To ensure that the focus of the Texas Agricultural Land Trust does not waiver from its mission of protecting agricultural lands and native wildlife habitats, TALT by-laws require that the Board members be chosen from the membership of several of the state’s leading agricultural, hunting and landowner organizations. TALT Board members own land themselves, and therefore understand the challenges of protecting land in perpetuity while ensuring its long-term economic vitality.

Board Officers

Russell Marshall

Russell Marshall

Chair, Victoria, Texas

Russell Marshall’s dual career as a rancher and a financial services professional gives him a front row seat

Watt Matthews

Vice-Chair, San Antonio, Texas

There is a long history of ranching in Watt Matthews’ family.

Michael Conaway

Treasurer, Fort Worth, Texas

Former U.S. Congressman K. Michael Conaway has had a storied career that spans more than five decades.

Roel Lopez

Roel Lopez

Secretary, San Antonio, Texas

As the Director of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Dr. Roel Lopez uses data to tell the story of

Board Members

David Alders

David Alders

Nacogdoches, Texas

I want future generations of Texans who love cattle, poultry, row crops, forests and wildlife to have the rights

Perry R. Bass II

Fort Worth, Texas

Perry R. Bass II, like the six generations before him, has deep roots in Texas. In his opinion, conservation easements

Sarah Nunley Biedenharn

San Antonio, Texas

Sarah Nunley Biedenharn is a bridge between old Texas and new.

Bob McCan

Bob McCan

Past Chairman, Victoria, Texas

The McFaddin family, of which Bob McCan represents the fifth generation, has always seen the value

Marshall Bowen

Austin, Texas

Austin attorney Marshall Bowen’s appreciation for the value of conservation easements is hard-wired into his DNA.

Lindsey Lee

Edna, Texas

A sixth generation Texan and resident of Jackson County, Lindsey comes from a family with a long tradition of ranching and land management.

Jesse womak

Jesse Womack

Austin, Texas

Mr. Womack was born in San Antonio, Texas, Jesse Womack is a fifth generation rancher and founder

David Waggoner

Hillsboro, Texas

David’s passion for production agriculture and natural resource conservation can be traced back

Charles Davidson

Past Chairman, San Antonio, Texas

Although Charles Davidson grew up in Houston, he has always felt completely at home in rural Texas.

Kelly Langdon

Granbury, Texas

Kelly and his wife live full time on Fall Creek Ranch, making them the third generation of Langdons to run and maintain the ranch.

Fay Fitzsimons Walker

Houston, Texas

Water and conservation and habitat and land stewardship in general is ever changing

David Crow

David Crow

Corpus Christi, Texas

David Crow, a lifelong Corpus Christi resident and first generation rancher, changed his career path and followed

Deborah Clark

Henrietta, Texas

Deborah Clark is a familiar face in agricultural and conservation circles in Texas and beyond.

Clay Richardson

Ozona, Texas

Carrying on a family tradition is woven into Clay Richardson’s DNA, he is the sixth generation to work his family’s ranch in Crockett County.

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