Board of Directors

Texas Appleseed 2017 Board of Directors
 
Elizabeth Mack, Chair
Locke Lord LLP*
Dallas
 
George Butts, Immediate Past Chair
George Butts Law*
Austin
 
Neel Lane, Secretary-Treasurer
Norton Rose Fulbright*
San Antonio
 
Hon. Marilyn Aboussie
San Angelo
 
Patrick H. Cantilo
Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P.*
Austin
 
Kent Caperton
Ben Barnes Group*
Austin
 
E. Leon Carter
Carter Scholer Arnett Hamada & Mockler, PLLC*
Dallas
 
Ricardo G. Cedillo
Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc.*
San Antonio
 
Clinton Cross
El Paso
 
Dennis P. Duffy
BakerHostetler*
Houston
 
Allene D. Evans
The University of Texas System*
Austin
 
N. Scott Fletcher
Jones Day*
Houston
 
R. James George, Jr.
George Brothers Kincaid & Horton LLP*
Austin
 
Sean Gorman
Bracewell*
Houston
 
Marcy Hogan Greer
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend LLP*
Austin
 
Gregory Huffman
Thompson & Knight LLP*
Dallas
 
Tommy Jacks
Fish & Richardson P.C.*
Austin
 
Susan Karamanian
George Washington University Law School*
Washington, D.C.
 
Charles Kelley
Mayer Brown LLP*
Houston
 
Peter M. Kelly
Kelly, Durham & Pittard, L.L.P.*
Houston
 
Layne Kruse
Norton Rose Fulbright*
Houston
 
Thomas Leatherbury
Vinson & Elkins LLP*
Dallas
 
Michael Lowenberg
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP*
Dallas

Keri McKenzie
Mintz Group*
Dallas

Gina DeBottis Metts
Retired Executive Director, Special Prosecution Unit*
Houston

 
Hon. Thomas R. Phillips 
Baker Botts LLP*
Austin
 
Edmundo O. Ramirez
Ellis, Koeneke & Ramirez, L.L.P.*
McAllen
 
Michael Rodriguez
Atlas, Hall & Rodriguez LLP*
Brownsville
 
David Sharp
Law Offices of David E. Sharp P.L.L.C.*
Houston
 
Melissa B. Shultz 
University of North Texas Dallas College of Law*
Dallas
 
Courtney Stewart
DLA Piper LLP (US)*
Austin
 
Allan Van Fleet
McDermott Will & Emery LLP*
Houston
 
Pat Villareal
Jones Day*
Dallas
 
Dr. Gregory Vincent
The University of Texas at Austin*
Austin
 
Mark Wawro
Susman Godfrey L.L.P.*
Houston
 
Phyllis Young
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP*
Houston
 
Angela C. Zambrano
Sidley Austin LLP*
Dallas
 
J. Chrys Dougherty III, Chair Emeritus
(1915-2014)

 * affiliations listed for identification only