Statewide Officers & Board

Board of Directors:

D/FW

• President
  Christopher S. Willis, Director, Legal Affairs – Interstate Battery System of America, Inc.

• Vice President
  Barbara McAninch, SVP of Law and Human Resources & Chief Legal Officer – Snelling Personnel Services, Inc.

• Secretary
  Daryl B. Robertson, Partner – Jenkens & Gilchrist

• Karen Austin, General Counsel – Cunningham Lindsey U.S., Inc.
• Bruce Bush, Director – KPMG LLP
• Mark Chloupek, SVP & Chief Counsel Operations – Wyndham International
• Rob Crawford, Partner – Winstead Sechrest & Minick
• Janice Davis, Partner – Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.
• Robert J. Garrey, Partner – Jackson Walker L.L.P.
• Mark Golman, Partner – Strasburger & Price, LLP
• Charles E. Hardy, General Counsel – Austin Industries, Inc.
• Rob Hoffman, Partner – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
• Paul Jolas, Sr. Regional Counsel, TX Region – KB Home
• Col. Athena R. Jones, General Counsel – Army & Air Force Exchange
• Barbara Kincaid, Lecturer In Business Law – SMU Cox School of Business
• Raymond LaDriere, II, Partner – Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP
• Harry Martin, General Counsel – La Madeleine French Bakery & Café
• Don J. McDermett, Partner – Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Keith C. McDole, Partner – Jones Day
• Russell Newhouse, Attorney Recruiter – Prescott Legal Search
• Michael L. Raiff, Partner – Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
• Theis Rice, VP of Legal Affairs – Trinity Industries, Inc.
• Kent Hart Roberts, EVP & General Counsel – McAfee, Inc.
• Richard Seleznov, Director – Huron Consulting Group, Inc.
• Mark Shank, Partner – Hughes & Luce LLP
• Forrest Smith, Partner – Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
• Ronald Taylor, VP & General Counsel – BlueCross and BlueShield of Texas
• Peter Vogel, Partner – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
• Vincent Walkowiak, Partner – Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
• H. Ron White, Managing Partner – White & Wiggins LLP
• Taylor Wilson, Partner – Haynes and Boone, LLP 

HOUSTON

Officers:

• President
  Frederick J. Plaeger, II, VP & General Counsel – Burlington Resources Inc.
  
• Vice-President
  Alvin L. Thomas, II, EVP & General Counsel – Synagro Technologies, Inc.
  
• Secretary
  Frank Jones, Partner – Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Board of Directors:

• Mark Antonivich, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary – Resolution Performance Products LLC
• Shahzad Bashir, Group Managing Director – Huron Consulting Group
• Martin D. Beirne, Partner – Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP
• Maria Boyce, Partner – Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Craig B. Glidden, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
• Dona G. Hamilton, VC and VP for Legal Affairs & General Counsel – University of Houston System
• Timothy Hill, Assistant General Counsel – Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
• Betsy Kamin, Partner – Strasburger & Price, LLP
• Mark T. Kelly, Partner – Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
• Michael J. Killelea, VP & General Counsel – Pogo Producing Company
• Clyde Lea, Deputy General Counsel – ConocoPhillips
• W. Gregory Looser, VP, General Counsel & Secretary – Pride International, Inc.
• Mark Lowes, Shareholder – Jenkens & Gilchrist
• Michael Mazzone, Partner – Haynes and Boone L.L.P.
• Ted O’Neal, EVP of Human Resources & General Counsel – NextiraOne, LLC
• Lauren Prescott, Principal – Prescott Legal Search
• Frank Putman, Partner – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
• Charlene A. Ripley, VP & General Counsel – Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
• David G. Runnels, Partner – Andrews Kurth LLP
• Michael B. Schwartz, Principal – KPMG LLP
• Gerard J. Sonnier, VP & Assistant General Counsel – Waste Management, Inc.
• Jennifer L. Vogel, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary – Continental Airlines, Inc.
• Larry Whalen, VP & General Counsel – Texas Medical Center
• Hugh Whiting, Partner-in- Charge – Jones Day
• Neil Wilcox, VP & General Counsel – JP Morgan Chase & Co.
• John Williford, Partner – Jackson Walker, L.L.P.
• Russell Wong, Partner – Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.
• Don Wood, Partner – Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO

Officers:

• Chapter President
  John Torres, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary – Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  

• Vice President
  Mary Nichols, SVP & General Counsel – Texas Mutual Insurance Co.

• Secretary
  Kimberly Yelkin, Partner – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

• Mike B. Clark, General Counsel – Steves & Sons
• Tish Hinojosa Elliot, Recruiting Coordinator – Prescott Legal Search
• Mike Godfrey, Partner – Jackson Walker
• Aileen Hooks, Partner – Environmental – Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Stan E. McCormick, EVP, Corporate Counsel & Secretary – Frost Bank
• Lino Mendiola, Partner – Andrews Kurth LLP
• Phil Renfro, Partner – Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
• Louis Riley, General Counsel & Secretary – Legerity
• Phillip M. Slinkard, Partner – Hughes & Luce LLP
• Jane Snoddy Smith, Partner – Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
• Robin Snasdell, Manager – Huron Consulting
• Andy Taylor, Partner – Bracewell & Patterson
• Trisa Thompson, Vice President of Legal Public & RPG – Dell Inc.
• Patrick B. Tobin, Partner – Jackson Walker L.L.P