Board of Directors

2025–26 Board of Directors

The Texas Exes is a nonprofit organization led by a board of directors. The leadership year begins July 1.

	Hometown	Position	Beginning	Ending
Arleas Upton Kea	Silver Spring	President and Chair	7/1/25	6/30/26
Robert W. Jones	Austin	CEO	5/1/25	Present
Brien P. Smith	Dallas	Immediate Past President	7/1/25	6/30/26
Lee Beckelman	Spicewood	President-Elect	7/1/25	6/30/26
Aaron Thielhorn	Houston	Treasurer & Finance Chair	7/1/25	6/30/27
Gay Gaddis	Austin	Past President	7/1/25	6/30/28
John Beckworth	Austin	Past President	7/1/25	6/30/28
Dan Ellinor	Austin	Audit Committee Chair, Secretary (2025-26)	7/1/23	6/30/26
Paul Kinscherff	Austin	Investments Committee Chair	7/1/24	6/30/27
Bianca Hernandez	Irving	Chapters & Networks Representative	7/1/24	6/30/26
Nancy Seliger	Amarillo	Scholarship Advisory Committee Chair	7/1/24	6/30/27
TBD		UT Executive Officer	7/1/25	6/30/28
Richard J. Reddick	Austin	UT Faculty Representative	7/1/25	6/30/28
Chad Barrett	Dallas	Director	7/1/25	6/30/26
Diane Begala	McLean	Director	7/1/24	6/30/27
Lynn Davis	Houston	Director	7/1/23	6/30/26
June Deadrick	Houston	Director	7/1/23	6/30/26
Randy Erben	Austin	Director	7/1/23	6/30/26
Letty Fernandez	Brownsville	Director	7/1/25	6/30/28
Elaine Garza	Austin	Director	7/1/25	6/30/28
Brian Haley	Austin	Director	7/1/24	6/30/27
Julie Kleberg	Fort Worth	Director	7/1/23	6/30/26
Jeannie Leavitt	New Braunfels	Director	7/1/25	6/30/28
Steve Stodghill	Dallas	Director	7/1/25	6/30/28
Arthur Uhl	San Antonio	Director	7/1/25	6/30/28
Jonathan Worbington	Houston	Director	7/1/24	6/30/27

Past Presidents

Name	Term
Brien P. Smith	2024–25
Gay Gaddis	2023–24
Courtney Jeans	2022–23
Patty Huffines	2021–22
Robert A. Estrada	2020–21
Todd Maclin	2019–20
Nancy Seliger	2018–19
Del Williams	2017–18
John H. Massey	2016–17
Antonio Garza	2015–16
Kay Bailey Hutchison	2014–15
Charles Matthews	2013–14
John Beckworth	2012–13
Machree Gibson	2011–12
Richard Leshin	2010–11
Rudy Garza	2009–10
Pam Willeford	2008–09
Darrel Windham	2007–08
Sonia Perez	2006–07
John Adkins	2005–06
Hector De Leon	2004–05
Steve Head	2003–04
Steve Ballantyne	2002–03
John Fainter	2001–02
Jane Monday	2000–01
George Christian	1999–2000
John S. Chase	1998–99
Larry Temple	1997–98
Ricardo Hinojosa	1996–97
Cyndi Taylor Krier	1995–96
Joe Kilgore	1994–95
John Barnhill	1993–94
Bob Inman	1992–93
Jon Newton	1991–92
Hum Mandell	1990–91
John Harbin	1989–90
Mike Cook	1987–89
Gordon Appleman	1985–87
Bob Dorsey	1983–85
Jean Kaspar	1981–83
John Stuart III	1979–81
John Ben Shepperd	1978–79
Gordon Rountree	1976–78
Wales Madden, Jr.	1974–76
Foster Parker	1972–74
Dan Krausse	1970–72
Jack Blanton	1968–70
Charles Coates	1966–68
Beaumont Stinnett	1966–66
Frank Denius	1964–66
Ernest F. Smith	1962–64
John Holmes	1960–62
Sterling Holloway	1958–60
Herman Jones	1956–58
A. W. Walker	1954–56
R. L. Bobbitt	1952–54
Byron Skelton	1950–52
L. H. Cullum	1948–50
John A. Rawlins	1947–48
Walter S. Pope	1945–47
W. H. Francis	1943–45
A. M. McAfee	1941–43
H.C. Pipkin	1939–41
Hulon W. Black	1937–39
Hines M. Baker	1935–37
Ralph Goeth	1933–35
Charles I. Francis	1931–33
Ireland Graves	1930–31
William L. McGill	1928–30
T. W. Gregory	1926–28
Rhodes S. Baker	1924–26
David C. Bland	1923–24
Orville Bullington	1921–23
Will C. Hogg	1919–21
Dexter Hamilton	1918–19
H. D. Ardrey	1917–18
Edwin W. Bewley	1915–17
John W. Philp	1914–15
Charles K. Lee	1912–14
E. B. Parker	1910–12
W. L. Crawford	1909–10
D. E. Simmons	1908–09
H. Y. Benedict	1907–08
Walter Woodson	1906–07
R. A. Thompson	1905–06
W. H. Stacy	1904–05
H. Y. Benedict	1903–04
C. H. Miller	1901–03
V. L. Brooks	1897–1901
W. B. Garrett	1896–97
L. Alva Carlton	1895–96
W. H. Burges	1894–95
Seth M. Morris	1893–94
R. L Henry	1892–93
J. R. Hamilton	1891–92
R. C. Batts	1890–91
Edwin M. Hicks	1889–90
C. H. Miller	1888–89
Moran Scott	1887–88
John S. Stone	1885–87

2025–26 Board of Directors

Past Presidents

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