Walker Crowson has been named the president of the Sun Bowl Association for the 2013-14 year, announced executive director Bernie Olivas.

Crowson, along with the 2013 Board of Directors and Advisors, were officially introduced Friday at the Oasis Bistro and Lounge.

An active member of the Sun Bowl Association since 2001, Crowson began volunteering as team host for the WestStar Bank Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational. In 2005, he was named team host committee captain and served as tournament chairman from 2009 to 2011. Crowson has also served as host for the Western Refining College All-America Golf Classic since 2007. He was appointed to the association’s board of directors in 2008 as general counsel and vice president of legal affairs and served in that capacity until 2012 when he was named president-elect.

A third generation El Pasoan, Crowson graduated from Coronado High School in 1992 and attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in government. He graduated cum laude from Texas Tech School of Law in 1999. Crowson is a partner, along with his father, in the law firm of Crowson & Crowson, LLP. He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has been named a Texas “Rising Star” attorney each year since 2008.

Crowson is active throughout the El Paso community in professional and civic organizations. He is a past-president of the El Paso Young Lawyers Association, which named him the 2006-2007 Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year in El Paso, and former chairman of the Employment and Labor Law Committee of the El Paso Society for Human Resource Management, which honored him with the EPSHRM 2006 Professional of the Year Award. Crowson has also served on the board of directors of the El Paso Bar Association and the El Paso Chapter of the Ex-Students Association of the University of Texas at Austin. He currently serves on the El Paso Country Club Board of Directors.

Crowson and his wife, Jennifer, also an attorney, are the parents of two daughters, Charlotte and Ella.

Joining the 80^th president of the association on the board of directors are Barry Kobren (President Elect), Marilyn Munden (Executive Vice-President), Gary Hanson (Immediate Past President), Jimmy Rogers, Jr. (Chair Emeritus), Agustine Montes (Secretary), Steve Beltran (Treasurer), Bill Blaziek (VP Community Relations), Stuart Sliva (VP Marketing), Scott Mann (VP Legal Affairs), Wayne Thornton (VP Public Relations), Linda Smith (Coronation), John Folmer (Football Chairman), Jim Lawrence (Parade Chairman), Art Muñoz (Special Events Chairman), Asher Feinberg (CBS Host Chairman), Natalia Flores, Kay Mooy, Bill Coon, Allen Rystad, John Aranda, Larry Duncan, Robert Dunlop, Michael Guerra, Drew Hawley, Mary Kipp, Andre Miranda, Victor Rueda, Ric Siefkas and James Stewart.

The 2013 Sun Bowl Association Board of Advisors is made up of Amen Ayoub, Frank Bates, Ruben Batista, County Judge Veronica Escobar, Mayor John Cook, Richard Dayoub, Linda East, Ernest Eisenberg, Sarah Enriquez, David Forti, Travis Hughes, Brian Kennedy, Monica Lombraña, David Morales, Chris Mott, John Oblinger, Jean Offutt, Terri Rangel, Bruce Reichman, Jimmy Rogers III, Mike Rogers, Mike Rosales, Bob Stull, Cindy Ramos-Davidson, Pat Valdez-Rios, Joe Valenzuela, Charles Vass, Mario Vega and Ken Walters.

2013 Sun Bowl Association Board of Directors Bernie Olivas Executive Director Barry Kobren President Elect Marilyn Munden Executive Vice-President Jimmy Rogers, Jr. Chair Emeritus Gary Hanson Immediate Past President Agustine Montes Secretary Steve Beltran Treasurer Wayne Thornton VP – Public Relations Scott Mann VP – Legal Affairs Marilyn Munden Secretary Steve Beltran Treasurer Bill Blaziek VP Community Relations Stuart Sliva VP Marketing John Folmer Chair – Football Linda Smith Chair - Coronation Jim Lawrence Chair – Parade Art Muñoz Chair - Special Events Asher Feinberg Chair - CBS Host Natalia Flores Board Member Kay Mooy Board Member Bill Coon Board Member Allen Rystad Board Member John Aranda Board Member Larry Duncan Board Member Robert Dunlop Board Member Michael Guerra Board Member Drew Hawley Board Member Mary Kipp Board Member         Andre Miranda Board Member Victor Rueda Board Member Ric Siefkas Board Member James Stewart Board Member   2013 Sun Bowl Association Board of Advisors Amen Ayoub Ernest Eisenberg Chris Mott Mike Rosales Frank Bates Sarah Enriquez John Oblinger Bob Stull Ruben Batista David Forti Jean Offutt Cindy Ramos-Davidson Veronica Escobar Travis Hughes Terri Rangel Pat Valdez-Rios Mayor John Cook Brian Kennedy Bruce Reichman Joe Valenzuela Richard Dayoub Monica Lombraña Jimmy Rogers III Charles Vass Linda East David Morales Mike Rogers Mario Vega  Ken Walters

Sun Bowl Presidents Year President 1934 Dr. C. M. Hendricks 1935 Harris Walthall 1936 Harvey Gamble 1937 W. S. Crombie 1938 John Neff 1939 L.W. Overlock 1940 Dr. R.B. Homan 1941 Frank Klohs 1942 Wiley Edwards 1943 M.L. Hutchins 1944 Chris Fox 1945 John Jagoe 1946 H.O. Fulwiler 1947 Dan White 1948 C.M. Irwin 1949 J. Francis Morgan 1950 Forrest Smith 1951 Karl Wyler 1952 Howard Maxon 1953 Ted Andress 1954 Thomas Patterson 1955 Robert Haynesworth 1956 Judson F. Williams 1957 Harold Wiggs 1958 Maurice Hill 1959 B. Marshall Willis 1960 Carl Conners 1961 William Latham 1962 James Orr 1963 Leonard Goodman Jr. 1964 Jack Chapman 1965 Dr. W. W. Schuessler 1966 Richard Mithoff 1967 Richard Mithoff 1968 Frank Gorman, Jr. 1969 E. W. Kayser, Jr. 1970 James Rogers, Jr. 1971 Jack Kitchen 1972 C. C. “Jimmie” Krigbaum 1973 Irwin Lambka 1974 Roy Chapman 1975 W. Clay Fiske 1976 Jim Phillips 1977 Alan Rash 1978 George Janzen 1979 Harry Stone 1980 Ted Houghton 1981 Jane Thornton 1982 John Thompson 1983 Harris Hatfield 1984 Larry Wood 1985 Sam Jenkins 1986 Joe Wilson 1987 David Wiggs, Jr. 1988 Ted Houghton, Jr. 1989 Henry Ellis 1990 Randy Lee 1991 Nathan Christian 1992 Steve DeGroat 1993 Ramiro Guzman 1994 Darrell Windham 1995 Joyce Feinberg 1996 Richard Black 1997 Alejandro Acosta, Jr. 1998 Clyde Scott 1999 Don Melendez 2000 Bernie Olivas 2001 Sam Santana 2002 Louis Zuniga 2003 Chris Mott 2004 Linda Smith 2005 Wayne Thornton 2006 John H. Folmer 2007 Linda East 2008 Joe Valenzuela 2009 Frank Bates 2010 Amen F. Ayoub 2011 Mike Rogers 2012 Gary Hanson 2013 Walker Crowson