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TMCA/TMCEC Committees
The Texas Municipal Courts Association (TMCA) does not have any paid employees. All the work by and for the Association is performed by members who volunteer to do the work. Generally, the members work as part of a constituted committee appointed by the Association President. For the most part the committee membership is drawn from the officers and directors who have agreed to perform the necessary tasks assigned to that committee.

There are four standing committees which are required by the TMCA Bylaws. The Association President is authorized by the TMCA Bylaws (Article VII, Section 6) to appoint such committees as necessary to carry on the business of the Association. Since the TMCA Board of Directors also serves as the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center (TMCEC) Board of Directors, there are two committees specifically constituted for TMCEC business.

The current committees are listed below. Click on the committee name below to go to the page that provides a roster of the committee members with contact information.
 

ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE

Hon. Robin D. Smith (Chair)
Shona Bohon
Hilda Cuthbertson
Hon. Brian Holman
Hon. Ninfa Mares
Phyllis Mathison

ANNUAL MEETING COMMITTEE

Hon. Sharon Hatten (Chair)
Hilda Cuthbertson
Linda Gossett
Hon. Ninfa Mares
Phyllis A. Mathison
Hon. Robert C. Richter
Hon. Phyllis Rogers
Hon. Donna Starkey

BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

Hon. Robert C. Richter (Chair)
Hilda Cuthbertson
Hon. Sharon Hatten
Hon. George Robinson

BUILDING COMMITTEE

Hon. Edward Spillane (Chair)
Hon. Brian Holman
Hon. Stewart Milner
Hon. Robin A. Ramsay
Hon. Robert Richter

BYLAWS COMMITTEE

Hon. Letitia Farnie (Chair)
Hon. Kathleen Person
Hon. Robert Richter
Hon. Ed Spillane

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Hon. Donna Starkey (Chair)
Hilda Cuthbertson
Hon. Sharon Hatten
Hon. Brian Holman
Hon. Stewart Milner
Hon. Robin Ramsay
Hon. Robert Richter

FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Hon. Brian Holman (Chair)
Hon. Joe Pirtle

LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

Hon. Stewart Milner (Chair)
Hon. Julie Escalante
Hon. Bonnie Goldstein
Hon. Brian Holman
Hon. Robert Kubena
Phyllis Mathison
Hon. Kathleen Person
Hon. Glenn Phillips
Hon. Robert Richter
Hon. Robin Smith
Hon. Ed Spillane
Hon. Celeste Villareal

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Hon. Jan Matthews (Chair)
Hon. Bonnie Goldstein
Linda Gossett
Hon. Walter Dick Kettler
Phyllis Mathison
Hon. Barbara Osborne
Hon. Robin Ramsay
Hon. Robert Richter
Hon. George Bill Robinson
Hon. Phyllis Rogers
Hon. Ed Spillane

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Hon. Brian Holman (Chair)
Hon. Julie Escalante
Hon. Jan Matthews
Hon. Barbara Osborne

PUBLIC OUTREACH COMMITTEE

Hon. Bonnie Goldstein (Chair)
Hon. Leticia Farnie
Linda Gossett
Hon. Sharon Hatten
Phyllis Mathison
Hon. Jan Matthews
Hon. Kathleen Person
Hon. George Bill Robinson

SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Hon. Kathleen Person (Chair)
Hon. Letitia Farnie
Hon. Bonnie Goldstein
Linda Gossett
Hon. Ninfa Mares
Hon. George Bill Robinson
Hon. Phyllis Rogers

WEBSITE COMMITTEE

Hon. Robin A. Ramsay (Chair)
Hon. Brian Holman
Hon. Stewart Milner
Hon. Edward Spillane

       TMCEC COMMITTEES:

PERSONNEL, POLICY & COMPENSATION REVIEW COMMITTEE

Hon. Robin Ramsay (Chair)
Hon. Julie Escalante
Hon. Letitia Farnie
Hon. Sharon Hatten
Hon. Stewart Milner
Hon. Kathleen Person
Hon. Ed Spillane
Hon. Donna Starkey

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Hon. Brian Holman (Chair)
Hilda Cuthbertson
Hon. Julie Escalante
Tracie Glaeser
Hon. Ninfa Mares
Phyllis Mathison
Hon. Jan Matthews
Hon. Stewart Milner
Hon. Kathleen Person
Hon. Phyllis Rogers
Hon. Donna Starkey

TMCA members may contact any committee chair or committee member at the address shown on the committee roster or may e-mail TMCA.