Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is comprised of TAGD’s elected officers, the immediate past President, and one member elected from each TAGD area that is not represented by another member of the Executive Committee. It has the power to fill vacancies of officers, represent TAGD during the legislative session, gather information and make decisions for TAGD as directed by the membership, review, adopt, and take action on financial matters, and perform other duties and responsibilities deemed necessary by the membership. Find out more about TAGD areas here.
President – Joe B. Cooper – North Texas
Vice-President – Dirk Aaron – North Texas
Treasurer – Zach Holland – Upper Gulf Coast
Secretary – Leah Adams – Upper Carrizo
Parlimentarian – Jim Polonis – Upper Edwards Trinity
Past-President – Kathy Turner Jones – Upper Gulf Coast
Janet Adams – Far West Texas
Amber Blount- Ogallala
Ron Fieseler – Lower Edwards Trinity
Greg Sengelmann – Edwards Carrizo
Lonnie Stewart – Lower Gulf Coast
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee includes the current president and the two immediate past presidents. Members of the Nominating Committee are ineligible to run for office in the upcoming election, and nominations are solicited from the membership at large.
Joe B. Cooper
Kathy Turner Jones
Janet Adams
By-Laws
The Bylaws Committee reviews and considers changes to TAGD bylaws, policies, and action plans; ensures that TAGD activities and programs operate within the established policy guidelines; and performs other duties and responsibilities deemed necessary by the membership.
Janet Adams
Gary Ashmore
Zach Holland
Scott Holland
Kathy Jones
Jim Polonis*
Lonnie Stewart
Steve Walthour
Gary Westbrook
Victoria Messer Whitehead
C.E. Williams
Finance & Budget
The Finance and Budget Committee consists of the current treasurer, the Vice-President, and three TAGD members appointed by the President. This committee is responsible for formulating and presenting an annual budget for the fiscal year and providing for an audit of TAGD’s financial affairs as needed.
Zach Holland*
Dirk Aaron
Steve Walthour
Janet Guthrie
Joel Pigg
David Bailey
Groundwater Protection
The Groundwater Protection Committee works with the representative of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee, established in 1989 by the Texas Legislature, and assists the representative in carrying out the duties assigned him/her by the TGPC.
Lori Barnes
Marc Friberg
Andy Garza
Janet Guthrie
Zach Holland
Amanda Maloukis
Michael Redman
David Van Dresar*
Information & Education
The Outreach & Education Committee is responsible for various public informational activities, including gathering information and formulating plans and programs to promote TAGD and its members, disseminating information to non-member districts and other potential members, maintaining a dialogue with the public and government officials to educate them on the benefits of groundwater conservation districts, and contacting districts that have been declared non-operational with an offer of support. This committee also works on gathering data and updating TAGD’s Groundwater Conservation District Index (GCDI), creating educational resources for new GCDs and General Managers, and developing articles on popular issues.
Leah Adams*
Morgen Ayers
Alan Day
Katherine Drury
Meredith Earwood
Vanessa Escobar
Cameron Goebel
Lindy Harris
Genell Hobbs
Zach Holland
Joel Pigg
Lynn Smith
Steve Walthour
Legislative
The Legislative Committee is responsible for informing the membership of relevant pending legislation. If possible, the committee will develop a position and act on such legislation with approval from the Executive Committee. This committee is also responsible for initiating legislative proposals, policies and resolutions for presentation to TAGD.
Dirk Aaron*
Janet Adams
Leah Adams
Gary Ashmore
Lori Barnes
Bobby Bazan
Amber Blount
Julia Carillo
Jon Cartwright
Ken Carver
Jason Coleman
Jim Conkwright
Joe B. Cooper
Alan Day
John Dupnik
Meredith Earwood
Ty Edwards
Harvey Everheart
Marc Friberg
Andy Garza
Cameron Goebel
Janet Guthrie
Lindy Harris
Genell Hobbs
Zach Holland
Scott Holland
Kathy Turner Jones
Russell Labus
Amanda Maloukis
John Martin
Dave Mauk
Mike McGuire
Bob Patterson
Joel Pigg
Jim Polonis
LG Raun
Jackie Risner
Kayla Rohrbach
Caroline Runge
Greg Sengelmann
Doug Shaw
Lonnie Stewart
Diana Thomas
Steve Walthour
Kirk Welch
Gary Westbrook
Victoria Whitehead
C.E. Williams
Conference Planning Committee
The Conference Planning Committee assists TAGD and its partners in planning, organizing, and producing our annual Texas Groundwater Summit.
Bobby Bazan
Alan Day
Zach Holland
Joel Pigg
Jim Polonis
Sarah Schlessinger*
Lonnie Stewart
Steve Walthour
C.E. Williams