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President & Co-Founder: JUDITH FORD
Judith has been a Democrat her entire life. After graduating with a BS from Ball State University, she moved to the south Denton county area and has made her home here ever since. Judith's experience with Democratic activism in north Texas include serving as Chair of the Denton County Democratic Party Finance Committee for over a year; as a Democratic Precinct Chair for Precinct #224 for over 3 years; as a political blogger at Castle Hills Democrats; as an elected member of the Texas Progressive Alliance; and as a past member of the North Dallas Texas Democratic Women and the League of Women Voters. Judith has a successful career in healthcare management.

Click HERE to listen to Judith Ford's August 12, 2009 Interview on Rational Radio, 1360AM

                             
Vice President & Co-Founder:  TONI MEDELLIN
Director, Women's Vote Initiatives
Lifelong Democrat and political activist, Toni, moved to North Texas in April 2008.  As an Attorney (Rutgers Law '96) and Professor of Government, she has dedicated her professional career to educating the public--especially women, young people, and minorities--about the importance of participating in the democratic process. During her tenure in Harris County, Toni served as President of the Kingwood Area Democrats, Faculty Advisor to the College Democrats at Lone Star College-Kingwood, Senate District 4 Vacancy Chair, Chair of the Women's Vote Task Force for ROADWomen, and was recognized by the Family Time Foundation as a Woman of Achievement in the field of Education in 2007. 

Click HERE to read Toni Medellin's Interview in The News Connection, January 8th, 2010

Treasurer & Co-Founder:  MACHELLE ASHBAUGH
Since moving to Texas from the Buckeye state in 2004, Machelle has made politics her passion. She is the Democratic Precinct Chair of precinct 316 in Highland Village, where she lives with her husband and the youngest of their three sons. Her past roles with the Denton County Democratic Party include Steering Committee Member, Precinct Development Committee Chair, and volunteer for various campaigns. Machelle has a Ph.D. in plant pathology from the Ohio State University and is a strong supporter of science education, previously serving as a board member for the DFW Herpetological Society. She is a retired project manager for Lucent Technologies, where she worked for 15 years in the area of technical training. She is a former guardian ad litem for CASA of Denton County.
 

Secretary:  Dr. NANCY NOAH
Nancy Noah is a school psychologist who has lived in Denton County for 26 years. She finds it very exciting to be part of the growing movement toward Democratic principles and values in North Texas. As a first-time delegate to the state Democratic convention in June of 2008, she realized a “decades-old” dream. Now, she is eager to increase her time and energy toward bringing more Democrats to office locally, state-wide, and nationally; and to help make the Democratic Women of Denton County a place for women to be seen and heard!

 

Director at Large:  Sheryl English
Sheryl English is a Realtor, Mom and Wife.  She and her family relocated from Los Angeles, California 7 1/2 years ago.  She has been an active participant with PTA in her children's schools as well as District Council PTA, she is on the Campus Leadership Team at Guyer High School, Education Improvement Committee.  She also has a mobile notary business "A Moments Notice Mobile Notary".  Sheryl joined Democratic Women of Denton County at our inaugural meeting in June 2009 and was recently invited to serve on the Board of Directors.  She is currently running for the Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees, Place 3.

Director, Communications:  SUZAN HOLTEN
Suzan Holten has been a Graphic Designer and copy writer for over 15 years. She is currently the Communications Director for Democratic Women of Denton County and serves as Business Outreach Chair for the Denton County Democratic Party. Suzan has won awards for designing the Texas Lottery Logo and the Midland, Texas Cenntennial logo.

Director, Liaison to Denton County Democratic Party:  PHYLLIS WOLPER
Phyllis is the newly elected Chair of the Denton County Democratic Party.  A lifelong Democrat, Phyllis has been active in Denton County politics for several years now, most recently as the founder of the Democratic Business Referral Club.  In 2008, she was the Democratic nominee for Denton County Commissioner.  Devoted to community service, Phyllis also serves as Vice President of the Board of Day Stay for Adults, Inc. and is a member of the Scholarship Committee for the Texas Women's University Former Student Association.  She is currently co-owner/Realtor of Century 21 Judge Fite Company and was recently certified GREEN.
 

Director, Texas Democratic Party Liaison:  HON. SUSAN CULP
Susan Culp has lived in North Texas for 40 years, during which time she has resided in Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant Counties. She did volunteer work for the National ACLU from 1995 - 2001.  After a few years off after the birth of her last child, she became returned to active politics including working full-time on the State House District 106 campaign of Katy Hubener in 2004 and as a part-time volunteer for her campaign in 2006.  She is currently serving her second term as the State Democratic Executive Committeewoman from Senate District 9, where she serves as Co-Vice Chair of the Legislative Committee. She has also served  on the Dallas County Democratic Party's Advisory Council since 2005.  Susan is a former Vice-President of the Grand Prairie Democrats, former Precinct Chair and current Election Judge.  To support her political habit, she works in the Finance Department at The Dallas Morning News.



Director at Large:  DIANE BERG
Diane Berg is a retired executive from the Customer Care/Call Center industry and lives in Lewisville.  Married with two grown children, 5 grandchildren and currently serving as Precinct Chair for precinct 310.  Active in Democratic politics since the early ‘70s, serving in leadership positions at the local, state and national level. Actively committed to turning Denton County and Texas BLUE with Democratic women in elected positions.