CBF Texas Leadership

Ellen Di Giosia, Executive Director

Ellen Di Giosia serves as Executive Director of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Texas. A graduate of Mississippi College and Truett Theological Seminary, she formerly served as senior pastor, associate pastor, children’s minister, and music minister in churches in Texas and Tennessee. Ellen was the founding board chair of Texas Baptist Women in Ministry and has served on the board of directors and as pastor-in-residence for Baptist Women in Ministry. She coordinated the development of the joint CBF-BWIM curriculum, Equally Called, and has also written for the Baptist Standard, winning the Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press in 2017. She and her husband are members of Woodland Church in San Antonio and have two young adult children.

Governing Board

Officers
Past Moderator: Emily Maples (clergy), Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth
Acting Moderator: Tim Lyles (clergy), Second Baptist Church, Lubbock
Moderator-Elect: Carrie Houston (clergy), First Baptist Church, Austin
Recorder: Joyce Moore Newell (laity), Calder Baptist Church, Beaumont

Terms Expiring 2027
Cindy Bobo (laity), Austin Heights Baptist Church, Nacogdoches
R. Michelle Boldon (laity), Church Without Walls, Houston
J Hill (clergy), South Main Baptist Church, Houston
Maddie Rosenblad (clergy), Meadow Oaks Baptist Church, Temple

Terms Expiring 2028
Itzayana Aguirre (laity), Iglesia Bautista Victoria en Cristo, Fort Worth
Scott Collins (laity), The Crossing Baptist Church, Mesquite
Jesus Romero (laity), Trinity Baptist Church, San Antonio
Bryce Shelton (clergy), Wilshire Baptist Church, Dallas

Terms Expiring 2029
Chris Cato (laity), Valley Ranch Baptist Church, Coppell
Lance Mayes (clergy), Woodland Church, San Antonio
Lisa Robinson (laity), Willow Meadows Baptist Church, Houston
Dennis Tucker (laity), DaySpring Baptist Church, Waco