Directors and Officers
Wallace Dunn
President/Director
Wallace Dunn grew up in El Paso, Texas. While he wasn’t born in Texas, he did get here as quick as he could, at the tender age of 11 months.
Wallace joined the United States Army in 1975. While in the Army he attended the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, gaining certification as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst. He served briefly with the Portland Police Bureau Intelligence Division. He then transferred to the Regional Organized Crime Narcotics Task Force where he was the supervisory Captain for the Intelligence Section. While in this assignment he worked closely with the United States District Attorney’s office on prosecution of many Federal drug cases. Mr. Dunn was an active member of the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association, and the Western States Intelligence Network.
Mr. Dunn then served as the Operations Officer for the Oregon National Guard’s Counter-Drug Support Program. In this capacity he supported law enforcement activities throughout the State of Oregon. Wallace retired from the Army in 1997 with the rank of Captain.
He soon began a second career working in the oil fields around Odessa Texas and is a salesman for oil field companies that serve the Permian Basin area. He is a Board Member for Medical Center Health System, and the Permian Basin International Oil Show, both in Odessa, TX.
Wallace is an Instructor for Texas License to Carry, Texas School Safety Instructor, NRA Pistol Instructor, NRA Range Safety Officer, and a Pistol Instructor certified by the United States Concealed Carry Association.
Wallace is an active member of the Texas State Rifle Association, the Second Amendment Foundation, Gun Owner’s of America, Texas Gun Rights, and he is a Life Endowment member of the National Rifle Association.
Dean McCormick
Parliamentarian/Director
Dean McCormick was born in California in 1949, but with a Texas connection. His dad had been a dust-bowler, leaving Amarillo/Canyon in the late 1930s. He first got gunpowder in his veins from following an older cousin around on a dove hunt, escaping from a boring family picnic. First formal training was in a police-sponsored rifle club, shooting bullseye with .22 target rifles. After a couple of years with the club, he tested and qualified as an NRA assistant instructor, that being the highest rating available to a shooter under eighteen.
Dean became a CHL instructor in 1995, as part of the initial cadre, and was in on the formation of the TCHIA in 1997. He wrote a proposed draft of the original bylaws, some elements of which are still incorporated in the current document. He’s been active in small ways all through the history of the organization, but first ran and was elected to the BoD in 2007. He teaches in his living room and does the shooting at his own range, a pretty Spartan setup 300 yards from his front door. He teaches on weekends, having kept his day job, which is not shooting, police, or security-related.
He’s an NRA and TSRA member, almost an “of course.”
Ted Tarver
Finance Committee/Director
Ted Tarver is a Texas DPS Certified School Safety Certification Instructor and CHL-LTC Instructor and a NRA Pistol Instructor & Range Safety Officer. He is a NRA Life Member and a Texas State Rifle Association member.
Ted served in the US Navy as a Naval Weapons Specialist (Aviation Ordnance) and was a proud member of VF-32, the first active-duty fighter squadron to attend “Top Gun” school as NAS Miramar for the transition from the F-4 “Phantom” to the F-14 “Tomcat”.
Ted started his company in 1985 and served on the Board of Director of a publicly traded NASDAQ company. He was the published Technical Editor of a industry magazine.
Ted founded Texas CHL-LTC Training, LLC in 2016 as an LLC and added two other member partners, David & Chris, both LTC Instructors. All are members of the UDT SEAL Association, Gulf Coast Chapter and the Texas Team Foundation.
Ted currently serves as Chairman of the Houston West Chamber of Commerce’s Salute to Veterans and Governmental Affairs Committees.
Ted Tarver
Finance Committee/Director
Ted Tarver is a Texas DPS Certified School Safety Certification Instructor and CHL-LTC Instructor and a NRA Pistol Instructor & Range Safety Officer. He is a NRA Life Member and a Texas State Rifle Association member.
Ted served in the US Navy as a Naval Weapons Specialist (Aviation Ordnance) and was a proud member of VF-32, the first active-duty fighter squadron to attend “Top Gun” school as NAS Miramar for the transition from the F-4 “Phantom” to the F-14 “Tomcat”.
Ted started his company in 1985 and served on the Board of Director of a publicly traded NASDAQ company. He was the published Technical Editor of a industry magazine.
Ted founded Texas CHL-LTC Training, LLC in 2016 as an LLC and added two other member partners, David & Chris, both LTC Instructors. All are members of the UDT SEAL Association, Gulf Coast Chapter and the Texas Team Foundation.
Ted currently serves as Chairman of the Houston West Chamber of Commerce’s Salute to Veterans and Governmental Affairs Committees.
Boyd Grimes
Treasurer
Boyd Grimes is a native Texan, born in Austin, raised in San Antonio, went to college in San Marcos, and currently lives in the Dallas area. He is a licensed insurance agent and the father of two grown children and the grandfather of seven delightful grandchildren. He is married and looking forward to retirement in the coming months.
Larry Arnold
Public Information Officer
Larry Arnold has been shooting since he was a Boy Scout. In addition to being a Texas concealed carry instructor, he holds certification as a NRA Training Counselor, Texas Hunter Education Master Instructor and Becoming an Outdoors Woman Instructor. His military service includes four years active duty and sixteen years in the reserves as an infantry officer.
Larry’s CHL PowerPoint won a first place award in a national communications contest in 1999, and his pro-gun novel, “The Mark of Abel” has been published by Zumaya Publications.
As a writer and desktop publisher he has won many state and national awards in writing and communications contests, including several for the TCHA website. He has also published a number of newsletters for a variety of organizations. He is married, and has two grown daughters, a grandson and a granddaughter. Visit him at http://www.talonsite.com.
Mollie Clakley
Executive Director
Mollie Clakley retired from the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, where she oversaw the training and testing of the fire service. She had been with the state agency for over twenty years. Mollie is a certified fire fighter, fire officer, and instructor. She holds an Associate of Applied Science in Business Management degree and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Mollie is still active with the fire service acting as the Parliamentarian of the International Fire Service Accreditation Congress and a commissioner with CeBar Fire Department (Travis County ESD #10).
Mollie first came to learn about the vision and importance of the Texas Handgun Association (TxHGA, formerly TCHA) through her husband, Bobby Clakley, and joined TxHGA as a concerned citizen. She began helping the board in 2012 with conference registrations and processing mail. In September 2014, after her retirement from the state, Mollie was appointed as the Executive Director of TxHGA.
Ken Lewis
Vice-President/Membership Secretary/Director
Ken Lewis is the Director of Training at the National Protective Services Institute and teaches Anti-terrorism Force Protection for the US Navy Master-At-Arms school. He is a Range Master, Firearms Instructor, NRA Training Counselor, NRA Practical Pistol Coach Development Staff, NRA/USA Shooting Shotgun Coach, Training and Shooting Range Consultant, a college professor with active security, military, and law enforcement experience, and formerly a National Shooting Sports Foundation Range Action Specialist. Recognized as an expert witness and subject matter expert he is often called to review and testify in training and use of force. His experience includes emergency management and disaster response, working with numerous employers and enterprise-level corporate customers to manage and minimize risk through the application of periodic assessments, intelligence, and threat management techniques.
After retiring from 24 years in the US Air Force, and prior to joining the National Protective team, he was the Range Program Manager at UXB International Inc. and Concept Planner with AMEC Earth and Environmental. Mr. Lewis is the principle operational adviser in development of RATPAC™. He has held leadership and management doctrine positions, and worked a broad range of specialties throughout his career, e.g. communication systems, facility maintenance, law enforcement/security, Emergency Service Teams (SWAT), small arms training and repair, and instructing/teaching intellectual and mechanical skills. Mr. Lewis has extensive experience in project and program management. Noted speaker, writer and an Eagle Scout, he is a member of the NRA-Life, TxHA-Life, TSRA, IALEFI, ILEETA, and NSSF. He holds an A.A. in Security Administration from the Community College of the Air Force, an A.A. in Business Management from Wayland Baptist University, a B.S. in Occupational Education from Wayland Baptist University, and a Master of Business Administration from Our Lady of the Lake University.
Bobby Clakley
Education & Training Officer/Director
Bobby Clakley joined the United States Navy in September 1975. He was trained as an aviation ordnanceman and certified in the building of numerous types of bombs, rockets, missiles, mines as well as the twenty MM cannon. After serving in Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Bobby was given his choice of orders and went to Millington, Tennessee. While in Tennessee, Bobby earned his Department of Defense instructor certification and began teaching multi-platform weapons systems to new recruits at the aviation ordnance school.
After retirement in 1992, he worked at the Department of Labor’s Gary Job Corps program for seven years and then went to work for the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department, where he was a juvenile detention officer working with the Intensive Supervision Probation unit. After seven years with the Travis County, Bobby moved on to work for the Texas Commission on Fire Protection as a program specialist in the certification division where he reviews fire service training and issues certifications in specific disciplines to firefighters in Texas.
Bobby currently holds Instructor II certification through the Texas Commission on Fire Protection and is certified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as a License to Carry Instructor. In addition, he is certified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as a Firearm Instructor and the National Rifle Association as a Basic Pistol Instructor.
Aaron Marshall
Director
Aaron Marshall has two combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and is currently a captain in the US Army Reserve. Aaron has trained with multiple weapons systems, from handguns to grenade launchers and heavy machine guns. He has been a firearms instructor, in both military and civilian contexts, for over 12 years. Aaron is the Executive Administrator for Guncraft Training Academy.
Brad Tarno
Social Media Officer/Director
Brad Tarno is a Husband, Father, follower of God. He is a gadget geek and loves technology. He has been working in the IT industry for over 20 years where his main focus has been on building massive scale global computer networks. He spends a lot of spare time in photography and film making which allows him to share some of his favorite experiences with the world. He is a dedicated 2A advocate and carries a handgun for personal defense on a daily basis. He is passionate about firearm safety and training so he often does one-on-one handgun training courses that focus on proper handling, self defense techniques, and improving accuracy. Brad feels strongly that while it is our right as Americans to own firearms, it’s also our responsibility to be sure we properly store them, practice often, know the local laws, and follow the four universal firearms safety rules at all times.
George Pena
President Emeritus
George “Bulldog” Pena was one of the first in the state to achieve a Texas Department of Public Safety Concealed Handgun Instructors Certificate in 1995. George started teaching at his local gun club which he was Range Officer at the time. He got involved with the Texas Concealed Handgun Instructor Association in it’s infancy. George was elected to the Board of Directors, served as President and Executive Vice President for thirteen years and all that it includes. He also wrote a column for the newsletter and later served as the newsletter editor. George lives with wife Kathy in Uvalde who also served in the Association.
Bill Titus
Finance Committee Chair
Bill Titus has been a hunting and shooting enthusiast for most of his life. In addition to teaching Texas Concealed Handgun classes, he also teaches Texas Hunter Education, and is frequently found leading canoe and kayak trips on the historic Brazos river. He lives at Ropesville, near Lubbock, and teaches CHL classes in the Lubbock area and in Brownfield at Outfitter’s Supply. He is an endowment life member of the National Rifle Association, the Texas State Rifle Association, as well as the Texas Concealed Handgun Association.
He retired after more than 30 years with the United Methodist Church, where he continues to work in a part-time capacity. During this time he has been a local church pastor, manager of the denomination’s area credit union, a church administrator, and an adjunct faculty member teaching Biblical literature. He holds degrees from Ottawa University (BA) and Saint Paul School of Theology (M.Th.) and has done post-graduate work in organizational administration at Emory University. He and his wife Beverly have five children, scattered from Tacoma, Washington to Clifton, Texas, as well as five grandchildren.
Stephen Jon Moss
General Counsel
Stephen Jon Moss is a recognized civil and administrative litigator with vast experience representing school districts, other governmental agencies, private individuals, insurance industry, and business clients. Stephen has worked in Texas focusing on school law, licensing, construction, property, personnel, insurance, employment, discrimination, sexual harassment, commercial transactions, utilities, tax, and related law. Mr. Moss has over 24 years of legal experience, including multiple trials and contested case hearings, and appeals. Stephen was born in Burbank, California. Stephen began shooting .22 caliber rifles at age six, and has enjoyed shooting other firearms and handguns since. Stephen served and received weapons training in the U.S. Army ROTC program. Stephen obtained his B.S. in both accounting (1987) and business administration (1986) from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and his Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law (1989). Mr. Moss graduated in the top of his law school class where he was the Notes & Comments Editor of the Law Review, a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar, and a Naifeh Judicial Fellow. Mr. Moss received Am Jur Awards in complex litigation and appellate advocacy, and served on the OCU School of Law disciplinary tribunal. Stephen has legal licenses in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Washington D.C., the United States Fifth Circuit, the United States Military Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Indian Appeals, and the United States District Court of Texas, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western Districts. Mr. Moss also engages in mediations and arbitrations. Mr. Moss held a trial and appellate judge appointment from the United States over civil and criminal cases arising in Indian Country within Oklahoma 1987-1988, and decided appeals from Indian Nations in the United States. Stephen is a member of the State Bar of Texas College of the State Bar, school law, administrative, and litigation sections. He is also a member of the Austin Bar Association and is active on the judicial affairs and high tech committees, has served as Chairman of the Fee Dispute Committee since 2006, and is a member of the litigation, administrative, solo, real estate, and construction law sections. Stephen enjoys golf, tennis, fencing, and other sports.
Directors’ Terms of Office
2021
Bobby Clakley
Brad Tarno
Aaron Marshall
2022
Cheryl Bunyard
Dean McCormick
Ted Tarver
2023
Wallace Dunn
Ken Lewis
Vacant
2024
Bobby Clakley
Alison Adams
Aaron Marshall
History of Directors and Officers
A History of TxHGA Directors
Board of Directors
Alison Adams (2021-present)
Ted Tarver (2021-present)
Ken Lewis (2020-present)
Cheryl Bunyard (2019-present)
Aaron Marshall (2018-present)
Wallace Dunn (2017-present)
Dean McCormick (2007-2012, 2016-present)
Bobby Clakley (2013-present)
Former Directors
Susan Olsen (2021-2021)
Brad Tarno (2021-2021)
Jamie Kidder (2019-2021)
David Kidder (2018-2021)
Larry Patterson (2017-2020)
Richard Buchfink (2018-2020)
Bill Titus (2008-2019)
Deborah L. Wardlaw (2016-2018)
Larry Arnold (1997-2018)
Austin Davis (2012-2018)
Robert Lovelace (2015-2017)
Rick Mackey (2008-2017)
Susie Tackett (2014-2017)
Mark Gillespie (2015-2016)
Erwin Ballarta (2010-2015)
Larry Feille (2010-2015)
Ron Ryle (2010-2014)
Mike McNeely (2008-2010)
Frank Niemiec (2008-2011)
Merle Niemiec (2008-2011)
Bruce Gilchrist (2007-2008)
Kathy Pena (2006-2008)
Antonio Orozco (2005-2008)
Bill Carr (2004)
Gene Schiller (2003-2009)
Judd M. Earley (2002-2008)
George (Bulldog) Pena (2000-2008, 2009-2014)
Matthew (Matt) Billingsley (2000-2005)
John Ridlehuber, III (2000-2007)
Chris Bird (1999-2013)
Dr. Charles “Choc” Harris (1998-1999, 2020-2021)
Ed Forrest (1997-2002)
Hanan Yadin (1997-1999)
Dan West (1997-2004)
Bill Slater (1997-2004)
Bruce B. McMahan (1997-2003, 2004-2006)
Karl Rehn (1997)
Elsie M. Allen (1997-1999)
Discontinued Offices
First Vice President
This office was dissolved in 2014.
Dean McCormick (2010-2014)
Frank Niemiec (2007-2010)
Gene Schiller (2004-2007)
Christopher J. (Chris) Bird (1999-2004)
Elsie M. Allen (1997-1999)
Second Vice President
This office was dissolved in 2014.
Mollie Clakley (2013-2014)
Larry Feille (2010-2013)
Kathy Pena (2009-2010)
Bill Titus (2008-2009)
Ed Benyon (2007-2008)
Christopher J. (Chris) Bird (2004-2007)
Larry Arnold (1997-2004)
Secretary
This office was split into Recording Secretary and Membership Secretary
Bill Titus (2009-2012)
James Zipperer (2008-2009)
Kathy Gilchrist (2007)
Kathy Pena (2004-2008)
William D. (Bill) Slater, Jr. (1997-2004)
A History of TxHGA Officers
President
Wallace Dunn (2020-Present)
Bobby Clakley (2014-2020)
Rick Mackey (2009-2014)
Chris Bird (2008-2009)
George “Bulldog” Pena (2007-2008)
John Ridlehuber, III (2004-2007)
Daniel L. (Dan) West (1997-2004)
Vice President
Ken Lewis (2021-Present)
David Kidder (2020-2021)
Wallace Dunn (2019-2020)
Bill Titus (2014-2019)
Previously known as the Executive Vice President
Bobby Clakley (2014-2014)
George Pena (2009-2014)
Rick Mackey (2007-2009)
George (Bulldog) Pena (2004-2007)
John Ridlehuber, III (2003-2004)
William D. (Bill) Slater Jr., CPO (2000-2003)
Dr. Charles C. Harris (1998-1999)
Karl Rehn (1997)
Recording Secretary
Alison Adams (2021-Present)
Dr. Charles “Choc” Harris (2020-2021)
Jamie Kidder (2018-2020)
Wallace Dunn (2017-2018)
Deborah Wardlaw (2016-2017)
Dean McCormick (2014-2016)
Susie Tackett (2014-2014)
Bobby Clakley (2012-2014)
Membership Secretary
Kari Grayson (2021-Present)
Ken Lewis (2020-2021)
Larry Patterson (2017-2020)
Susie Tackett (2014-2017)
Bill Titus (2012-2014)
Treasurer
Boyd Grimes (2014-Present)
Ron Ryle (2010-2014)
Merle Niemiec (2007-2010)
Kathy Pena (2005-2007)
Garry Brookman (2005-2005)
Bruce B. McMahan (1997-2005)
Education and Training Officer
Bobby Clakley (2018-present)
Austin Davis (2014-2018)
Public Information Officer
Larry Arnold (2014-present)
Tac-Med Consultant
Cheryl Bunyard (2016-present)
Rodney Jaime (2015-2016)
Social Media Officer
Brad Tarno (2020-Present)
Billy Hill (2014-2015)
Finance Committee
Jesse Pullen (2021-Present)
Cris Martinez (2021-Present)
Ted Tarver (2020-Present)
Stephen Moss, Advisor (2020-Present)
Bill Titus-Chair (2019-Present)
Mollie Clakley-Non Voting Ex Officio (2019-Present)
Jamie Kidder (2020-2021)
Richard Buchfink (2019-2020)
Wallace Dunn (2019-2020)