddle
Owner/President, Kelmar & Associates
San Antonio

David Sheppard
Projects Editor, San Antonio Express-News
San Antonio

James “Jay” Sibley
President & CEO, Title Data, Inc.
Houston

Paul Watler
Past President, Jackson Walker LLP
Dallas

Carl Weeks
Managing Partner, Weeks and Associates LLC
Austin