Community Advisory Committee

 

2010-2011 Community Advisory Committee

 

The Community Advisory Committee is a diverse group of community representatives whose purpose is to assist and advise the Junior League.  Eight community leaders serve on a staggered term basis and are selected for one year terms with membership limited to three consecutive terms.  The League Accountant and Attorney are considered Permanent Members. 

 The Community Advisory Committee enhances the League by:

  • Communicating the League's purposes and programs to the community
  • Increasing the League's visibility, credibility, and importance in the community
  • Assessing and advising on community needs and resources
  • Providing feedback from another perspective
  • Counseling the Board on specific issues facing the League
  • Assisting in strategic planning and program development

Meet your 2010-2011 Community Advisory Committee members.  Please take time to get to know these area leaders and League supporters.

Third Year Advisor                                      

                                               

Janus Buss is the Public Information Officer for Midwestern State University.  She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.  Her areas of expertise include marketing and etiquette consulting.  Past non-profit affiliations include the Board of Directors of the Nonprofit Management Center and the Board of Commerce and Industry committee for marketing.  Janus has been married to her husband, Ted for 26 years, and they have four children and five grandchildren. 

 

 

 

 

Second Year Advisors          

   

Erwin Davenport is a Partner and Attorney with Gibson, Hotchkiss, Roach & Davenport.  He obtained a B.A. from Midwestern State University, J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law, and Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law.  He is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, is a Fellow of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, is a representative on the American College of Trust and Estate Council, and is on the Board of Directors for Legend Bank, N.A.  Previously he has served the non-profit community as a Member, Pre-school teacher, and former Deacon Chairman at First Baptist Church and as a Past President of the Wichita County Bar Association, the North Texas Estate Planning Council and Board of Governors of the Wichita Falls Country Club.  His board experience is broad, also including Faith Mission, KMOC, CFNT Television, Hospice of Wichita Falls, Bryant Edwards Foundation and United Regional Health Care Foundation.  He and his wife, Elaine have three sons and four grandchildren.                                     

 

Renae Murphy is the Public Information Officer with the Wichita Falls Independent School District.  Renae is a graduate of Midwestern State University with a BA in Political Science.  She is also a member of the Texas School of Public Relations Association.  Her non-profit affiliations currently include involvement with the Nonprofit Center, Community Healthcare Center, and City/County Hospital Board.  Renae is a native Wichitan.  She and her husband, Steve have two children.

  

 

 

Debi Smith is Sheppard Air Force Base Chief of Community Relations. Debi has sat on the FallsFest Steering Committee in the past.

 

First Year Advisors

David A. Clark is the Director of Community Development for the City of Wichita Falls. David is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford Ohio. David has a Masters of Urban Planning from Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan. David is also an Economic Development Finance Professional. Davie is an Administrator of boards and commissions, housing finance. Non-profit affiliations, past or present David has sat on are: United Way, Leadership programs, Cancer Society as Bike-a-Thon General Chairman, and American Planning Association. David is also a Junior League past Community Advisor Committee board member.  He also has been part of the International Exchange Programs, and host to fifteen foreign exchange students.  Some other Community boards past or present David has sat on are: Advisor to W Co., and Past President of Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies. David and his wife Rosemary have two grown children, and two grandchildren. 

Dr. David B. Hartman is the Senior Minister at First Christian Church. David is a graduate from Lynchburg College in Pennsylvania. He also is a gradate of Vanderbilt Divinity School. David received his Doctorate of Ministry from Lexington Theological Seminary. David has sat or sits on other community boards such as Hospice, United Way, PIE, and Inter Faith Ministries. David has lived in Wichita Falls for the past ten years. He and his wife have ten kids ranging in age from eighteen months to twenty-six years.

Dr. David Flack is a Dr. at the Pathology Associates of North Texas.  Dr. Flack graduated from Midwestern State University. He then attended University of North Texas Medical School in San Antonio. Dr. Flack has spent his whole life in Wichita Falls with the exception of the eight years in San Antonio for medical school, and residency.  Dr. Flack has been a former board member on American Cancer Society, and United Way. He currently also sits on the Current Medical Advisory Board, and the Blood Institute. Dr. Flack is a Former member Wichita Falls Board of Trustees. He also is a former Board Member of the Priddy Foundation. He now currently sits on the current Board Member Priddy Charitable Trust. He is also on the Board Member First National Bank.  Dr. Flack is married to Allyson Flack. The two have three children together.

 

One Year Advisor

Shane Porter is the assistant principal at Sam Houston Elementary with Wichita Falls Independent School District. Shane is a graduate of Texas Tech University with her Masters Degrees from Midwestern State University. She is the PIE partner liaison for Sam Houston. Shane has lived in Wichita Falls for the past sixteen years. She lives with her husband Scott Porter and two children Collin a ninth grader, and Clair a fifth grader.

 

Permanent Advisors

 

Mac Cannedy is a Partner and Certified Public Accountant with Freemon, Shapard & Story.  He attended Midwestern State University and received a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1967 and his CPA Designation in 1971.  Mac serves his firm in both tax and audit and has extensive experience in estate tax planning and taxation, oil and gas mining operations, farming and ranching, financial institutions, television broadcasting, fiduciary accounting and taxation, and not-for-profit taxation.  His professional affiliations include the Midwestern State University Charitable Trust, Campfire Council of North Texas, Nonprofit Management Association, Optimist Club, Presbyterian Manor, and others.  He is the President of the J.S. Bridwell Foundation and Bryant Edwards Foundation and the Vice President of the Fain Foundation.  He and his wife, Connie are lifetime residents of Wichita Falls.                                               

                                                                 

Joe Steimel is the Junior League’s attorney. He is married to Gloria Steimel, and they have two children.