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Texas Impact board members meet in Austin in September 2023

Texas Impact’s board comprises representatives from diverse faith traditions, some of whom serve as official representatives of governing bodies or interest groups within their traditions and others of whom serve in an individual, at-large capacity. The board structure was established in the 1970s using the Texas Conference of Churches model. The board structure has been updated occasionally to reflect our organization’s increasing religious diversity.

Most board members are representative of a Texas Impact member institution. Member institutions include judicatories (regional bodies of religious denominations); regional social action groups, which may be single-faith or interfaith; and regional interfaith alliances. In general, single-faith regional convening or governing bodies have two seats, and interfaith or social-issue interest groups have one seat. The board has 10 at-large seats. These seats are intended to help ensure diversity and inclusion on the board.

The board has 5 officers: President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Past President. The officers are elected in September of odd-numbered years for 2-year terms beginning in January of even-numbered years. Officers may serve up to two consecutive terms. The executive committee includes the officers plus three additional members elected by the board from its membership.

 

Denomination Institution Title First Name Last Name City
UMC Horizon Texas Conference Ms. Darlene Alfred Salado
CC(DOC) Southwest Region Rev. Tracey Anderson-Tellado Corpus Christi
Baptist At-Large Rev. Danielle Ayers Dallas
Friends South Central Friends Ms. Andrea Beane Austin
UMC Texas Conference UMC Rev. Nathan Lonsdale Bledsoe Katy
Jewish At-large Rabbi Neil Blumofe Austin
ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod Rev. Jessica Cain San Marcos
PCUSA Tres Rios Presbytery Rev. Dr. Tim Davenport-Herbst San Angelo
UCC South Central UCC Rev. Dr. Dan De Leon College Station
ELCA TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod Rev. Ashley Dellagiacoma Houston
Baptist Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Rev. Ellen Di Giosia San Antonio
UMC Horizon Texas Conference Rev. Phil Dieke Dallas
UMC Texas Conference UMC Mr. Sid Earnheart Spring
ELCA Southwestern Texas Synod Mr. Rick Ertel Mountain Home
PCUSA Mission Presbytery Rev. Matt Gaventa Austin
PCUSA New Covenant Presbytery Ms. Kyla Hebert Houston
ELCA TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod Mr. Don Hill La Porte
UMC Rio Texas Conference UMC Rev. Robert Huie Beeville
UCC South Central UCC Rev. Arlene Infante Turner San Antonio
UCC At-Large Rev. Leslie Jackson Houston
UMC At-Large Rev. LyAnna Johnson Austin
Jewish Religious Action Center (RAC-TX) Rabbi Nancy Kasten Dallas
Episcopal Faith Forward Dallas Rev. Paul Klitzke Dallas
ELCA Church Women United of Texas Ms. Dorothy Kraemer Pflugerville
UMC Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston Ms. Kim Mabry Houston
Islam At-Large Chaplain Usama Malik Austin
PCUSA Grace Presbytery Rev. Amy Moore Dallas
PCUSA At-Large Rev. Dick Powell San Marcos
UMC United Women in Faith (UMW) Ms. Cynthia Rives Denton
Jewish National Council of Jewish Women Ms. Ellen Sable Austin
ELCA NTX-N LA Synod Rev. Franz Schemmel Weatherford
PCUSA New Covenant Presbytery Mr. Adrian Shelley Spring
UMC Horizon Texas Conference Rev. Ashley Anne Sipe Lewisville
Episcopal Interfaith Action of Central TX Ms. Simone Talma Flowers Austin
CC(DOC) Southwest Region Rev. Dr. Eilene Theilig Fort Worth
Friends South Central Friends Ms. Joanna Vaughn Austin
UMC Rio Texas Conference UMC Mr. Abel Vega San Antonio
PCUSA Grace Presbytery Rev. Dr. Kyle  Walker Dallas
UUA TXUUJM Rev. Erin Walter Bastrop 
PCUSA Grace Presbytery Rev. Laura Walters Dallas
ELCA North TX-Northern LA Synod Rev. Dan Weichart Granbury