Texas Association of the Deaf

Texas Association of the Deaf, Inc.
P.O. Box 1982, Manchaca, TX 78652

 

Media Contact:

Steve Baldwin

steve@deaftexas.org

 

June 16, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

AUSTIN, TX- The 45th Biennial Conference of Texas Association of the

Deaf took place at Holiday Inn’s Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel in San

Antonio from June 11 to 13, 2009. It was TAD’s first visit to Alamo

City since 1977 when Mario Montalvo was the conference chairperson

and Larry D. Evans was elected president. Both Montalvo and Evans

were in attendance and later honored by TAD during the awards

ceremony Saturday night in the Coronado Ballroom.

 

During the general meeting on Saturday afternoon over 150

registered attendees and about 50 one-day only attendees and

general public witnessed the election of seven new officers and board

directors, especially in view of this difficult economic time. Paul

Rutowski, a regular member of TAD, easily won the election as

president. Chris Kearney remained as vice president while incumbent

treasurer John Mills won his 3rd term. Betty Bounds, an award-winning

educator, won as secretary of TAD. Larry D. Evans, who will enter his 6th

decade as a TAD member or officer next year, has two years left

as Director. Completing the TAD Team as fellow board Directors are

Katherine March,former Miss Deaf Texas, and Steve Baldwin, immediate

past president, for six and four years, respectively.

 

In his first public statement, Rutowski comments through text

messaging: “Allow me to join everyone in the excitement of the new

TAD board for 2009-2011! As you can see, we have a great dynamic

group! Consisting of seasoned leadership, and enthusiastically

welcome a very young generation in both Chris and Katie whom I

find energetic, fresh and vibrant. Ironically, both are not new to the

TAD. Chris will be entering his 2nd term on the board as VP and

Katie recently completed her Miss Deaf Texas stint and is reinvesting

her time and energy with the TAD for a 6-year board member term.

This is on top of the other well-known and proven Deaf/HH leaders in

Larry Evans, Betty Bounds and John Mills. The sweetest piece of this

package is that President Emeritus Steve Baldwin has agreed to

continue his legacy by cementing his 4-year commitment to the

Board. Truth be told, I could not ask for a better Board to work

with!"

 

Texas Association of the Deaf is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization

established in 1886 to safeguard the rights of deaf and hard of

hearing Texans. More information about TAD and view the

conference photos please go to wwww.deaftexas.org.

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New 2009-2011 TAD Board: John Mills – Treasurer, Chris Kearney – Vice

President, Paul Rutowski – President, Larry Evans – Director, Katherine

Murch – Director, Steve Baldwin – Director, and Betty Bounds – Secretary.

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