
TFRW Woman of Distinction – February 2020
Jody Rushton is our TFRW Woman of Distinction for February 2020.
Jody Rushton was born in McAllen, Texas, and she and her husband have lived all over the country. She says that “everywhere they moved her priorities were to find a church, a school, and a Republican Women’s club…not necessarily in that order!”
After volunteering on her first campaign for Reagan/Bush in 1984, she has been involved in too many campaigns to name, at all levels, both as a leader and as...

TFRW Woman of Distinction – January 2020
Kit Whitehill is the founder and current president of the Coppell Republican Women and is the current TFRW First Vice-President. Kit has also served as the TFRW Community Engagement Chair and as the 2017 Convention Chair.
Kit is also a Dallas County Republican Party precinct chairman and served as the Party Secretary for 5 years. She was recently appointed by Governor Abbott to serve on the Texas Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority.
Kit was a delegate to the 2019 NFRW Convention and...

TFRW Woman of Distinction – December 2019
Karyn Brownlee serves on the Credit Union Commission for the State of Texas, as appointed by Governor Abbott. She spent 18 years in public education, seven as a teacher, and 11 as a campus principal in the highly rated Coppell ISD.
Karyn has also worked as a professional leadership communications consultant, speech writer, professional speaker, blogger and voiceover artist. As a member of the Texas Elementary Principals & Supervisors Association, she was a conference presenter and leadership academy graduate. Karyn served as...

Galveston, Oh Galveston
Who will ever forget the wonderful experience of holding the 32nd Biennial Convention in the beautiful city of Galveston at the Moody Gardens?!
It was a week to remember, the weather was beautiful, and the water and sea breezes were the perfect backdrop for the TFRW Convention. I know, if you attended, you enjoyed the Sip, Shop, and Stroll in the Historic Strand. The opening session of the convention on Thursday set the pace for the rest of the convention. The...

TFRW Stands with President Trump
Texas Federation of Republican Women
13740 N Highway 183 J4,
Austin, TX 78750
512.477.1615
January 30, 2018
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www.tfrw.org
TFRW Stands with President Trump in his Call to Build
A Safe, Strong and United America Where Americans Work Together!
(AUSTIN, TX) –
Karen Newton, president of the Texas Federation of Republican Women (TFRW), issued the following statement supporting President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union Address:
President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union Address was inspiring, uniting and ...

TFRW January Woman of Distinction
Renee Yanta is a judge for the 150th District Court in Bexar County, Texas. She was elected in November 2014, effective January 1, 2015, for a term that expires on December 31, 2018.[1][2]
Yanta received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas. She earned her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1993.[5]
Yanta previously served as a judge for the 73rd District Court from 2009 to 2012, having been appointed by Governor Rick Perry. She was a public school teacher for nine years before she went...