Board of Directors
ACLU of Texas members elect the Board of Directors.
Royce Brooks
Chair
Royce Brooks has extensive governmental experience, including having worked in the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate, and the City of...
Dr. Froswa’ Booker-Drew
Vice Chair
Froswa' Booker-Drew, Ph.D. has an extensive background in nonprofit management, partnership development, training, and education. She is the...
Manuel Quinto-Pozos
Secretary
Manuel Quinto-Pozos is a partner at Deats, Durst & Owen, in Austin, Texas, where he practices union- and employee-side labor and employment law. He...
MaryScott Hagle
Treasurer
MaryScott Hagle is a native Houstonian, recovering architect, and serial careerist who worked most recently as the executive director of the Dawn...
Bilal Ayub
Equity Officer
Bilal Ayub has been passionate about nonprofit leadership and community organizing since high school. He believes that the standard of leadership...
Feliz Abalos
Audit Committee
Feliz Abalos is an attorney born and raised in Odessa, Texas. After law school at Ohio Northern University, she quickly returned to the Permian...
Laura V. Rodríguez
Personnel Committee
A principal and founder at The Raben Group specializing in communications, message development, and political strategy, Laura V. Rodríguez leads...
Alex Birnel
Alex Birnel is an organizer who thrives on tackling long odds and building power. A founding member of MOVE Texas, he fought voter suppression,...
Omar El-Halwagi
Omar M. El-Halwagi is the founder and managing attorney of The Anti-Discrimination Attorney PLLC, the co-founder of Grassroots Islam, and a...
Nicola Fuentes Toubia
Omar M. El-Halwagi is the founder and managing attorney of The Anti-Discrimination Attorney PLLC, the co-founder of Grassroots Islam, and a...
Kara Hanaoka
An avid ACLU supporter since 2001, Nicola Fuentes Toubia believes that civil liberties are the cornerstone of our democracy: they allow individual...
Charles Horak III
Charles Horak is an architect, developer, and vice president of Horak Companies, Inc. Through his numerous development companies, Charles has...
Patrick Moreno-Covington
Patrick Moreno-Covington is a program officer with Rockwell Fund, a private, place-based philanthropy based in Houston, Texas. As a program...
