FTRA - Board of Directors
2021-2022 Officers
Matt Lindemann
President
Texas Ranger, Ret.
Lt. / Co. B, F
1997-2018
Specializing as
Co. “F” Firearms Instructor
Crime Scene Working Group
Digital Police Photography Instructor
Texas Ranger Reconnaissance Team
Precision Rifleman
Program Administrator Region 6 SRT
Tactical Tracking Team Member
Awards & Citations:
National Forensics Academy Graduate
Company “F” Commanders Award 2010
Lane Akin
1st Vice President
Texas Ranger, Ret.
Lt. / Co. A,B,C,D
1987-2003
Specializing as
Region I Tactical Team, Instructor; Hypnosis; Crime Scene Investigation;
Awards & Citations:
Service Award (ATF)- 1993; Officer of the Year (Criminal Justice Association)-
1996 & 2000;
Worked as
Corporate Security Director for AT&T.
Ron Stewart
2nd Vice President
Milton Wright
3rd Vice President
Jeanne Wallace
Secretary
Joe B. Davis Treasurer
Texas Ranger, Ret.
Co. F
1969 – 1993
Specializing in hypnosis;
Awards & Citations:
1st Ranger to receive the DPS Director’s Citation.
Mike Cox
Historian
Former Chief of Media Relations, Texas DPS; Communications manager for TxDoT; currently with Texas Parks & Wildlife. Free-Lance writer, author of 12 books including 3 on the Texas Rangers.
Lt. Kenny Ray Chaplain
Texas Ranger, Ret.
Lt. / Co. C,B,E
2001 – 2011
Specializing in
Crime Scene; Hostage Negotiations and Hypnosis;
Awards & Citations:
Regional Commander Award (DPS)- Criminal Interdiction; Violent Crime Task Force (FBI); Ruck County District Attorney’s Office- Capital Murder of a Child Investigation.
Clayton Smith – Chaplain
Sgt. / Co. F
1979 – 1993
Specializing in
Forensic Hypnotism;
Blood Spatter Analysis, Fingerprint Identification;
Awards & Citations:
Purple Heart (DPS)- shotting incident
Rusty Frasier – Chaplain
Son of Retired Ranger George Frasier,
San Angelo
Former Texas Rangers Association Directors
Matt Lindemann
Lance Coleman
Clete Buckaloo
Jerry Clements
Daniel Cowi8n
Joe B. Davis
Wayne Fricke
Ray Martinez
Dan North
Joe Peters