Texas Silver Haired Legislature

Florenz Herbert (Herb) Campbell This is my first year being associated with the Texas Silver Haired Legislature and I am looking forward to the challenges of dealing with the older Texan population needs. I was born in south eastern Pennsylvania in 1934. After a very...

Jaime Cantu

Jaime Cantu was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and Kingsville, Texas. Jaime attended school in both cities and ultimately graduated from H.M. King High School in Kingsville, Texas. While in High School, Jaime joined the Texas Army National Guard and...

Dick Coupe

John R. (Dick) Coupe was elected to the Texas Silver Haired Legislature (TSHL) in 2019. His decision to run for office was based on his desire to assist in the improvement in the quality of life for the many Older Texans in this great State of Texas who are...

Otilia Enriquez

Otilia Buantello-Enriquez was born and raised in Uvalde, Texas. and then had an opportunity to go to school at Saddleback College in Irvine/Mission Viejo California while her brother was stationed at the Marine base in Tustin, California. She met her husband and moved...

Gary Gerstenhaber

Gary Gerstenhaber Texas Silver-Haired Legislator First Term – 2021-2023: Chair: Pensions, Investments, Insurance and Financial Services; Secretary, Legislative Action Committee; Member: Elections and Credentials Committee Advocating for seniors has been a personal...

Dr. Sharon Kulig, Ph.D.

Dr. Sharon Kulig, Ph.D. holds a doctorate from the University of Florida at Gainesville, a Master’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Following two years of...

J. Alan Mathis

I served in the US Army from 1970 until 1993. Enlisted from 7 ½ years. Rose from E-1 to E-6. I spent three and one-half years deployed overseas to Germany. During this time, I earned an Associate’s degree. In 1977, I attended Officer Candidate School and...

Jean Moss

Gilda Ortego

Rhonda Rogers

Ms. Rogers is the Immediate Past Speaker for the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature. She was first elected to the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature in 2015 and has been a member of the Executive Committee for nine years. She served on the Resolution Review (PRRP)...

Dr. Linda Timmerman, Ed.D

Linda Timmerman joined TSHL in 2018. She holds the Ed.D degree in higher education administration and curriculum design from Texas A&M Commerce. Her career in community colleges spanned 35 years and included positions as Dean of Academics and Vice President of...

Richard “Dick” Winters

Richard Wall Winters was born to Dr. Richard Winters and Jane Gurney Winters on 13 January 1949. He is a Fifth-generation rancher in the Central Texas community of Brady Texas. After graduation from Brady High School he started college, graduating from Sul Ross State...

Dora Aguirre

Eugene Baxter

Herbert Campbell