Dr. Lisette Allen
Director of Education

Lisette Allen is director of education for the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops. She has served as teacher, principal and superintendent in the Diocese of Brownsville. She was a member of the NCEA/ACRE revision committee in Washington DC, and guest presenter for the University of Notre Dame Alliance for Catholic Education Program focusing on Teaching English Language Learners (2008-2010), and for the Chief Administrators in Catholic Education (CACE) focusing on Latino families.

In 2011 she received the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) Catherine T. McNamee, CSJ Award for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting a Vision of Catholic Education that Welcomes and Serves Cultural and Economic Diversity and Enhances Services for Student with Special Needs. She has served as a Commissioner, Vice- President and President of the Texas Catholic Conference Accreditation Commission.

In July 2014, she joined the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department as the director of accreditation for Catholic schools in Texas. Raised in Harlingen, she attended the University of Texas Pan American where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in communications disorders. She holds a master of arts degree in education from Texas A&M University Kingsville and the University of Notre Dame for a master of arts degree in Educational Administration from the University of Notre Dame. In 2023 she received a doctorate in educational leadership from St. Louis University.

Jennifer Allmon
Executive Director

Jennifer Carr Allmon is executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB). She oversees the day-to-day work of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops including legislative activities, communications, convening and collaboration, and management. Allmon develops legislative strategy and relationships with diocesan staff and other legislative partners including developing and delivering legislative testimony and policy papers.

Allmon monitors all legislation filed and tracks legislation related to our policy priorities. She is available to provide training and technical assistance to dioceses and TCCB departments in review of and preparation for legislative session. She is also responsible for facilitating collaboration among the departments of the conference as well as supervising the coordination of the TCCB General Assembly.

Prior to this position, she served as the advocacy director at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston where she was responsible for directing the agency's public policy efforts. This included issues such as access to healthcare, immigration reform, and the needs of the poor and vulnerable. Allmon also served for four years as Catholic Charities' HIV/AIDS education coordinator, where she developed and implemented HIV/AIDS and chastity education programs for Catholic parishes and schools in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

Allmon has given presentations throughout the United States on the issues of substance abuse treatment and prevention, chastity, social justice, and advocacy. She has published numerous articles on HIV/AIDS education in a Catholic context and on various public policy and legislative issues. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from University of St. Thomas in Houston and is a Texas Certified Teacher. She has a master's of arts in moral theology-bioethics and has completed the National Catholic Bioethics Center's Bioethics Certification Program.

Dr. Ashley Altizer
Associate Director of Accreditation

Dr. Ashley Altizer has been a Catholic educator for 15 years as a teacher, campus minister and administrator. As a high school teacher and campus minister in the Archdiocese of Boston, she shared with her students her love of learning and her passion for Catholic social justice. She continued that passion in her role as a high school administrator in Boston and a district-level administrator in the Department of Catholic Schools, which oversees 36 schools in the Archdiocese of San Antonio. Ashley worked closely with the schools, guiding them through their accreditation process and working with schools on their professional development and academic programming.

Ashley is a product of Catholic education, attending Mercyhurst University, serving in the Urban Catholic Teacher Corps at Boston College, and completing the Remick Leadership Program through the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame. Ashley has a passion for helping to prepare teachers to be student-centered, faith-filled leaders in their schools. She finished her doctoral program through Northeastern University in May 2022. Her dissertation, "Forming Catholic Educators - The Challenge of New Teacher Induction and Mentoring in Catholic Schools," focused on the ways leaders can help new teachers grow in their craft and commit themselves to the mission of Catholic education. Through her action research project and her work in the Archdiocese of San Antonio, she has continuously sought to improve professional development for teachers and leaders to form individuals who can guide students on both their faith and academic journeys through Catholic school.

Jenny Andrews
Policy Analyst

Jenny Andrews serves as a Policy Analyst for the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB), where she supports the executive director in legislative strategy, communications, and advocacy. In this role, she represents the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas before the legislature and other public entities, collaborates with partner organizations to advance strategic advocacy initiatives, and helps mobilize grassroots efforts.

She also coordinates programs and events related to Catholic social teaching, conducts policy research and legislative analysis, and leads training efforts. Her policy portfolio includes life and family life issues, immigration, restorative justice, and broader social concerns such as food policy, human trafficking, and fair lending practices.

Jenny earned a bachelor of arts in sociology, Spanish, and Latin American studies from the University of Nebraska and a master of public affairs from the LBJ School at the University of Texas at Austin, with a concentration in philanthropy, community service, and nonprofit management. After graduating from UT, she served as director of Conferences & Special Projects for The Medical Institute.

Prior to joining TCCB, Jenny was a public policy analyst for Texas Alliance for Life, where she lobbied for three legislative sessions, including the successful passage of the Texas Human Life Protection Act which set the stage for a Pro-Life Texas after the overturn of Roe v Wade. The 90th Legislative Session in 2027 will be Jenny's third session with the TCCB.

She attends St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in north Austin, and her children attend St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School and the University of Texas.

DeAnn Walker
Special Counsel

Selena Aleman
Archivist

Selena Aleman is the Archivist of the Catholic Archives of Texas (CAT). She began working at the CAT in January 2018 as a graduate student intern. Selena works on digitization projects, including digitizing the Knights of Columbus collection and sacramental records. She also provides reference services and works on other projects with the executive director of the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops.

Selena has worked on archives projects at the Austin History Center, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, and the Texas Archive of the Moving Image. She received a bachelor of science in sociology and minor in women and gender studies from Texas A&M University in 2013 and a master of science in information studies from UT at Austin in 2018.

Prior to her work in archives, Selena served as a literacy tutor for City Year San Antonio and was an eighth grade social studies teacher in Victoria, Texas.

Leslie Rodriguez
Director of Communications

Leslie Rodriguez is director of communications for the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops (TCCB), where she leads communications strategy, media relations, digital outreach and constituent engagement in support of the Catholic bishops of Texas and their statewide collaborative mission. She oversees communications that connect Catholics, policymakers, the media and the public with the bishops’ priorities and the Church’s advocacy across Texas.

Prior to joining the TCCB, Leslie served as bilingual communications manager at Leadership Roundtable, where she managed English- and Spanish-language communications across print and digital platforms, supported national Catholic gatherings and leadership initiatives, developed program and services curriculum, and contributed to work with Catholic nonprofit organizations, donors and grant partners.

Leslie previously served as communications and stewardship manager for a large parish in the Diocese of Dallas and later as a donor engagement consultant for another diocesan parish. In those roles, she led bilingual communications, stewardship campaigns, media outreach, branded content and major community events.

She earned a bachelor of arts in communication studies from the University of North Texas, graduating summa cum laude. She is currently pursuing a master of arts in theology at the University of Notre Dame as a Haciendo Caminos Fellow.

Lorena Martinez
Administrative Manager

Lorena Martinez is the administrative manager for the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops, responsible for managing the operation of the office and supporting the TCCB executive director and departmental directors through her duties in human resources, payroll, budget, organization, communication, and moderate bookkeeping.

Lorena has more than 15 years of experience in the public and private sectors. She spent many years supporting the student financial aid office at the University of Texas and served as an executive assistant to small business owners. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, Lorena was raised in south Texas and received her bachelor's degree in art with a minor in psychology from Texas A&M International University.

Helen Osman
Communications Consultant

Helen Osman is a communications consultant for the TCCB, providing both external and internal communications support and direction. She has worked in communications for faith-based organizations since 1984, shortly after she moved to Central Texas with her husband, John.

They have returned to Austin, after an eight-year hiatus in Washington, DC, where she coordinated communications for the US Catholic bishops and shepherded the visits to the United States of Pope Benedict XVI in 2008 and Pope Francis in 2015.

She is the president of the international organization SIGNIS (World Association of Catholic Communicators), the only Vatican-recognized media professionals association. She has also served as president of the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, and received its highest honor for personal achievement in 2012. She provides communications support for international, national and local entities.

Reaghan Ramsey
Administrative Assistant

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