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Board of Directors
2009-2010 Officers

President – Mary Evelyn McNamara
President Elect – Andrea M. Johnson
Vice President – Renee McElhaney
Secretary – Lauren Waddell
Treasurer – Regina Adams
Immediate Past-President – Bree Buchanan

Officers, Board and Judicial Advisors

Mary Evelyn McNamara
(President)
Brown McCarroll, L.L.P.
111 Congress Avenue, Suite 1400
Austin, Texas  78701
512-472-5456 (O)
512-480-5028 (Fax)
mmcnamara@mailbmc.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Andrea M. Johnson
(President Elect)
Burleson Cooke L.L.P.
Houston Pennzoil Place
711 Louisiana Street, Suite 1701
Houston, Texas 77002
713-358-1733 (O)
713-358-1717 (Fax)
(Term Ending: 2010)

Renee McElhaney
(Vice President)
Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated
112 East Pecan, Suite 1800
San Antonio, Texas 78205
210-554-5597 (O)
210-226-8395 (Fax)
rmcelhaney@coxsmith.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Lauren Waddell
(Secretary)
Association of Women Attorneys)
The Waddell Law Firm, P.C.
917 Franklin, Suite 525
Houston, Texas 77002
832-239-8590 (O)
email: lwaddell@waddell-lawfirm.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Regina Adams
(Treasurer)
Johnson Radcliffe Petrov
& Bobbitt PLLC
1001 McKinney, Suite 1000
Houston, Texas 77002
713-237-1221 (O)
713-237-1313 (Fax)
Radams@publiclaw.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Bree Buchanan
(Immediate Past President)

Annie’s List
P.O. Box 699
Austin, Texas 78767
512-481-8100 (O)
512-481-8102 (Fax)
bree@annieslist.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Carolyn Moore
(At Large Director)
Hearing Officer
Workers Compensation Division
Texas Department of Insurance
P.O. Box 959
Lubbock, Texas 79408
806-744-4569 (O)
806-740-0092 (Fax)
carolyn.moore@tdi.state.tx.us
(Term Ending: 2011)

Gwendolyn Frost
(At Large Director)
Powers & Frost, LLP
2400 One Houston Center
1221 McKinney St.
Houston, Texas 77010
713-767-1575 (O)
713-767-1799 (Fax)
(Term Ending: 2011)

Amanda Ellis
(At Large Director)
Amanda Ellis Legal Search
P.O. Box 25211
Dallas, Texas 75225
214-361-0070 (O)
214-662-3806
amanda@aellislega.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Sharon Schweitzer
(At Large Director)
The Protocol & Etiquette Academy, LLC
3300 Bee Cave Road, Suite 650-1305
Austin, Texas 78746
512-306-1845 (O)
512-306-1854 (Fax)
smschweitzer@hotmail.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Melissa A. Dorman
(At Large Director)
Hartline, Dacus, Barger, Dreyer
& Kern, L.L.P.
6688 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1000
Dallas, Texas  75206
214-369-2100 (O)
214-369-2118 (Fax)
mdorman@hdbdk.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Karen D. Smith
(At Large Director)
Drucker, Rutledge, & Smith, L.L.P.
10003 Woodloch Forest Drive, Suite 225
The Woodlands, Texas 77385
281-681-3515 (O)
281-681-3543 (Fax)
smith@drs-llp.com
(Term Ending: 2010)

Allyson L. Wilkinson
(At Large Director)
Westmoreland Hall, P.C.
Williams Tower, 64th Floor
2800 Post Oak Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77056-6125
713-871-9000 (O)
awilkinson@westmorelandhall.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Susan G. Morrison
(Rep. to BOD
Travis County Women’s Lawyer Assoc.)
Morrison & Associates, P.C.
805 W. 10th Street, Suite 101
Austin, Texas  78701
512-478-1616 (O)
512-478-8100 (Fax)
smorrison@morrisonlegal.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Deborah Cordova
(At Large Director)
Kittleman, Thomas & Gonzales, LLP
4900-B N. 10th St.
McAllen, Texas 78504
956-686-8797 (O)
956-630-5199 (Fax)
dcordova@ktglawfirm.com
(Term Ending: 2010)

Sharon Almaguer
(At Large Director)
Dyer & Associates
3700 North Tenth Street, Suite 105
McAllen, Texas 78501
956-686-6606 (O)
956-6866601 (Fax)
dyerfirm13@aol.com
 (Term Ending: 2010)

The Hon. Maria Salas-Mendoza
(At Large Director)

120th Judicial District Court
500 E. San Antonio Street, Room 605
El Paso, Texas 79901
915-546-2103 (O)
915-546-2069 (Fax)
masalas@epcounty.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

Jeanne C. “Cezy” Collins
(Rep. to BOD, National Conference of Women’s Bar Associations)
Kemp Smith L.L.P.
221 N. Kansas Street, Suite 1700
El Paso, Texas 79901
915-533-4424 (O)
915-546-5360 (Fax)
jcollins@kempsmith.com

Judicial Advisors

The Hon. Jan Patterson
Third Court of Appeals
P.O. Box 12547
Austin, TX 78711
512-463-1733 (O)
jan.patterson@3rdcoa.courts.state.tx.us
(Term Ending: 2011)

The Hon. Pamela Mathy
U.S. Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
John H. Wood Jr., U.S. Courthouse
655 E. Durango Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78206
210-472-6350 (O)
210-472-6354 (Fax)
pamela_mathy@txwd.uscourts.gov
(Term Ending: 2011)

The Hon. Rose Reyna
206th Judicial District Court
Hidalgo County Courthouse
100 N. Closner Street
P.O. Box 87
Edinburg, TX 78540
956-318-2265 (O)
Rgr206@aol.com
(Term Ending: 2011)

VACANT

Rep. to BOD
Bexar County Women’s
Bar Association

Rep. to BOD
El Paso Women’s Bar Assocation

Rep. to BOD
Dallas Women Lawyers Association

Rep. to BOD
Women and the Law Section

Rep. to BOD
Women in the Profession Committee

TBA
Law Student Representative

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