The new slate of Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) leaders took office for 2009-2010 at the annual meeting held during the Southwest Foodservice Expo, June 28 to 30 in Dallas.

The new president is Mark Maguire, Maguire's Restaurant Concepts, Dallas. The president elect is Bob Westbrook, WR Ventures Inc./CiCi's Pizza, Tyler. Lisa Perini, Perini Ranch Steakhouse, Buffalo Gap, and Russell Ybarra, Gringos Mexican Kitchen, Pearland, will serve as vice presidents. Scott Plowman, Parkway Grill & Sports Bar, Wichita Falls, is the newly elected secretary-treasurer.