FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katherine Garner 214.977.6658 Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas Elects 2007 Officers, Directors
The Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, a First Amendment organization that educates, protects and advances the rights and responsibilities of the public to access government information and meetings, elected its 2007 officers and added five new board members in December. The following officers were elected: Timothy M. Kelly, editor of The Beaumont Enterprise, president; Laura Lee Prather, a partner in the law firm of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, L.L.P., vice president; and Dale Leach, chief of bureau for The Associated Press, treasurer. Keith Shelton, retired journalist in residence for the University of North Texas, was re-elected secretary. New directors elected to the board included: Donnis Baggett, editor and publisher of The Eagle in Bryan-College Station; Russ Coleman, vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary for Belo Corporation; Brian Collister, investigative reporter for WOAI TV in San Antonio; Bill Cornwell, publisher of The Facts in Clute; and Jennifer LaFleur, computer-assisted reporting editor for The Dallas Morning News. The following directors were re-elected to the board: Libby Averyt, editor of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times; David H. Donaldson, attorney with Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, P.C.; Joe Larsen, attorney with Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, L.L.P.; Tony Pederson, Belo distinguished chair of journalism at Southern Methodist University; James Sibley, president of Title Data, Inc.; Nick Voinis, senior associate athletics director for communications at the University of Texas at Austin; Paul Watler, attorney with Jenkins & Gilchrist, P.C.; Joel White, with the law firm of Joel White & Associates; and Thomas Williams, attorney with Haynes and Boone, L.L.P.
The FOIFT is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization supported through grants from private citizens, corporations, foundations and tax-deductible donations. For more information, call 214.977.6658, visit our Web site at www.foift.org or write to FOIFT, 400 S. Record St., Suite 240, Dallas, Texas 75202. ### |