{"id":15,"date":"2023-12-13T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T23:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:40:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">TX Federation Officers.<\/h4>\n<p>There are 10 NARFE Regions across the nation. The Texas Federation is in Region VI, which consists of State Federations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, &amp;, Republic of Panama.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Federation Executive Board includes the four elected state wide officers shown : President, Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer,\u00a0 <strong>plus<\/strong> 4 Area Vice Presidents. (AVPs) (Northeast, Southwest, Southeast and Northwest).\u00a0 See Texas Federation Areas Map below.<\/p>\n<p>In addition there are 6 appointed District Representatives and 7 other appointed officers<b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Elected Officers:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>President<\/strong>:<\/a> Steven Johnson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-executive-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Executive VP<\/strong>:<\/a> James W. Ploen<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Secretary<\/strong><\/a>: Tiffany Chase<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-treasurer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Treasurer<\/strong>:<\/a> Ben Weiger<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Elected Area Vice Presidents<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/northeast-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Northeast AVP<\/strong>:<\/a> Judith \u201cJaye\u201d Cuthbertson (District 1 and 2)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-northwest-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwest<\/a> AVP<\/strong>: Robert D \u201cBob\u201d Bradford (District 3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-southeast-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Southeast AVP<\/strong>, <\/a>Rodolfo \u201cRudy\u201d Carr (District 4)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-southwest-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southwest<\/a> AVP<\/strong>, Dorothy Creswell (District 5 and 6)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Appointed District Representatives (DRs): <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/dr-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>DR #1<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Wanda King<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-dr-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DR #2<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong> Dewey LaRachelle<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/dr-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DR #3<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong> Gar On Leung<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-dr-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DR #4<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong> Robert \u201cBob\u201d Samborski<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-dr-5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DR #5<\/strong><\/a>:<\/span> Maria Preda<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-dr-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DR #6<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong> Joel Menking<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Appointed Officers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-audit-committee-chair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Audit Committee Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Fran Hiner<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-fed-state-legislative-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Federation Legislative Chair<\/span><\/strong><\/a>: Linas Danilevicious<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-federation-service-officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Federation Service Officer<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong> Phillip R. Kraus<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-membership-coordinator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Membership Coordinator<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:\u00a0 Rosalyn \u201cRoz\u201d Wise<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-narfe-pac-coordinator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Federation NARFE\/PAC Coordinator<\/strong><\/a>: Robert \u201cBob\u201d Bradford<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-webmaster\/\"><strong>Federation<\/strong> <strong>Network Webmaster<\/strong><\/a>: Garon Leung<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #33cccc\"><a style=\"color: #33cccc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-alzheimers-coordinator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Federation<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Alzheimer\u2019s Coordinato<\/strong>r<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/Lunavanessaalz2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Vanessa <\/strong><strong>Luna<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/contact-southwest-area-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federation Nominating Committee Chair<\/a>: Dorothy Creswell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2024\/03\/2024-03-TF-Organization-Chart.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a> for Texas Federation Organization-Chart<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Click here<\/span> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/01\/20260122TexasFederationAreas-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Texas Federation Areas Map.<\/strong><\/a> Note: 2- and 3-digit numbers refer to the start of the respective 5-digit ZIP codes.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/02\/TX-Fed-Chaps-Areas-Dist-2026-02-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Area-<\/span>Districts-Chapters<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/02\/TX-Fed-Chaps-Areas-Dist-2026-02-10.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a> sorted by area, district, and chapter with District Representative and Area VP names.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2026\/02\/TF-Chapters-February-2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Chapters<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>by chapter number with name, area, and district(Update 02-2026).<\/p>\n<p>You may learn more about the national organization by clicking the link to NARFE National at the top of this page<\/p>\n<p>At the state level, the federation provides resources, coordination and training to help members and chapters make the most of their membership.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Federation list of officers, history, and special projects&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":102,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":909,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}