The Team

Gerri A. Renfroe, RPA - Industrial Division Manager/Client Relations
“Tilly” Renfroe is a registered senior appraiser who leads the firm in the Industrial Complex Property Division with over 20 years of experience. She began her career with the Dimmit Central Appraisal District in 1999 where she later served as Chief Appraiser. She has in-depth knowledge of the certification process and has worked closely with clients and property owners.

Jeff Taylor, RPA - Deputy Industrial Manager/Senior Appraiser
Jeff Taylor is an industrial appraiser with over 15 years of experience in the property tax industry. He has previously worked for CAD’s, appraisal companies, and was a senior manager of a consulting firm specializing in personal property. His experience primarily lies in the oil & gas industry, as well as other energy sectors such as wind and solar. Jeff graduated from Tarleton State University with a BS in Business Management and has previously held an PTC license from the TDLR.

Gregory D. Anderson, RPA - Senior Industrial Appraiser
Greg is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division with over 10 years experience in the valuation of complex industrial personal and real property. He also has over 20 years of manufacturing engineering experience in semiconductor manufacturing, equipment manufacturing and design, and oilfield measuring equipment manufacturing. He has a BS in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry University, a patent through Motorola, and an American Production and Inventory Control Society Certification in Production Inventory Management.

Kyle Barrett
Kyle Barrett is an appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division who brings 30+ years of experience in the property tax field. He was employed by the Parker County Appraisal District for 10 years. During his tenure he supervised the Business Personal Property Department and earned his RPA designation. He spent the following 8 years as Vice President for two top consulting firms and obtained his Senior Property Tax Consulting license. For the last 12 years he owned and operated his own property tax consulting firm before joining our team.

Hector Castillo, RPA
Hector is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division with 14 years of experience in the property tax industry. His career includes significant tenures at Val Verde and Hays Central Appraisal District (CAD). During his 11 years at Hays CAD, Hector managed the Commercial Appraisal Department for 6 years, overseeing the commercial, land, business personal property, and agriculture divisions. His expertise in the ad valorem tax industry is comprehensive and well-regarded.

Tomas Hlavenka, RPA
Jon is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division with 13 years of experience in the property tax industry. His career includes 6 years With Mclennan County Appraisal District and 7 years with Hill County Appraisal District.. During his 13 years he worked with Business Personal property and Commercial accounts. He also volunteered as local Taad President of the Centra-plex Chapter and at the TAAO conferences. Jon graduated from Tarelton State with a BS in Business Management.

Kristophor Irish, RPA
Kris Irish is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division. He has over four years of experience appraising industrial properties and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Olivet Nazarene University.

Cathy A. Jackson, RPA - Senior Industrial Appraiser
Cathy Jackson is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division with over 30 years of experience. She has been with Capitol Appraisal for over 10 years. Cathy previously served as Chief Appraiser for Lamar CAD (1998-2005) and as a Deputy Chief Appraiser (1991-1998). She is a licensed realtor and holds an Associate of Science degree in Computer Science from Paris Junior College.

Trent D. Johnson, RPA - Senior Industrial Appraiser
Trent D. Johnson is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division. He has spent equal amounts of his tenure at Capitol Appraisal in both the Industrial and Mineral divisions. He specializes in machinery, manufacturing and the oil and gas industries. He currently is pursuing a Personal Property Specialist designation by IAAO.

Ashley Mayfield, RPA - Senior Industrial Appraiser
Ashley Mayfield is a registered appraiser in the Industrial Complex Property Division and a Registered Tax Assessor. She has over 12 years of experience working for appraisal districts and has in-depth knowledge of ad valorem tax processes.

Noah Williams, RPA - Utilities Manager
Noah Williams is a registered appraiser who leads the firm in Utility Appraisals in the Utilities Complex Property Division. He has over 10 years of experience working with in the Appraisal Valuation of complex industrial, utility, and mineral properties. He received a BS in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Ana Constancio
Ana Constancio brings over 15 years of professional office experience; including 9 years of Procurement Management. She has been responsible for office management, assisting accounting, process creation and support. She earned a AAS degree in Health Information Technology from the University of Phoenix. As a part of the Industrial Appraisal Team, she will be assisting in the compliance and analysis of the industrial utilities within Capitol.

Roxanne Pavia
Roxanne Pavia is a member of the Utility Appraisals Team in the Industrial Property Division at Capitol. She has over 15 years of professional and accounting experience, having spent several of those years in state government bringing both an analytical and financial skillset. As part of the team, she will be assisting in the analysis and review of industrial utility appraisals.

Na Wei, RPA
Na Wei assists industrial utility lead with complex business property analysis and appraisals. She has experience in data analysis, accounting, spreadsheets. She graduated from Texas State University with a MA in Accounting.

LeLaina R. Taylor, RPA - Mineral Division Manager/Client Relations
LeLaina Taylor is a registered senior mineral appraiser who leads the firm in the Mineral Division. Involved in the appraisal industry since 2002, she specializes in market value appraisal of mineral property with in-depth knowledge of accepted principles, methods, and techniques. She holds a BS in Engineering Management Technology from Grantham University and an AAS in Accounting from Kilgore College.

APPRAISERS
Michael D. Davis, RPA - Senior Mineral Appraiser
Michael (Mickey) Davis is a registered appraiser in the Mineral Division providing market value appraisal of mineral property. His experience includes banking, teaching/coaching, and real estate agent. He has a BBA in accounting from Texas A&M University.

Hailey Jordan
Hailey Jordan is an appraiser in the Mineral Division. She has four years of previous experience working with Appraisal Districts, primarily in West Texas. She holds a BS in Biology and a BS in Psychology from Angelo State University. She is currently pursuing her RPA.

Dylan Van Meter, RPA
Dylan Van Meter is an appraiser in the Mineral Division. He has 17 years of teaching Mathematics and Science in a secondary setting. He holds a BA in Biology and M.Ed. from the University of Texas.

Mindy Moreno, RPA
Mindy Moreno brings 10 years of experience in the property tax division with an appraisal district in West Texas, with a primary focus on mineral appraisal over the past 5 years. She earned her Registered Professional Appraiser (RPA) designation in 2021.

Leo Wideman
Leo Wideman is an appraiser in the Mineral Division. Leo is a Petroleum Engineer with 30+ years varied experience in the Oil and Gas Industry working for large to small independents. He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Texas, an MBA from University of Central Oklahoma, and an MDiv from Austin Seminary. He is currently pursuing his RPA.

Charles Williams, P.E., RPA - Senior Mineral Appraiser
Charles is a registered professional engineer and a registered professional appraiser. He has over 40 years of experience in drilling, completions, production operations, reservoir engineering and environmental engineering. He has been applying this background to provide mineral, utility, and industrial appraisals in support of Texas CADs for the past 23 years. He is past president of the Balcones Section of SPE of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Charles graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Petroleum Engineering.

ANALYST
Priscilla Weston, Division Order Analyst Supervisor/Senior Analyst
Priscilla Weston has been maintaining ownership records for various counties since 2007 for oil and gas properties. She works closley with clients/operators/agents to properly examine, establish and maintain accurate ownership records as well as analyze estate documents, assignments, conveyances and deeds used in ownership transfers.

Stephanie Bridges, Senior Division Order Analyst
Stephanie Bridges has a background in state government and assists with maintenance of ownership for oil and gas leases. She has a BA from Oklahoma State University.

Angie Flanagan, Senior Division Order Analyst
Angie Flanagan has over 13 years experience in the oil and gas industry. She works closely with clients, operators and agents in multiple counties to maintain and provide the most accurate lease and ownership information. She also brings experience from the County Clerks office with the filing of legal documents and other instruments in the counties Official Public Records.

Esther Garza, Senior Division Order Analyst
Esther Garza has over 30 years of experience in computer operations and ownership for oil and gas leases. She joined the company in 1983 in the real estate division before joining the Austin Mineral Division. She also served in data processing where she handled all company printing/shipping operations, as well as preparation of tax rolls, receipts and voter registration rolls. Esther currently maintains the ownership of oil and gas properties and provides valuable analysis of lease information for clients, operations, operators and tax agents.

Andrea Gomez, Division Order Analyst
Andrea Gomez brings 18 years of customer service and 4 years of previous experience as a Division Order Analyst for several counties in the Permian Basin.

Rosalinda Guidry, Division Order Analyst
Rosalinda brings 30 years of experience in administrative support and customer service. Additionally, she has 6 years of expertise as a Division Order Analyst, where she worked closely with clients, agents, operators, and multiple counties throughout South Texas to maintain ownership records and update division orders..

Chandra Morris, Senior Division Order Analyst
Chandra Morris has over 25 years of experience. She maintains the ownership of oil and gas properties and provides valuable analysis of lease information for clients, operators, and tax agents. Chandra came to Capitol Appraisal Group in 1991 after serving with the Liberty County Appraisal District.

Mari Sharma, Division Order Analyst
Mari Sharma brings experience from the public and private sector, both in the US and in the UK. She provides valuable support maintaining ownership for the oil and gas properties. She has a BA in Business Administration from South Bank University, London, UK.

Gina Shaw, Senior Division Order Analyst
Gina holds a Certificate of General Business from Kilgore College. After graduating in 1984 she took a job with an East Texas Appraisal Firm. She brings 40 plus years’ experience as a Division Order Analyst. She managed multiple counties, where she compiled mineral ownership information from clients, agents, operators and mineral owners for appraisal roll purposes.

David L. Barkelew, Senior Systems Analyst
David Barkelew is a systems analyst with 30 years of experience in system management and programming, including all layers of application design and development from database design to user interfaces. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Computer Sciences.

Thomas Eberhart, Software Developer
Thomas Eberhart is a software developer with 2 years of full stack experience in application development, front-end UI design, and data science. His prior experience is in the manufacturing and supply chain industries. Thomas graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology with a BS in Software Engineering.

Esmeralda Flowers, Senior Customer Service Manager
Esmeralda Flowers has over 34 years in the property tax industry with experience in both appraisal and collections and software support environments. She began her career with Comal CAD before moving to Guadalupe CAD where she worked as data entry supervisor and systems administrator. Following her time at GCAD, she worked 16 years in CAMA software support aiding and training clients on both tax collection and appraisal software platforms.

Deric Garza, Software/Client Support Specialist
Deric Garza brings over 20 years of cross-industry experience in IT, project management, and client relations. A self-starter and problem-solver, Deric has a proven track record of leveraging technology to enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. He holds a deep commitment to innovation, excellence and is focused on optimizing software applications - ensuring clients receive unparalleled support and service.

Mary Catherine Robinson, Product Media Specialist
Mary Catherine Robinson (MC) is a product media specialist for Information Systems with a background in Marketing, Graphic Design and Media Production. She graduated from Texas State University with a BA in Mass Communications, as well as an MA in Mass Communications from Texas State.

James R. Voges, RPA, GIS Specialist
James Voges is an appraiser in the Mineral Division and Industrial Complex Property Division. He assists the divisions with mapping utilizing Geographic Information Systems, and provides data support to our employees and clients. He graduated from Texas State University with a BS in Physical Geography and a minor in Geology with an emphasis in Geographic Information Systems and Cartography.

Simon Weisser, Software Developer
Simon Weisser is a software engineer with 2 years’ experience in cloud computing, data science and application development. He is currently assisting with the development of Capitol’s appraisal and collections software. Simon graduated from UT Austin with a BS in Mathematics and is currently pursuing in MS in Computer Science also from UT Austin.

Shannon Douglass, Document Imaging Specialist
Shannon Douglass is responsible for the imaging and document management of Capitol's Industrial and Minerals Departments. She brings over twenty years of professional office experience to Capitol, is a graduate of Texas State Technical College, and is certified in the field of Child Care.

Kathleen J. Lewis, Receptionist
Kathleen (Kathy) Lewis brings 25 years experience in customer service and administration. She has an associate degree in English and Communication. She has experience with clients and public relations, providing worldwide delivery operational services. She has been responsible for assisting management, employment training, event planning, and communicating with clients.

Peggy Lutz, Administration Support
Peggy Lutz provides assistance to the President. Peggy brings over 30 years of experience including an extensive background in project management, software implementation, and contract analysis for the computer and medical device industries.

Carolyn Smith, Accounting Support
Carolyn Smith brings 20 years of accounting experience in small business and services. She is an executive assistant with business management and full charge bookkeeping experience. Her responsibilities include contract administration, accounts receivable, managing the full accounts payable cycle, including the processing and coding of employee expense reports, issuing checks,preparing bank reconciliations and 1099s. Carolyn is also responsible for administrating proposal processes, including gathering reports, updating the templates, editing and assembling the final product.

Certified by the Texas Board of Licensing and Regulation

Gregory D. Anderson, RPA, TDLR Reg. 74322
Kyle C. Barrett, TDLR Reg. 77615
Hector Castillo, RPA, TDLR Reg. 73388
Gregg A. Davis, RPA, TDLR Reg. 71552
Michael D. Davis, RPA, TDLR Reg. 74809
Tomas Hlavenka, RPA, TDLR Reg. 72728
Kristopher Irish, RPA, TDLR Reg. 74885
Cathy A. Jackson, RPA, TDLR Reg. 65387
Trenton D. Johnson, RPA, TDLR Reg. 71553
Hailey Jordan, TDLR Reg. 76858
Ashley Mayfield, RPA, TDLR Reg. 73176
Mindy Moreno, RPA, TDLR Reg. 75334
David E. Popelar, P.E., RPA, TDLR Reg. 71614
Gerri "Tilly" Renfroe, RPA, TDLR Reg. 70171
Jeff Taylor, RPA, TDLR Reg. 69220
LeLaina R. Taylor, RPA, TDLR Reg. 71912
Dylan Van Meter, RPA, TDLR Reg. 76062
James R. Voges, RPA, TDLR Reg. 73962
Na Wei, RPA, TDLR Reg. 73985
Leo Wideman, TDLR Reg. 77261
Noel D. Wilcoxson, II, RPA, TDLR Reg. 71581
Charles Williams, P.E., RPA, TDLR Reg. 70182
Noah Williams, RPA, TDLR Reg. 73672