As members of the ADR Section, you are invited to participate in the planning and conversation that helps shape and influence the nature of our section. One avenue of participation is through our committees. Below is the list of committees from which to choose. Hopefully, one will strike an interest!
Please contact the Chair or any Council members to sign up. Also, if you would like to see the Section get involved in a project, send us an email. The list of council members with corresponding email addresses can be found under the “About Us” link - "Officers."
- Annual Meeting Committee – the section holds its annual meeting at the same time and place as the State Bar’s annual meeting. This committee coordinates activities for the annual meeting. In particular, the committee plans and leads the CLE portion of the annual meeting. The Chair-elect of the section serves as Chair of the annual meeting committee.
Joey Cope, Chair
- Newsletter Committee – works in conjunction with newsletter editor(s) to plan and solicit articles and announcements for the quarterly section newsletter.
Alvin Zimmerman, Council liaison
Stephen Huber, co-editor
Wendy Trachte-Huber, co-editor - Website Committee – works in conjunction with the State Bar Sections Department web designer to design, update and maintain a user-friendly, resourceful, and relevant section website for the benefit of the public and section members.
Jeff Jury, Chair
Patty Wenetschlaeger - Membership Committee – recruits and retains members through communications (emails and phone calls), including welcome letters and invitations to participate in events and committees; identifies unmet member expectations; and receives feedback from members.
Joey Cope, Chair
- CLE Program Committee – plans, proposes topics and speakers for Council approval, coordinates with the State Bar, and leads the section’s stand-alone CLE program.
Don Philbin, Chair
Anne Ashby
Sherrie Abney
John Allen Chalk - Outreach and Legislative Committee – establishes relationships with other sections of the Bar and other relevant organizations that the Council deems beneficial to the section; during Texas legislative sessions, monitors bills affecting dispute resolution processes outside the courtroom that involve a third party neutral, especially mediation and arbitration (the monitoring may be done in cooperation with other organizations); determines issues that the Section may wish to propose for the State Bar legislative agenda.
Bob Gammage, Chair
Susan Perin - Frank G. Evans Award Committee – solicits nominations based on the criteria established for this award; presents list of finalists for Council approval by the Spring Council meeting of any year in which the award will be presented at the annual meeting; drafts article on award recipient for summer newsletter.
Anne Ashby, Chair
Ed Reaves
Alvin Zimmerman - International DR Committee - provides information and proposes training relevant to neutrals and advocates who seek to more effectively assist parties or represent clients when the matter has an international component.
Wayne Fagan, Chair
Bill Short
Sherrie Abney
Walter Wright
