2009 STATEWIDE OFFICERS & BOARD

Officers:
  • Chair – Jennifer L. Vogel – SVP, General Counsel, Secretary & CCO, Continental Airlines, Inc., Houston
  • Secretary – Shahzad Bashir – VP, Legal Consulting and South West Region, Huron Consulting Group, Inc., Houston
  • Treasurer – Bryan H. Jones – Partner, KPMG, Dallas
  • Immediate Past Chairman – Jeffrey W. Carr – SVP, General Counsel & Secretary, FMC Technologies, Inc., Houston 
  • Chairman Emeritus – Roland Castañeda – Managing Director & General Counsel, Green Light, Dallas
  • General Counsel – Rob Hoffman – Partner, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Dallas
Board of Directors:
  • Ron K. Barger – SVP & General Counsel, Archon Group, L.P., Irving 
  • Lee Cusenbary – General Counsel, Mission Pharmacal, San Antonio
  • John DeGroote – EVP & Chief Legal Officer, BearingPoint, Inc., Dallas
  • Andrew D. Farley – VP & General Counsel, KBR, Inc., Houston
  • Craig Glidden – EVP & Chief Legal Officer, LyondellBasell Industries, Houston 
  • James Goolsby, Jr. – EVP & General Counsel, Sterling Bancshares, Inc., Houston
  • Charles E. Hardy – General Counsel, Austin Industries, Inc., Dallas
  • Paul M. Jolas – EVP & General Counsel, Regency Energy Partners LP, Dallas
  • Gregory W. Looser - SVP & Chief Administrative Officer, Pride International, Inc., Houston
  • Harry Martin, Jr. - General Counsel - La Madeleine French Bakery & Cafe, Dallas
  • Charlene Ripley – SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Linn Energy LLC, Houston
  • David S. Starr – VP & Deputy General Counsel, Belo Corp., Dallas
  • Ronald Taylor – VP & General Counsel, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Richardson
  • Robert Temple – Deputy General Counsel, CPS Energy, San Antonio
  • Alvin L. Thomas II – SVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Global Geophysical Services, Inc., Houston
  • John Torres – EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, Lennox International, Richardson
  • David Weaver - General Counsel, Texas State Securities Board, Austin  
  • Karen West – VP & General Counsel, The Woodlands Operating Co. LP, The Woodlands
  • Elaine E. Whitbeck – VP, CLO, General Counsel & Secretary, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., Fort Worth
  • Rick L. Wittenbraker – SVP, General Counsel & CCO, Waste Management, Houston
  • Christopher S. Willis–GC-Director, Human Resources & Legal Affairs, Interstate Battery System of America, Inc., Dallas
DALLAS - FT. WORTH CHAPTER

Officers:  
  • President – John DeGroote – EVP & Chief Legal Counsel – BearingPoint  
  • President-Elect – Melissa Drennan – Division Counsel, PBSG -PepsiCo  
  • Secretary – Joel Sharp – Partner – Hunton & Williams
  • Immediate Past-President - Harry Martin - General Counsel - La Madeleine  
Board of Directors:
  • John Ansbach– General Counsel – EFA Processing
  • Clarence Brown – Assoc. General Counsel – Contran Corp/Valhi Inc. 
  • Bruce Bush – Director – KPMG LLP
  • Mark Chloupek - EVP & Chief Counsel - LQ Management LLC (La Quinta)
  • B. Keith Clark - SVP & General Counsel - Mannatech, Inc.
  • C. Shawn Cleveland - Partner - Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP
  • Janice Davis - Partner - Bracewell & Giuliani LLP  
  • Bob Dupuy - Managing Partner - Brown McCarroll LLP
  • Kristen Erler - General
  • Counsel - PHNS
  • Paul Genender - Partner - K&L Gates
  • Mark Golman - Partner - Strasburger & Price LLP
  • Charles E. Hardy - General Counsel - Austin Industries, Inc.
  • Robert M. Hoffman - Partner - Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • John V. Jansonius - Partner - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
  • Paul Jolas - Deputy General Counsel - Corporate and Transactions - Trinity Industries, Inc.
  • Anne Johnson- Partner - Haynes and Boone LLP
  • Michael L. Knapek - Partner - Jackson Walker LLP
  • Raymond LaDriere, II - Partner - Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
  • Don J. McDermett - Partner - Baker Botts LLP
  • Keith C. McDole - Partner - Jones Day
  • Theis Rice - VP & Chief Legal Officer - Trinity Industries, Inc.
  • Richard Seleznov - Director - Huron Consulting Group, Inc.
  • Amber Shockey - Attorney Search Director - Prescott Legal Search 
  • David S. Starr - VP & Deputy General Counsel - Belo Corp.
  • Ronald Taylor - VP & General Counsel - BlueCross and BlueShield of Texas
  • Chris Trowbridge - Partner - Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP
  • Peter Vogel - Partner - Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • Vincent Walkowiak - Partner Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
  • H. Ron White - Managing Partner - Adorno Yoss White & Wiggins LLP
  • Christopher S. Willis - GC-Director, Human Resources & Legal Affairds - Interstate Battery System of America  
  • Don E. Wood - Partner - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • Elizabeth L. Yingling - Partner - Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Advicory Board Member - Barbara Kincaid - Lecturer in Business Law - SMU Cox School of Business
HOUSTON CHAPTER

Officers:
  • President – Rick L. Wittenbraker  - SVP, General Counsel & CCO - Waste Management, Inc. 
  • President-Elect– Timothy J. Hill - SVP, Legal & Public Affairs - Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
  • Vice President – Jim W. Goolsby, Jr. - EVP & General Counsel - Sterling Bancshares Inc. 
  • Secretary – Kevin Trautner - Partner - Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

  Board of Directors:

  • Mark Antonivich –VP & General Counsel - Vinmar International 
  • Shahzad Bashir – Group Managing Director – Huron Consulting Group
  • Martin D. Beirne - Partner – Beirne, Maynard & Parsons LLP
  • Walter Browning - VP, General Counsel & Secretary  – CB&I
  • Jeffrey W. Carr – VP, General Counsel & Sec. – FMC Technologies, Inc.
  • Richard Chandler, Jr. - VP & General Counsel - Smith International
  • Rachel Clingman - Partner - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • Kevin Feeney - VP & General Counsel - Air Liquide-America Corporation 
  • Holly Williamson - Partner - Hunton & Williams LLP 
  • Craig B. Glidden - EVP & Chief Legal Officer – LyondellBasell Industries
  • James W. Goolsby, Jr. - EVP, General Counsel & Secretary – Sterling Bancshares, Inc.
  • Bradley Green - General Counsel - Carriage Services, Inc.  
  • Dona G. Hamilton-Cornell – VC and VP for Legal Affairs & General Counsel – University of Houston System
  • Marquerite Johnson - Attorney Search Director - Prescott Legal Search
  • Betsy Kamin – Partner – Strasburger & Price LLP
  • T. Mark Kelly – Partner – Vinson & Elkins LLP
  • Chris LaFollette - Partner in Charge - Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer  & Feld, LLP 
  • Clyde Lea – Deputy General Counsel – ConocoPhillips, Inc. 
  • Debra Levy Gilbreath - Partner -Brown McCarroll LLP  
  • Michael J. Mazzone – Partner – Haynes and Boone LLP
  • Rick Plaeger – SVP & General Counsel – EOG Resources, Inc. 
  • Lisa Powell - Partner - Jackson Walker LLP
  • Charlene A. Ripley - VP & General Counsel – Linn Energy LLC 
  • Richard Rohan - Partner - Carrington, Coleman, Sloman  & Blumenthal, LLP 
  • David G. Runnels – Partner – Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Michael B. Schwartz – Principal – KPMG LLP
  • Gerard J. Sonnier – VP & Assistant General Counsel                                    – Waste Management, Inc.
  • N. Larry Stevens – Partner – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • David Taylor - Partner - Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
  • Alvin L. Thomas II - SVP & General Counsel - Global Geophysical               - Services, Inc. 
  • Hugh Whiting – Partner-in-Charge – Jones Day
  • Russell Wong - Partner – Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP 

  • Marguerite Woung-Chapman - VP, Chief Governance Officer & Corp. Sec. - El Paso Corporation 

  • Shira Yoshor, Partner – Baker Botts LLP

AUSTIN-SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER

Officers:

  • President –  Lee Cusenbary - General Counsel - Mission Pharmacal
  • Vice President –  Elizabeth Rogers - General Counsel - Texas State Bar 
  • Secretary –  Jane Smith - Partner - Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Board of Directors:
  • Kristi Belt - Partner - Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • Jane Black - General Counsel - Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending
  • David Cabrales - General Counsel - Governor Rick Perry
  • Loretta DeHay - General Counsel - Texas Real Estate Commission
  • Chet A. Fenimore – Partner – Hunton & Williams, LLP
  • Bryan Flood – Managing Director - KPMG LLP
  • Dwight M. Francis - Partner - Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • James Guy - Partner - Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • Adam I. Hauser - Managing Partner - Brown McCarroll LLP
  • Aileen Hooks – Partner, Environmental – Baker Botts LLP 
  • Daryl Lansdale, Jr. – Partner – Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
  • Angelina LaPenotiere - Partner - Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP 
  • Diana Liebman – Partner - Haynes and Boone
  • Stan E. McCormick – EVP, Corporate Counsel & Secretary – Frost Bank
  • Lino Mendiola – Partner – Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Nancy A. Norman – Partner – Jackson Walker LLP
  • Kyle Pankonien - General Counsel & Secretary - Farm Credit Bank of Texas
  • Jane Pollard – Attorney Search Director – Prescott Legal Search
  • David Reiter - General Counsel - Luminex Corporation
  • Elizabeth Rogers - General Counsel - Texas State Bar
  • Phillip M. Slinkard – Partner – K&L Gates
  • Robin Snasdell - Manager - Huron Consulting 
  • Stan Stewart - Partner - Baker & McKenzie LLP
  • Andy Taylor – Partner – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • Robert K. Temple – Deputy General Counsel – CPS Energy
  • Jennifer Waumett - Chief Intellectual Property Counsel - Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
  • David Weaver - General Counsel, Texas State Securities Board