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Tina Y. Buford of Harlingen was elected President of the Texas Wildlife Association by a unanimous vote of the TWA Board of Directors on Friday, June 26, at WildLife 2009, the organization's 24th Annual Convention.

Buford previously served the organization as Secretary, and she is the first female President of the Texas Wildlife Association and the first President from the Rio Grande Valley. (KRGV-TV coverage)

Other TWA officers elected to a one-year term on June 26 in San Antonio were Vice President Neal Wilkins, Ph.D., of College Station, Secretary Glen Webb of Abilene, and Treasurer Greg Simons of San Angelo. 

Buford is actively engaged in the management of her family’s ranch, and she, with her sister Quita Whittenbach, represents the sixth generation of her family to work the land, which now consists of commercial cattle and hunting operations.  The family ranch recently celebrated its 150-year anniversary.

Buford is a graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS in Rangeland Ecology and Science and a graduate of the TCU Ranch Management Program.   She is a Director of the Valley Land Fund, Sustainer of the Junior League of Harlingen, serves on the Wildlife Committee of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, and serves on the advisory board for the Kika de la Garza Plant Materials Center in Kingsville.

Tina and her husband William R. Buford III have two children, Francisco and William.

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