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Leadership & Staff

Glenn Rea

President
Glenn Rea
The Cuero Record

Randy Keck

First Vice President
Randy Keck
The Community News

Second Vice President
Patrick Canty
Odessa American

Laurie Ezzell Brown

Treasurer
Laurie Brown
Canadian Record

Randy Mankin

Chairman
Randy Mankin
The Eldorado Success

Mike Hodges

Executive Director
Mike Hodges
Texas Press Association

ELECTED DIRECTORS

Bill Patterson, Denton Record-Chronicle (2018)
Sue Brown, Pleasanton Express (2018)
Neice Bell, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (2017)
Mike Winter, The Bowie News (2017)
Jeff Berger, Hondo Anvil Herald (2016)
David Compton, Brownwood Bulletin (2016)

APPOINTED DIRECTORS

Libby Averyt, Corpus Christi Caller Times
Lisa Chappell, Greenville Herald-Banner
Ken Cooke, Fredericksburg Standard
Bill Crist, Snyder Daily News
Brenda Miller-Fergerson, The Pasadena Citizen 
Jim Moser, Jackson County Herald-Tribune
Danny Reneau, Silsbee Bee
Terry Schaub, Katy Times

REGIONAL PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS

North & East Texas Press Association
President: Jessica Woodall, Kilgore News Herald
VP: Suzanne Bardwell, Gladewater Mirror

Panhandle Press Association
President: Ashlee Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise
VP: Larry Thornton, Muleshoe Journal

South Texas Press Association
President: Kathy Cooke, Rockdale Reporter
VP: Kim Jung, Fredericksburg Standard

Texas Gulf Coast Press Association
President: Sue Brown, Pleasanton Express
VP: Ramona Ferguson, Banner Press Newspaper

West Texas Press Association
President: Randy Mankin, Eldorado Success
VP: J.L. Mankin, Big Lake Wildcat

TPA Staff

Periodicals Consultant: Joel Allis
Executive Vice President: Donnis Baggett
Advertising Consultant: Shon Bridges
Sales Manager: Joanna Weatherall
Controller/Office Manager: Stephanie Hearne
Executive Director: Micheal Hodges
Publications Manager:  Candace Velvin
Administrative Assistant: Donna Shaw
Member Services Director: Ed Sterling