Board of Directors

TACAA is a private, nonprofit corporation, governed by a Board of Directors. Executive Directors of each Corporate Member Community Action Agency, six officers elected by the general membership, four representatives-at-large, and three program conveners comprise TACAA’s Board of Directors.

Executive Committee

Position Officer Term Expiration
President Tama Shaw, San Saba 12/31/2013
First Vice President Jonita Reynolds, Houston 12/31/2013
Second Vice President Dan Boyd, Linden 12/31/2014
Parliamentarian Karen Swenson, Nacogdoches 12/31/2014
Treasurer Brad Manning, Weatherford 12/31/2013
Secretary Carol Brown, Fort Worth 12/31/2014
Metro Representative Joe Martinez, Corpus Christi 12/31/2013
Urban Representative Mark Bethune, San Angelo 12/31/2013
Rural North Representative Bill Powell, Levelland 12/31/2013
Rural South Representative Kelly Franke, Giddings 12/31/2013
Past President Vicki Smith, Victoria 12/31/2013

Board of Directors

Name City Agency
Ann Awalt Alice Community Action Corporation of South Texas
Magi York Amarillo Panhandle Community Services
Dana Myers Aspermont Aspermont Small Business Development Center
Kristie Smith Bay City Economic Advancement Corporation of the Gulf Coast
Anna Simo Beeville Bee Community Action Agency
George Simon Center Tri-County Community Action, Inc.
Jim Williamson Coleman Central Texas Opportunities, Inc.
Karen Garber College Station Brazos Valley Community Action Agency
Joe Martinez Corpus Christi Nueces County Community Action Agency
Pauletta Hines Corsicana Community Services, Inc.
Debra Thomas Crowell Rolling Plains Management Corporation
Maribel Navarro-Saenz Edinburg Hidalgo County Community Services Agency
Laura Ponce El Paso El Paso CAP, Project BRAVO
Rosela Johnson Fort Stockton Pecos County Community Action Agency
Sonia Singleton Fort Worth City of Fort Worth, Community Action Partners
Marie Francis Fort Worth City of Fort Worth, Community Action Partners
Carol Brown Fort Worth City of Fort Worth, Community Action Partners
Jacquelyn Douglas Galveston Galveston County Community Action Council
John Doerfler Georgetown Williamson-Burnet County Opportunities
Kelly Franke Giddings Combined Community Action
Jonita Reynolds Houston Gulf Coast Community Services Association
Jenny Gibson Lamesa West Texas Opportunities
Juan Vargas Laredo Webb County Community Action Agency
William D. Powell, Jr. Levelland South Plains Community Action Association
Dan Boyd Linden Community Services of Northeast Texas, Inc.
Emma Vasquez Marfa Big Bend Community Action Committee
Beverly Logan Mount Vernon Northeast Texas Opportunities
Karen Swenson Nacogdoches Greater East Texas Community Action Program
Mark Bethune San Angelo Concho Valley Community Action Agency
Melody Woosley San Antonio City of San Antonio, Dept. of Human Services
Carole Belver San Marcos Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas
Tama Shaw San Saba Hill Country Community Action Association, Inc.
Frances Little San Saba Hill Country Community Action Association, Inc.
Carol Delgado / Melba Romo Seguin Community Council of South Central Texas
Vicki Smith Victoria Community Action Committee of Victoria, Texas
John W. Key Waco EOAC of Planning Region XI
Bobby Deike Waco EOAC of Planning Region XI
Brad Manning Weatherford Texas Neighborhood Services Inc.

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