Worthy State Regent, Carolyn Bachmann ~ Scotland

A member of Our Lady of Good Counsel for 29 years, Carolyn has served two terms as Regent, and two as Treasurer. She has also served one term as First Vice Regent, one as Financial Secretary, and one as Monitor. Three terms she served as Trustee and Ceremonial Coordinator.

Carolyn organized a JCDA Court in Wichita Falls, and in 1989 she received the Daughter of the Year award. She has also received numerous awards from the 1988, 1989 and the 1990 State Conventions, in while serving as Regent of her local Court. Carolyn was also presented with the Local Hero Award, presented by Mayor Yeager, at the Wichita Falls State Convention. Carolyn Bachmann has been married for over 36 years to Chris Jr., they have two children and five grandchildren.

Worthy First Vice State, Regent Sheila Martinka ~ Pasadena

Sheila is a charter member of court Our Lady of St. Hyacinth in Deer Park since June of 1991. She served her court as Vice Regent and as Regent for two terms. She has served on various committees for her local court and was appointed to the elections committee for the state conventions in 1996 and 2000. Sheila was appointed as District Deputy in 2000 and continued as DD until 2003 when she was appointed to State Secretary and the rest is history in the making! She has been able to visit many courts across Texas and continues to run into distant relatives or friends who usually knows of someone in the family proving that it truly is a small world!

Sheila was born and raised partly in Victoria, Texas. She and her two younger sisters grew up around Catholic Daughters and Knights of Columbus as they are all three 3rd generation CDA. A move in 1974 brought the family to the Deer Park/Pasadena area. After high school graduation she attended nursing school and began working as an RN in 1987 at Texas Children’s Hospital. In the fall of 2002, Sheila returned to school for her Master’s in Nursing and successfully completed her MSN and became a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2005. She currently works at the University of Texas Medical Branch—Galveston, Dickinson clinic seeing pediatric patients.

Sheila enjoys spoiling her nieces and nephew by taking them to movies, concerts, and the big air show and anywhere else they may want to go. She loves to get away to the family bay home to relax by fishing or kayaking or just hanging out in the hammock. Sheila also relaxes by oil painting and occasionally picking up her guitar. She attempts to live life to the fullest, but one day at a time. “One of the most important things I have learned from the State Retreat in 2006 from Sister Ninfa is to “Let Go and Let God.” Easy to say, but harder to live by.”

Worthy Second Vice State Regent, Carolyn Malik ~ Shiner

Carolyn has attended three National conventions and a National Leadership Workshop in Dallas. She served as Host for the Texas Fun Night at the National Convention in Houston, aka “Minnie Pearl”. Carolyn was a former Junior Catholic Daughter in Shiner, and is now an active member of Court St. Paul #1604, for 39 years.

Carolyn has served her local court in all offices on the local level as well as serving on various committees. She was instrumental in organizing the JCDA program in 1998 and served as chairman for 4 years. She serves as counselor to the more than 40 young ladies in the organization and as adult advisor for the Religious Recognition Pin Program through the diocese and the National Federation of Youth Ministry.

Carolyn was born and raised in Shiner, Texas. She has been married to Daniel for 42 years and has two children, and six grandchildren. Her Malik family and her CDA family are the loves of her life. Carolyn enjoys sitting in the woods watching God’s creations, the squirrels – red birds – and the deer, just in case a trophy comes her way, she will be ready if she is not napping.

She loves to fish but does not take much time to get away and enjoy the waves. Other hobbies which she enjoys when she has the time are sewing, traveling, and antique car shows. Carolyn Malik loves working with the youth and reading her Bible. Her favorite slogan “If God Brings You to It, HE will Lead You Through It.”

Worthy State Secretary, Peggy Rosales ~ Austin

Peggy converted to Catholicism in 1989. Her journey as a Catholic Daughter began in 1994 as a charter member to Court Our Lady Queen of Apostles, #2391. She served as charter Vice Regent moving up to Regent and has served as various committee chairmen; she currently serves as the Court’s Newsletter Editor.

In 1998 Peggy was appointed to the Texas State Financial Review Committee and served there for 5 years. She was appointed District Deputy for the Austin area in 1998 and served 3 consecutive terms; in the last 3 years of 7 she was serving 2 districts. She was appointed to the Credential Committee at the 2000 State Convention and served as a Monitor at the National Convention in Houston in 2002. She was appointed as State Convention Chairman in 2003 for the 2005 Austin State Convention. That same year she was elected to State Treasurer.

Before she became involved with CDA, Peggy’s energies were directed to her job working as Loan Operations Manager managing Interim Loans/Construction Loans for home builders. One of the other opportunities she enjoyed was doing the progress inspections of the homes under construction. Starting a family her energies were of another nature being directed towards PTA Officer, Room Parent, managing daughter’s softball teams and busy being a Girl Scout leader as well as a Service Unit Treasurer for the local Girl Scouts.

In 2008 Peggy and her husband George will celebrate 25 years of marriage. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, crafts, cross stitch and those romantic comedies of old and new. I am learning that, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Worthy State Treasure, Eve Trevino ~ Corpus Christi

Immediate Past State Regent, Olga Samaniego ~ El Paso

Olga Samaniego served as State Regent of the Texas State Court from 2005-2007. She is a member of Court Our Blessed Mother #1731 in El Paso, and she has been a member of Catholic Daughters for 38 years.

Olga was on the State Board for eight years serving as State Secretary, Second Vice State Regent and First Vice State Regent. She currently serves as the State Spiritual Enhancement Chairman and the Court Outreach Chairman.

Olga and her husband, Sam, have been married thirty-seven years, and they have one daughter Roxana. Roxana and Tony have two beautiful daughters, Sophie and Evie. Olga is a Literacy Coach for the El Paso Independent School District.