Rotarian- Pam Lambden/ Speaker- Todd Hunter

Rotarian of the Week

Pam Lambden

Pam was born in Mobile Alabama and relocated to Texas in 1956 when her Dad was transferred with ALCOA.   Pam and her husband Vaughn live in Point Comfort.  She has served on the Point Comfort City Council since 1982 and has served as a Councilwoman, Mayor Pro-Tem and currently serving as Mayor of the City since 1994.  Past President  Port Lavaca Noonday Rotary Club.

Pam served as Past-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission; served on the GCRPC Board as a Director; has in the past and is presently serving a Governor’s Appointment as Chairman of the Golden Crescent Regional Review Commission for a seven county region.

Was selected “Woman of the Year for 2007” and received the Paul Harris Award in June – 2009.   Serves on the Formosa Plastics Endowment Environment Trust Fund Outreach Committee; Board of Directors for the CAPA Advisory Panel for the Superfund Site at Alcoa, member of the PCCP Committee for ALCOA; member Community Advisory Board for Formosa Plastics Corporation, Board Member for the Calhoun County Senior Citizens Board of Directors;   member of the Calhoun County  Community Action Board for Victoria and Calhoun County.  Served as a Captain for Friends of Scouting Campaign, member of Indianola District Committee, Volunteer for the Calhoun County Habitat Foundation Fundraisers and supporter/contributor for many organizations.

Pam is a past member of the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, the Board for the Calhoun Leadership Class, member on Partners in Education committee and numerous Task Force Committees. 

Pam retired from Memorial Medical Center with 44 years experience in healthcare and served as the Director of Business/Fund Development and Medical Staff Relations for Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca.  Has served as Assistant Administrator and several times as Interim CEO.   Instrumental in establishing the Calhoun County Medical Foundation Fundraising Event which contributes toward the purchase of equipment for the hospital.

She attended Victoria College and South West Texas State College in San Marcos.  Member of Point Comfort United Methodist Church.  Pam and Vaughn celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary this past June.  Two sons:  Stephen and wife Lora and Michael.  Two grandchildren:  Dustin and Linnea “ Missy”.  Other special members of the family include their 4-yr old Golden Retriever Murphy.   Having several titles, Pam’s favorite title is that of “Mammy” to her two grandchildren.

Special Guest Speaker

State Representative-Texas, Todd Hunter

Todd A Hunter is currently serving in his ninth term in the Texas House of Representatives. He was first elected to the Texas House in 1988 and retired from public service in 1997, so he could dedicate more time to raising his three young children with his wife, Alexis. He is an attorney at The Law Office of Todd A. Hunter, PLLC in Corpus Christi.

Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma in 1953, Todd earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas in 1975 and his J.D. from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 1978. He has lived in the Corpus Christi area for almost 40 years, where he met and married his wife, the former Alexis Taylor. They have three children: Todd Jr., a graduate of Texas A&M University – College Station and St. Mary's University Law School; Michael, a graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio and an MBA graduate of Texas A & M Corpus Christi; and Christina, an architecture graduate of the University of Texas in Austin and an MBA graduate of Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Chairman Hunter completed four terms in the Texas House of Representative, serving from 1989 to 1997. In 2008, he was elected to a fifth term and in 2010 to a sixth term serving District 32 which then included Aransas, Calhoun and San Patricio Counties and part of Nueces County. In 2012, he was re-elected for his seventh term and in 2014 to his eighth term and in 2016 to his ninth term, representing District 32 which is currently the eastern half of Nueces County.

For the 85th Legislative Session, Hunter is the Chairman of the Calendar Committee, Vice Chair and a member of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, and a member of the County Affairs Committee.

During his previous terms in the legislature, Hunter served as Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence and the House Committee on Civil Practices and was a key player in important issues such as tort reform and education. He served on numerous important House committees, including the Corrections, Human Services, Redistricting, General Investigating and Ethics, Ways and Means, Elections, Urban Affairs and Higher Education committees. Additionally, Todd served on the powerful Appropriations Committee for two terms and was named Chairman of the Subcommittee on Education and Vice Chair of the State Affairs Committee.