Department Officers
The American Legion, Department of Texas is made up of over 65,000 Legionnaires in 480 Posts all across Texas. The Department is Divided into four Division with a Division Commander elected annually in the spring to serve a one year term to work on membership and to coordinate the activities of the Posts and Legionnaires within that geographical area. Each Division is divided into districts with a total of twenty-two Districts in The Department of Texas, each with a District Commander and other such officers as determined by each District.
Gerry May Hince
Department Commander
2022‐2023
The American Legion Department of Texas
VICE COMMANDER
Tom Marty
HISTORIAN
Robin York
CHAPLAIN
Jenette Merritt
TREASURER
Steve Cook
JUDGE ADVOCATE
J.D. Langley
Sergeant-at-Arms
Kimberly Biggerstaff
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms
Celia Torres
National Executive Committeeman
Kenneth Mueller
Alternate National Executive Committeeman
John Hince
Immediate Past Department Commander
James Watson
1st Division Commander – Pete Eekhoff
1st District Commander – Tim Slinkard
3rd District Commander – Jack Lanier
4th District Commander – Jason Castleberry
5th District Commander – W.S. Turner
12th District Commander – Joseph Campbell
13th District Commander – Darrell Hartley
2nd Division Commander – Gary Towers
2nd District Commander – Tilford Thorkveen
6th District Commander – Steve Kim
7th District Commander – Jeanette Merritt
8th District Commander – Richard Voorhies
11th District Commander – Jim Lilley
22nd District Commander – Harry Woodstrom
3rd Division Commander – Ricardo Hankerson
9th District Commander – Richard Huntley
10th District Commander – Jay Jernigan
14th District Commander – Jose Lopez
15th District Commander – Loren Pogue
20th District Commander – John Hafner
23rd District Commander – Jerome Iltis
4th Division Commander – B.J. Sieder
16th District Commander – David Crozier
17th District Commander – Dan Robertson
18th District Commander – Lewis Field
21st District Commander – George McHorse
1st Division – Steven Ferrell
2nd Division – Jimmy Mitchell
3rd Division – John Hafner
4th Division – David Crozier
Timothy Slinkard, 1st District Commander
Milton Chatham, 2nd District Commander
Patrick Taylor, 3rd District Commander
Sheillie White, 4th District Commander
W. S. Turner, 5th District Commander
Steve Kim, 6th District Commander
Steve Storey, 7th District Commander
Dwight Rumph, 8th District Commander
Richard Huntley, 9th District Commander
Douglas Norton, 10th District Commander
Jim Lilley, 11th District Commander
David Etter, 12th District Commander
Darrell Hartley, 13th District Commander
Jose Lopez, 14th District Commander
James Ryan, 15th District Commander
Walter Herman, 16th District Commander
Kenneth Simonton, 17th District Commander
Lewis Field, 18th District Commander
Terry Landrum, 19th District Commander
Danny Muth, 20th District Commander
George McHorse, 21st District Commander
Jim McGuire, 22nd District Commander
Jerome Iltis, 23rd District Commander
State Adjutant – Bill West
Director of Internal Affairs – Mike Simon
Service Officer – Houston Office – Mike Lacy
Service Officer – Waco – Ron Peterson
Service Officer – Waco – Allen Sharp
Administrative Secretary – Nancy Bullard
Membership Secretary – Emily Robinson
Programs Secretary – Mamie Hughes
Webmaster & Legion Times Editor – Guymon Adams
Bookkeeper – Millie Flanary