The new officers of the RR Republican Club
Rebecca Bafford
Newly-elected president of the Republican Club is Russ Bafford, born and raised in Illinois. He received a BS in mining engineering from the University of Missouri/Rolla and a BS in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. He was chief engineer for several coal mines in Illinois, worked for Alcoa in Surinam, South America, and was supervising engineer for an 1100 MW coal fired power plant on the Ohio River. Most recently he worked as an engineering consultant in Salt Lake City before retiring and moving to Robson Ranch in 2015. He retains his professional engineer license in Texas. Active in conservative Republican politics since the 1980s, Russ has served as precinct committeeman and chairman; secretary of the Illinois State Rifle Association; and as NRA certified firearms and LTC instructor in Texas. He is a Denton County Master Gardener and also serves as president of the Robson Ranch Gun Club and is in the Woodworkers and Garden Clubs. Russ is married to Rebecca, a native of Southern California and more recently Tyler, Texas. A professional pianist and recording artist, she recently retired from teaching private piano and voice for over 30 years. They have seven children and 12 grandchildren between them!
Larry Carlson, vice-president, was born in Anaconda, Montana, graduating from high school in Washington. He received a BA from the University of Utah on an NROTC scholarship and after obtaining his wings as a Naval Flight Officer was assigned to fly A-6 Intruders stationed aboard the USS John F. Kennedy. After obtaining his MBA from the University of West Florida, Larry worked for Ford Motor Company (Lincoln Mercury Division) in marketing, distribution and network development before joining BMW of North America where he spent 25 years. He also held multiple leadership positions in the intelligence community. Larry enjoys golf and pickleball and has been married to his wife Mary from Ann Arbor, Michigan, for 31 years. They have two children and four grandchildren! She recently retired from Ford Motor Company after 25 years.
Barbara Roberts, secretary, hails from central New York State. She graduated from the State University of NY/Cortland with a degree in English and taught middle school English and social studies. She served as an elementary school secretary for 15 years. She and her husband Clyde, a Master Gardener, moved to Robson Ranch from Wilmington, Delaware in 2012 and are parents of two sons and seven grandchildren!
Ann Patterson, treasurer, was born in Wichita Falls and raised in Austin; she graduated from UT/Austin with a BS in Aerospace Engineering. During her illustrious career with NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston she worked in several capacities including crew training instructor to astronauts and prime flight controllers and as an aircraft engineer on the space shuttle training aircraft. Ann retired and moved to Robson Ranch in 2015. She holds a private pilot’s license, is a professional seamstress and member of RR Material Girls and Yarn Divas, Women’s Club and Woodworkers Club.