Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees
A total of four Board of Trustee members, three attorneys and one public member, are appointed by the State Bar of Texas President to serve a three year term. Additionally, three attorneys of the Texas Bar Foundation are chosen and appointed by the Foundation Board annually to serve a three year term. Additional liaisons to the Board of Trustees include a member of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors, the Texas Young Lawyers Association President, and the Chair of the State Bar of Texas Judicial Section. Fellows officers are chosen and elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Fellows.
2020-2021 Board of Trustees
Shannon Dacus, Chair
Wendy Burgower, Chair-elect
Alistair B. Dawson, Secretary-Treasurer
Florentino A. Ramirez, Past Chair
Amanda Abraham
Geffrey W. Anderson
Melanie Bragg
Jennifer C. Chiang
Kenda Culpepper
*Estrella Escobar
Alexandra L. Farias-Sorrels
*Jarrod T. Foerster
Diana M. Geis
Warren W. Harris
Andrew L. Kerr
Roger A. Key
Jennifer Evans Morris
Gary L. Nickelson
MariBen Ramsey
Judge Rose Guerra Reyna
C.E. Rhodes, Jr.
Thomas C. Riney
Frank E. Stevenson
*John D. “Jack” Swallow
C. Barrett Thomas
Shari Goldsberry, State Bar of Texas Liaison
Britney E. Harrison, Texas Young Lawyers Association Liaison
Judge Les Hatch, Judicial Liaison
2020-2021 Fellows Officers
Mark A. Shank, Chair
Carlos Eduardo Cárdenas, Chair-elect
Audrey Mullert Vicknair, Secretary
W. Stephen Benesh, Past Chair
Past Chairs of the Board of Trustees (PDF)
Past Chairs of the Fellows (PDF)
Texas Bar Foundation 2019-2020 Board of Trustees
Top Row: Travis Torrence, Frank Stevenson, W. Stephen Benesh, Mark A. Shank, Geffrey W. Anderson, Rick Robertson, David W. Copeland, Roger A. Key
Middle Row: Andrea Stone, John D. “Jack” Swallow, Shannon Dacus, Estrella Escobar, James C. Woo, Diana M. Geis, Alexandra L. Farias-Sorrels, Victor Flores
Bottom Row: Amanda Abraham, Wendy Burgower, B. Blue Hyatt, Robbie Ausley, Florentino A. Ramirez, Justice Gina M. Benavides, Carlos Eduardo Cardenas, Judge Rose Guerra Reyna, MariBen Ramsey
Not Pictured:Melanie Bragg, Alistair Dawson, C. E. Rhodes, Jr., Thomas C. Riney, C. Barrett Thomas