Leadership

Meet Our Officers

The Texas Wildlife Association is governed by a Board of Directors, four statewide Officers, and an Executive Committee of volunteer members.

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Nyle Maxwell
President

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Parley Dixon
Vice President

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Spencer Lewis
Treasurer

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Dr. Louis Harveson
2nd VP for Programs

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TEXAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION

Executive Committee

The Texas Wildlife Association Executive Committee is appointed by the President. All members of the Executive Committee must be Voting Members of the Association.

The Executive Committee governs all actions and sets all policy of the Association and may exercise all of the powers of the Board of Directors in the interim period between meetings of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee has full power over all business as conducted by the Officers of the Association, and the Officers are responsible to this Committee.

Marko Barrett
San Antonio

Sarah Biedenharn
San Antonio

Kevin Comiskey
Houston

Charles Davidson
San Antonio

Parley Dixon
Austin

Donnie Draeger
Carrizo Springs

Chuck Greco
Junction

Dr. Louis Harveson
Alpine

David Hewitt
Kingsville

Lee Hoffpauir
Lampasas

Rebecca Jones
Flower Mound

Harrison King
Marfa

Jim Kolkhorst
Brenham

Jonathan Letz
Comfort

Spencer Lewis
San Antonio

Monty Martin
Cypress

Nyle Maxwell
Georgetown

Mary Pearl Meuth
Giddings

Jenny Sanders
Apple Springs

Greg Simons
San Angelo

Don Steinbach
Burton

William Thompson
San Antonio

Larry Weishuhn
Brenham

Jeff White
Midland

Neal Wilkins
San Antonio

Ex Officio: David Langford
Comfort

Directors Emeritus

J. David Anderson
Houston

Marko Barrett
San Antonio

Richard Bennett
San Antonio

Mark Bivins
Amarillo

Warren Blesh
Holly Lake Ranch

Rob Bracken
Selma

Fred Bryant
Durango, CO

Tina Buford
Harlingen

Richard Butler
Karnes City

Hon. Susan Combs
Austin

Charles Davidson
San Antonio

Ed Dutch
Burnet

Dr. Bill Eikenhorst
Brenham

Joseph Fitzsimons
Carrizo Springs

Derry Gardner
Cotulla

James Hayne
San Antonio

Luke Kellogg
San Antonio

Dr. Wallace Klussmann
Fredericksburg

Steve C. Lewis
San Antonio

Keith Martin
San Antonio

Dr. Dan McBride
Burnet

Paul McSween
San Antonio

Wallace Rogers
San Antonio

Dale Rollins
San Angelo

Charles Schreiner
Salado

Greg Simons
San Angelo

Dr. Don Steinbach
Burton

Jimmie V. Thurmond III
San Antonio

Arthur Uhl
San Angelo

Tom Vandivier
Rocksprings

Larry Weishuhn
Brenham

Bill Wilson
Fredericksburg

Craig Archer
Rotan

Thomas Arnim
San Antonio

Ty Bartoskewitz
Breckenridge

Tom Beard
Alpine

Randy Cadwallader V
San Antonio

Linda Campbell
Sheldon

Jim Cathey
College Station

Sterling Curry
Dallas

Cary Dietzmann
Brenham

Justin Feild
China Spring

Dan Flournoy
Houston

Maureen Frank
Alpine

Jackie Harker
Flatonio

Steven Harker
Flatonio

David Harrison
New Braunfels

William Howell
College Station

Randall Hudson
Fort Worth

Mason King
Fort Worth

Steven Mafrige
Tilden

Trey Maxwell
Austin

Mary Pearl Meuth
Giddings

James Oliver
San Antonio

Scott Petty
San Antonio

Bryan Pickens
Dallas

Carroll Schubert
San Antonio

Tim Siegmund
College Station

Ross Studer
San Antonio

Bryan Wagner
Fort Worth

Clayton Wolter
Edna

Travis Wuest
San Antonio

Brad Wuest
San Antonio

John Baker
Spring

Connard Barker
Montgomery

James Barrow
San Antonio

Kenneth Bell
New Braunfels

Sarah Biedenharn
San Antonio

Craig Bowen
Austing

Ruben Cantu
San Angelo

William Carrington
San Antonio

Chuck Cashdollar
Spring

Ken Cearley
Lufkin

Deborah Clark
Henrietta

Kevin Comiskey
Houston

Parley Dixon
Austin

Donnie Draeger
Eagle Pass

Robert Dullnig
San Antonio

Steve Dutton
San Antonio

Jonny Fitzsimons
San Antonio

Chuck Greco
Junction

Heath Grigg
Kingsville

Rebecca Heidelberg
Midland

Mark Hiler
College Station

Roger Hill
San Antonio

Helen Holdsworth
San Antonio

Anson Howard
San Antonio

Rebecca Jones
Flower Mound

Karl Kinsel
San Antonio

Dan Kinsel
Cotulla

Brad Knolle
Bulverde

Jim Kolkhorst
Brenham

Bart Koontz
San Antonio

Keith Lake
Bandera

Richard “Spencer” Lewis
San Antonio

Ben Love
Marathon

M. Russell Marshall
Victoria

Augie McCan
Victoria

Con Mims
Uvale

Rick Nauert
Austin

Matt Oliver
San Antonio

William Osborn III
San Antonio

John Park
San Antonio

Roger Parker
San Antonio

Joe Patterson
New Braunfels

Preston Polk
Fort Worth

Jay Robertson
San Antonio

Louie Sanchez
Austin

Michael Sasser
Beeville

Tim Taylor
Medina

James Uhl III
San Angelo

Fay Walker
San Antonio

Rex Webb
Rocksprings

Jeff White
Midland

Brad Wolfe
Los Fresnos

Tamara Wood
Nacogdoches

Andy Allen
Boerne

Terry Anderson
Center

Ernest Angelo
Midland

Katharine Armstrong Love
Austin

Warren Bluntzer
Lampasas

Jim Bradbury
Austin

Tyler Brimager
Lubbock

Emily Brochon
Alpine

Dylon Brochon
Alpine

Neal Carlton
Georgetown

Matt Carter
Fort Worth

E.A. “Bud” Christy
San Antonio

Alan Curry
San Angelo

Ernie Davis
Cotulla

Doug DuBois
Austin

Edward Farmer
Cedar Park

Carlos Gonzalez
Alpine

Milton Greeson
Victoria

Dr. Louis Harveson
Alpine

Elliott Hayne
San Antonio

Brian Hays
Ardmore, OK

David Hewitt
Kingsville

Richard Hill
Austin

George “Timo” Hixon
San Antonio

W.H. “Bill” Hoffmann
Eastland

Lee Hoffpauir
Lampasas

Will Hughes
San Antonio

William “Whit” Jones III
Corpus Christi

Kyle Kacal
College Station

Shane Kiefer
Dripping Springs

Harrison King
Austin

Tanner Kneese
Kerrville

Tucker Knight
Houston

Grant Lawrence
Austin

Jonathan Letz
Comfort

Robert Lindsey
Goldthwaite

Ryan Luna
Alpine

Walter “Monty” Martin
Cypress

Mark Matthews
Hondo

Nyle Maxwell
Georgetown

Guy McCrary
Midland

Patrick McNamara
San Antonio

Blake Murden
Dripping Springs

Clint Orms
Boerne

Larry Pierce
Marshall

Carl Ray Polk
Lufkin

Sue Price
Blooming Grove

Bruce Roberts
Kingsville

Josh Rodriguez
Salado

Jenny Sanders
Apple Springs

Kevin Smithhart
Lufkin

Misty Sumner
Fort Davis

William Thompson
San Antonio

Tamara Trail
Albany

Jerry Wascom
Houston

Cody Webb
Barnhart

Karla Welch
Richmond

Neal Wilkins
San Antonio

William Wright
Cisco

William “Carl” Young
Georgetown

Texas Wildlife Association

Board of Directors

The Texas Wildlife Association Executive Committee is appointed by the President. All members of the Executive Committee must be Voting Members of the Association.

The affairs of the Texas Wildlife Association are managed by the Board of Directors. Only Voting Members of the Association serve as Directors. Each of the eight TWA regions has at least five representatives on the Board of Directors. The number of Directors is set by the Executive Committee. Each Director serves a term of three years, and there is no limit on the number of terms a Director may serve.

TEXAS WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION

Statewide Committees

Membership Committee

The TWA Membership Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the issues and topics necessary to achieve the organization’s membership and regional development goals.

Legislative Committee

The TWA Legislative Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the range of issues and topics necessary to achieve the organization’s public policy goals (both legislative and regulatory) at the state and federal levels.

Finance Committee

The TWA Finance Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the range of issues and topics necessary to achieve the organization’s financial goals.

Big Game Committee

The TWA Big Game Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the range of legislative, regulatory, and non-regulatory issues and topics involving whitetail deer, mule deer, pronghorn antelope, and bighorn sheep management in Texas.

Conservation Legacy Committee

The TWA Conservation Legacy Advisory Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the range of issues and topics necessary for implementing high-impact education programs.

Hunting Heritage Advisory Committee

The TWA Hunting Heritage Advisory Committee is formed to collaboratively work with the TWA Executive Committee in their oversight of the direction of the TWA Hunting Heritage programs (including, but not limited to, the administration and financing of the Texas Youth Hunting Program, Adult Learn to Hunt Program and Texas Big Game Awards) in an effort to recruit and retain the next generation of Texas hunters.

Wildlife Conservation Committee

The Wildlife Conservation Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on a range of legislative, regulatory, and non-regulatory issues and topics involving game (not to include white-tailed deer, desert big game species and other exotic deer species) and nongame wildlife, fisheries and rare species in the State of Texas.

Land and Water Committee

The TWA Land and Water Advisory Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on the range of legislative, regulatory, and non-regulatory issues and topics involving land (property rights) and water (groundwater and surface water) in Texas.

Convention Committee​

The TWA Convention Committee is formed to provide advice and recommendations to the TWA Executive Committee on fundraising aspects and event related to TWA’s annual convention held each summer.