Advisory Board

Dave Atwood, TCADP Founder; Houston, Texas

Dr. Roger C. Barnes, Retired, University of the Incarnate Word; San Antonio, Texas

Gary Bledsoe, President NAACP Texas; Austin, Texas

Duane Bradley, Former manager of KPFT Radio; Houston, Texas

Lon Burnam, Former Texas State Representative; Fort Worth, Texas

Thomas Cahill, author of “A Saint on Death Row”; New York, New York

Joan M. Cheever, author of “Back From the Dead”; San Antonio, Texas

Jim Coombes, Colonel (Ret.), US Air Force; Austin, Texas

Brother Richard Daly, St. Edward’s University and Retired Staff of the Texas Catholic Conference; Austin, Texas

Jessica Farrar, Former Texas State Representative; Houston, Texas

Mike Farrell, actor, author, President of Death Penalty Focus; San Francisco, California

Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, Bishop Emeritus, Dioceses of Galveston-Houston; Houston, Texas

Anthony Graves, Death Row Exonoree and Investigator; Austin, Texas

Sylvia Gonzales, LULAC/Hispanic Women in Leadership; Houston, Texas

Jim Harrington, Founder and former director of Texas Civil Rights Project; Austin, Texas

Sara Hickman, singer, musician, songwriter; Austin, Texas

Sam Millsap, Former District Attorney; San Antonio, Texas

Sr. Helen Prejean, activist and author of Dead Man Walking; New Orleans, Louisiana

Rabbi Samuel M. Stahl, Rabbi Emeritus Temple Beth-El; San Antonio, Texas

Bob Van Steenburg, Past President, TCADP Board of Directors; Austin, Texas

Linda White, Murder Victim Family Member; Tomball, Texas

Bishop Joe A. Wilson, Retired Methodist Bishop; Georgetown, Texas