OUR LEADERSHIP
Texas Impact was founded in 1973 on the central religious conviction that religious communities are called to minister to the whole person–to respond with compassion to the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of all people. The Texas religious leaders who established Texas Impact believed that such a ministry couldn’t be performed adequately without a concern for basic social problems at the state government level. Texas Impact exists to advance state public policies that are consistent with the commonly held social principles of our member faith traditions.
Texas Impact’s member organizations include Christian denominational bodies, regional Jewish and Muslim social justice committees, and local interfaith councils. In addition to denomination-level member organizations, Texas Impact also has dozens of supporting congregations and hundreds of individual members who pay an annual membership fee to be part of our network. Texas Impact provides an interfaith network that brings faith to bear on social issues through grassroots education and policy advocacy. We give people of faith the information and leadership skills they need to help policymakers improve conditions for families and communities throughout Texas.
Prefix |
First Name |
Last Name |
City |
Denomination |
Sending Institution |
| Ms. | Darlene | Alfred | Salado | United Methodist Church | Central Texas Conference UMC |
| Rev. | Ashley Anne | Sipe | Carrollton | United Methodist Church | North Texas Conference |
| Reverend | Tracey | Anderson-Tellado | Corpus Christi | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Southwest Region |
| Rev. | Danielle | Ayers | Dallas | Baptist | At-Large |
| Ms. | Andrea | Beane | Austin | Friends (Quaker) | Society of Friends |
| Rabbi | Neil | Blumofe | Austin | Jewish | At-Large |
| M. | Emily | Bourgeois | Austin | Jewish | Religious Action Center (RAC-TX) |
| Rev | Glynden | Bode | Spring | United Methodist Church | Texas Conference UMC |
| Rev. | Jessica | Cain | Wimberley | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Southwest Texas Synod |
| Mr. | Anthony | Chapple | Austin | Episcopal | Episcopal Diocese of Texas |
| Dr. | Annaliese | Cothron | San Antonio | Unitarian Universalist | Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry |
| Rev. Dr. | Tim | Davenport-Herbst | San Angelo | Presbyterian Church of USA | Tres Rios Presbytery |
| Rev. Dr. | Dan | De Leon | Bryan | United Church of Christ | South Central Conference United Church of Christ |
| Rev. | Ashley | Dellagiacoma | Houston | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod |
| Rev | Phil | Dieke | Dallas | United Methodist Church | North Texas Conference UMC |
| Ms. | Jamila | English | Austin | Emgage | |
| Mr. | Rick | Ertel | Mountain Home | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Southwestern Texas Synod |
| Rev | Matt | Gaventa | Austin | Presbyterian Church of USA | Mission Presbytary |
| Ms. | Kyla | Hebert | Pasadena | Presbyterian Church of USA | Presbytery of the New Covenant |
| Ms. | Cathy | Herzog | Driftwood | United Methodist Church | At-Large |
| Mr. | Don | Hill | La Porte | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod |
| Rev. Dr. | Don | Holladay | Lubbock | United Methodist Church | Northwest Texas Annual Conference |
| Rev. | Robert | Huie | Beeville | United Methodist Church | Rio Texas Conference UMC |
| Ms. | Laura | Hunt | Fort Worth | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | North TX-Northern LA Synod |
| Mr. | Haider | Imam | Austin | Muslim | Islamic Circle of North America |
| Rev | Remington | Johnson | Austin | Presbyterian Church of USA | Mission Presbytery |
| Ms. | LyAnna | Johnson | Austin | United Methodist Church | At-Large |
| Rabbi | Nancy | Kasten | Dallas | Jewish | Religious Action Center (RAC-TX) |
| Mrs. | Cheryl | Kimble | Austin | Baptist | Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
| Priest | Paul | Klitzke | Dallas | Episcopal | Faith Forward Dallas |
| Mrs. | Dorothy | Kraemer | Pflugerville | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Church Women United of Texas |
| Rev. | Nathan | Lonsdale Bledsoe | Houston | United Methodist Church | At-Large |
| Ms. | Kim | Mabry | Friendswood | United Methodist Church | At-Large |
| Dr. | Rick | McClatchy | San Antonio | Baptist | Cooperative Baptist Fellowship |
| Mr. | Arsalan | Muhammad | Houston | Muslim | At-Large |
| Ms. | Cynthia | Rives | Denton | United Methodist Church | United Women in Faith |
| Ms. | Ellen | Sable | Austin | Jewish | National Council of Jewish Women |
| Rev. | Franz | Schemmel | Weatherford | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Northern Texas – Northern Louisiana Synod |
| Mr. | Adrian | Shelley | Spring | Presbyterian | Presbytery of the New Covenant |
| Rev. Dr. | Randy | Smith | Houston | United Methodist Church | Texas Conference, UMC |
| Mrs. | Simone | Talma Flowers | Austin | Episcopal | Interfaith Action Of Central Texas (iACT) |
| Rev. Dr. | Eilene | Theilig | Fort Worth | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Southwest Region |
| Dr. | Asante | Todd | Austin | Baptist | Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary |
| Mrs. | Joanna | Vaughn | Austin | Friends (Quaker) | Society of Friends |
| Mr. | Abel | Vega | San Antonio | United Methodist Church | Rio Texas Annual Conference |
| Rev. Dr. | Kyle | Walker | Dallas | Presbyterian Church of USA | Grace Presbytery |
| Rev. | Erin | Walter | Bastrop | Unitarian Universalist | Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry |