BV-ATD upcoming events

September 2026 BV-ATD Lunch & Learn Meeting (10 Sep 2026)

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT

September 2026 BV-ATD Lunch & Learn Meeting

The Elections Administrator for Brazos County, Trudy Hancock, will share the importance of training election workers each election year. She will methods to regularly update training content.

About our Speaker:

Trudy Hancock is the Elections Administrator for Brazos County. Trudy began her career in elections as a clerk in the Robertson County Clerk’s office and became the first Elections Administrator for Robertson County in October 2005 where she served until she became the first Elections Administrator for Brazos County in July of 2016.

Trudy is a former President of the Texas Association of Elections Administrators and the US Elections Assistance Commissions Local Leadership Council and is a current member of the Legislative Committee for the Texas Association of County Elections Officials. Trudy serves as a member of the Robertson County Child Protective Services Board and serves as a member of the Production Team at Brazos Fellowship.

Trudy is a 2001 graduate of Blinn College with an Associates Degree as a Paralegal, she is a Registered Elections Official for the State of Texas and a nationally certified Elections Administrator through the Certified Elections and Registration Administrators (CERA) program sponsored by the Election Center and Auburn University with over 20 years of practical experience in elections and voter registration.

Registration for this event will close on September 7, 2026.

Menu: Variety of Sandwiches, Salad, Fruit, and Dessert with Sweet and Unsweet Tea.

TD Capability Model: This program maps to the Impacting Organizational Capability domain. This session provides CEU for the APTD and CTPD.

For more information, visit https://capability.td.org/.

October 2026 BV-ATD: Workplace Mental Health (08 Oct 2026)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT

October 2026 BV-ATD: Workplace Mental Health

More details soon!

About our Speaker:

Dr. Yanira Oria Rodriguez

Registration for this event will close on October 5, 2026.

Menu: Variety of Sandwiches, Salad, Fruit, and Dessert with Sweet and Unsweet Tea.

TD Capability Model: This program maps to the Impacting Organizational Capability domain. This session provides CEU for the APTD and CTPD.

For more information, visit https://capability.td.org/.

December BV-ATD Holiday Social 2026 (10 Dec 2026)

Thu, 10 Dec 2026 23:30:00 GMT

As the year comes to a close, we hope you can join us for our annual holiday celebration. Enjoy fellowship with other training and development professionals in the area. This is always a fun event that gives us all a chance to socialize and get to know each other a little better.

Event information:
Holiday Celebration at TBD in College Station
Date: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 starting at 5:30 PM CST

The event is free to attend and the chapter will cover the cost of appetizers and 1 beverage per person.

A White Elephant gift swap adds to the fun. Participation is voluntary. Gifts should cost no more than $15.

Please contribute to the canned food or cash collection for the BV Food Bank:
We will hold our annual food drive at the December holiday event. All proceeds will be donated to the Brazos Valley Food Bank (BVFB) whose mission is to strive to alleviate hunger in the Brazos Valley by distributing food and educational resources to our neighbors in need through a network of hunger relief partners.

The BVFB is a central distribution site that unites food donors, volunteers and hunger relief agencies. As the hub of over 40 different agencies that feed the hungry throughout Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Robertson and Washington Counties; the BVFB distributes close to 4 million pounds of food each year. In addition to supplying food to partner agencies, the BVFB oversees Back Pack, Senior Bag, Family Box, Mobile Food Pantry and Social Service Outreach programs to reach those in need.