Board of Directors and
Leadership Council


 
Board of Directors

Amy M. Barbee
Texas Cultural Trust
823 Congress Avenue, Ste 650
Austin, TX 78701
O: 512-478-5289
F: 512-478-5292
Toll Free: 877-651-8282
C: 512-925-2774
abarbee@txculturaltrust.org
 
Past Pres, Lynn Barnett
Abilene Cultural Affairs Council
1101 North 1st Street
Abilene TX 79601
O: 325-677-1161
F: 325-676-1630
acac@abilene.com
 
Hamp Beesley
W. Hampton Beesley, P.C.
610 South Bryant Boulevard
San Angelo, TX 76903
O: 325-653-1356
F: 325-653-2423
hbeesley@wcc.net
 
Anne Black
MSC OPAS - Texas A&M University
P.O. Box J-1
College Station, TX 77844
O: 979-845-1661
C: 979-492-5424
anne-black@tamu.edu
 
Mary Grace Carroll, PhD
Vidal M. Trevino School – LISD
1701 Victoria Street
Laredo, TX 78040
O: 956-795-3325
mgcarroll@elisd.org
 
Allen Craig
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
1000 Louisiana
Houston, TX 77002-5007
O: 713-276-5570
F: 713-276-6570
acraig@gardere.com

Treasurer, Doug Danforth
1003 Madrone Road
Austin, Texas  78746
H: 512-327-3138
C: 512-797-6950
F: 512-328-5824
dmdanforth@att.net
 
Linda Donahue, PhD
Department of Theatre & Dance
Texas Tech University
Mail Stop 42061
Lubbock, TX 79409
O: 806-742-3601x225
C: 806-239-0378
linda.donahue@ttu.edu
 
Tom Frost III
Frost Bank
P.O. Box 1600
San Antonio, TX 78296-1600
O: 210-220-5764
tfrostiii@frostbank.com

Gae Hatton
Fine Arts Chamber Players
3630 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75219
O: 214-520-2219
ed@fineartschamberplayers.org
 
Danny Holeva
Arts Assembly of Midland
PO Box 3494
Midland, TX 79702
O: 432-687-1149
danny@artsassemblyofmidland.org

Andrew Huang
Houston Downtown Alliance
One Houston Center, Ste 3434
Houston, TX 77010
O: 713.658.8938
ahuang@downtownhouston.org
 
Richard Huff
Irving Arts Center
3333 N. MacArthur Dr. Ste 300
Irving, TX 75062
O: 972-252-7558
rhuff@cityofirving.org

Vincent Kitch
City of Austin Cultural Arts Division
301 W. 2nd Street, Ste 2030
Austin, TX 78701
O: 512-974-9310
vincent.kitch@ci.austin.tx.us



Joe E. Lea
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, L.L.P.
600 Congress Avenue, Ste 2100
Austin, TX 78701
O: 512-495-6000
F: 512-505-0567
jlea@mcginnislaw.com
 
Secretary, Linda M. Lee
Texas Nonprofit Theatres, Inc.
1300 Gendy Street
Fort Worth, TX 76107
O: (817) 731-2238
C: 817-874-5123
F: 817-731-2239
tnt@texastheatres.org
 
Nancy Loving
8009 Ladera Verde Drive
Austin, TX 78739
H: 512-301-4848
C: 512-796-1165
nloving4@austin.rr.com

Ex Officio, Jim Bob McMillan
Texas Commission on the Arts
P.O. Box 13406
Austin, TX 78711-3406
O: 512-936-6572
F: 512-475-2699
jimbob.mcmillan@arts.state.tx.us

By-laws, Mary Padgett
3666 Lost Creek Blvd.
Austin, TX 78735
C: 512-217-3421
F: 512-288-5080
hepadgett@aol.com
 
Vice President, Felix Padron
City of San Antonio,
Office of  Cultural Affairs
P.O. Box 839966
San Antonio, TX 78283-9966
O: 210-207-6968
fpadron@sanantonio.gov

Kathrin Pettit
El Paso Pro Musica
6557 N. Mesa Street
El Paso, TX 79912
O: 915-833-9400
kathrin@eppm.org

Cookie Ruiz, CFRE
(Barbara Shack, Exec. Administrator)
Ballet Austin
501 W. 3rd Street
Austin, TX 78701
O: 512-476-9151
cookie.ruiz@balletaustin.org
barbara.shack@balletaustin.org

Penelope Speier
04Arts-Foundation for Arts Education
PO Box 831253
San Antonio, TX 78283-1253
O: 210-913-1104
pspeier@04arts.org

Michael Templeton
Mesquite Arts Center
1527 N. Galloway
Mesquite TX 75149
O: 972-216-6444
F: 972-216-8110
mtemplet@ci.mesquite.tx.us
 
Idris Traylor, PhD
3601 63rd Drive
Lubbock, TX 79413
H: 806-795-9823
idrisrhea@sbcglobal.net

Jody Ullich
Arts Council of Ft. Worth
and Tarrant County
1300 Gendy Street
Ft. Worth, TX 76107
O: 817-732-2360
Jody@artscouncilfw.org

President, Joseph R. Wilson
Houston Arts Alliance
3201 Allen Parkway #250
Houston, TX 77019
O: 713.527.9330 x 119  F: 713.630.5210
joe@haatx.com
 
Susan Young
Houston Museum District Association
4200 Montrose Blvd. Ste 425
Houston, TX 77006
O: 713-790-1020
susan@southmainalliance.org

Exec. Dir: Michael Burke
Texans for the Arts
PO Box 11593
Austin, TX 78711-1593
O: 512-474-2365
C: 512-922-0603
mburketfa@att.net

Leadership Council

Doris Alexander
Amarillo, TX

Laura Estrada
Chair, City of Dallas
Cultural Affairs Commission
Dallas, TX
lvestrada@sbcglobal.net

William J. Hill
Houston, Texas

Joanie Holt
Midland, TX

Lorraine Huit
Cardel Homes Inc.
El Paso, TX
Lorraine@Cardelhomes.net

Lynn O'Day
Ft. Worth, TX
natandlynn@sbcglobal.net

Jane Sibley
Austin, TX

Sherry Tucker David
McKinney TX
stucker@ctyo.org

Marc F. Wiegand
Stumpf, Craddock, Massey & Farrimond, P.C.
San Antonio, Texas
mwiegand@scmfpc.com


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