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Officers President
Samuel E. Bassett, Austin
President-Elect
John A. Convery, San Antonio
1st Vice President
David E. Moore, Longview
2nd Vice President
Mark Snodgrass, Lubbock
Treasurer
Kerri Anderson-Donica, Corsicana
Secretary
Grant M. Scheiner, Houston
Editor,
Voice for the Defense
 
Michael Gross, San Antonio
Editor, Significant Decisions Report
Kathleen Nacozy
Immediate Past President
Emmett Harris, Uvalde
Executive Director
Joseph A. Martinez, Austin
Directors
Susan E. Anderson, Dallas Marjorie Bachman, Austin Heather J. Barbieri, Plano Robert J. Barrera, San Antonio Curtis Barton, Houston Rick Berry, Marshall Fred C. Brigman, San Angelo Clint Broden, Dallas Jim Darnell Sr., El Paso Nicole DeBorde, Houston Donald H. Flanary, San Antonio Stephen Gordon, Haltom City Deandra M. Grant, Richardson Michael C. Gross, San Antonio Keith S. Hampton, Austin Melissa L. Hannah, Lufkin Jo Ann Jacinto, El Paso Steve A. Keathley, Corsicana Laurie L. Key, Lubbock Adam L. Kobs, San Antonio Bradley K. Lollar, Dallas Louis Elias Lopez Jr., El Paso Hiram McBeth, Dallas Michael A. McDougal, Conroe George R. Milner lll, Dallas Angela J. Moore, San Antonio Anthony C. Odiorne, Burnet Stephanie K. Patten, Fort Worth Oscar O. Peña Laredo Carole J. Powell, El Paso Bennie Ray, Austin Ray Rodriguez, Laredo Sarah E. Roland, Denton Jeremy Rosenthal, McKinney David Ryan, Houston John Hunter Smith, Sherman Edward A. Stapleton, Brownsville Clay B. Steadman, Kerrville George Taylor, San Antonio Oscar Vega, McAllen Jani Maselli Wood, Houston Greg Westfall, Arlington
Associate Directors
Chris Abel, Flower Mound Roberto Balli, Laredo Casie Gotro,
 
Houston Michael Head, Athens Susan Kelly Johnston, Waco Nathan L. Miller, Houston Michelle Moore, Marble Falls Audrey Moorehead, Dallas Michelle Ochoa, Beeville Scott H. Pawgan, Conroe Carmen Roe, Houston Frank Sellers, Lubbock Monique Sparks, Houston Courtney Stamper, Waxahachie Mark Thiessen, Houston Gregory Allen Waldron, Longview
TCDLA founded in 1971
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