OFFICERS
Chairman
Timothy J. Hill
SVP & General Counsel | Chevron Phillips Chemical Company
Vice Chairman
John Ansbach
Chief Legal Officer | Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Secretary
J. Kevin Blodgett
Managing Director | Huron Consulting Group
Treasurer
Michael B. Schwartz
Principal | KPMG LLP
General Counsel
Robert M. Hoffman
Partner | Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Chief Executive Officer
Lee M. Emery
The General Counsel Forum
Immediate Past Chair
Christopher S. Willis
General Counsel, VP Human Resources | Interstate Battery System of America
Chairman Emeritus
Roland Castañeda
EVP & General Counsel | Renaissance Development Co.
DIRECTORS
Matt Bracy
General Counsel | Settlement Capital Corp.
(2012 DFW Chapter President)
John DeGroote
President and Counsel | BearingPoint, Inc.
Melissa A. Drennan
VP & Chief Counsel | PepsiCo, Inc.
Kevin M. Feeney
VP & General Counsel | Air Liquide-USA LLC
(2012 Houston Chapter President)
David T. Fenton
SVP, General Counsel & Secretary | 7-Eleven, Inc.
Jim W. Goolsby, Jr.
Former EVP & General Counsel | Sterling Bank
Charles E. Hardy
General Counsel | Austin Industries, Inc.
Paul M. Jolas
EVP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | Regency Energy Partners
Harry Martin, Jr.
Vice-President & General Counsel | La Madeleine Inc.
Roger Nober
Executive President Law and Secretary | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation
David S. Reiter
VP, General Counsel & Secretary | Luminex Corporation
(2012 Austin-San Antonio Chapter President)
Dwight W. Rettig
VP & General Counsel | National Oilwell Varco Inc.
Charlene A. Ripley
SVP & General Counsel & Secretary | Linn Energy, LLC
David S. Starr
VP & Deputy General Counsel | Belo Corp.
Ronald Taylor
VP & Special Counsel for Business Development | Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas
(2012 Conference Chair)
Alvin L. Thomas II
General Counsel | GC Consulting Solutions
John D. Torres
EVP, Chief Legal Officer | Lennox International Inc.
Elaine E. Whitbeck
VP, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel | Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
Jennifer B. Wuamett
VP, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel | Freescale Semiconductor Inc.