NSCDA-TX Member’s Area

Board of Managers 2025-2026
2025-2026 Board of Managers Contact List | BOM Job Descriptions
Board of Managers Photos
The NSCDA-TX Board of Managers at the Neill-Cochran House Museum, February 2025.
Elected Officers
President | Betty Bird
1st Vice President | Carla Haynes-Clowe
2nd Vice President | Sarah Almy
3rd Vice President | Liz Maxfield
4th Vice President | Sally Nichols
Treasurer | Christy Dietz Holze
Assistant Treasurer | Melissa Kirtley Eason
Recording Secretary |Gail Branca
Corresponding Secretary | Pat Krueger
Registrar | Kathy Totten
Historian | Cynthia Partlow
Honorary Presidents
Mary Bohls, Ellen Walters, Florence Patton, Betty Wells, Eileen Moody
Honorary Vice Presidents
Roberta Byrd
Town Committee Representatives
Austin | Claudia Chidester, Eliza Morehead
Beaumont | Sally Nichols, Anne Winslow
Dallas | Leslie Youngblood
El Paso | Katherine Brown, JanePeyton Rogers
Ft. Worth | Liz Fleischer, Juidth Kinzer
Houston | Diane Dean, Judy Farrell
San Antonio | Ellie Seiferth
Waco | Len Brown, Elizabeth Dietz
Appointed Positions
Annual Fund | Fay Kirby, Laura Williams
Archivist | Susan Corbit Spruance
Arrangements |
Assistant Registrar | Caroline Hassell
Collections | Eliza Morehead
Historical Activities Dr. Joan Burnham,
Neill-Cochran House Museum | Dr. Karen Rechnitzer Pope
Governance | Leonora Branca
Patriotic Service | Susan Sheeren
Legacy Society |
Membership Orientation | Sally Nichols
Museum Alliance |
Roll of Honor | Linda Condit
Roster | Caroline Hassell
Texas Tells | Lori Duran
Young Dames | Fay Kirby
Town Committee Chairmen
At-Large | Catherine Massey
Austin | Leonora Branca
Beaumont | Laurie Leister
Dallas | Leslie Youngblood
El Paso | Carlie Pine
Fort Worth | Frasher Pergande
Houston | Caroline Hassell
San Antonio | Kathy Totten
Waco | Frances Pool
Appointed Texas Representatives to NSCDA Properties
Lady of Dumbarton | Carla Haynes-Clowe
Regent of Gunston Hall | Homoiselle Bujosa
Associate Trustee, Friends of Sulgrave Manor | Vivienne Mays

Board of Managers | Committee Members
2023-2024 Committee Member Contact List | Committee Descriptions
Executive Committee:
(Elected Officers, NCHM Chair, and
NCHM Executive Director, Ex officio)
Sarah Almy
Gail Branca
Rowena Dasch
Katherine King
Pat Krueger
Ann Harder (Chairman)
Christy Holze
Liz Maxfield
Frasher Pergande
Karen Pope
Lucile Uhlig
Nominating Committee:
Austin, Leonora Branca
Beaumont, Anne Winslow
Dallas, open
El Paso, open
Ft. Worth, Betty Coe Manuel
Houston, Caroline Hassell (Chair)
San Antonio, Diana Morehouse
Waco, Ellen White
Finance Committee:
Rowena Dasch
Melissa Eason
Ann Harder
Elizabeth Hickman
Christy Holze (Chair)
Harriet Leavell
Karen Kincaid Brady
Lucile Uhlig
Karen Pope
Paige Ridout
NCHM Committee:
Susan Altgelt
Karen Kincaid Brady
Rowena Dasch
Christy Holze
Eliza Morehead
Karen Pope (Chair)
Paige Ridout
Susan Spruance
Lucile Uhlig
Development Committee:
Karen Kincaid Brady
Rowena Dasch
Cristina Feldott
Elizabeth Hickman
Karen Pope
Paige Ridout
Lucile Uhlig
Membership Orientation Committee:
Claudia Chidester (Austin)
Sally Nichols (Beaumont) (Co-Chair)
Leslie Youngblood (Dallas)
Katherine Brown (El Paso)
Frasher Pergande (Fort Worth)
Diane Dean (Houston)
Ellie Seiferth (San Antonio)
Elizabeth Dietz (Waco)
Annual Fund Committee:
(formerly called Friends of the NCHM Committee)
Eliza Morehead (Austin)
Anne Winslow (Beaumont)
Leslie Youngblood (Dallas)
Lucile Uhlig (El Paso)
Frasher Pergande (Ft. Worth)
Judy Farrell (Houston)
Jane Buchek (San Antonio)
Fredda Murff (Waco)
Governance Committee:
Leonora Branca
Community Advisory Council:
Socar Chatmon-Thomas
Anita Dabney
Katie Edwards
Harrison Eppright
Ted Eubanks
Peter Flagg Maxson
Suzanne Labry (Chair)
Charles Peveto
Laura Strange
Lesley Taylor
Catherine Whited
