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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.

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