Judy Roach is a governmental relations consultant with over 20 years experience representing clients and their issues before the Texas Legislature. She has been involved in a broad range of issues including workers’ compensation, regulatory concerns, transportation, economic development, water management, taxation and municipal matters. She has experience in both managing and working within coalitions and associations.

Roach currently serves as the Executive Director of the Texas Certified Self-Insurer Guaranty Association and Executive Director of the Texas Self-Insurance Association. Besides association administration and management, she is responsible for researching workers’ compensation in Texas and communicating association positions with legislators. She successfully advocated the passage of legislation permitting self-insurance for workers’ compensation insurance.

Prior to establishing her independent practice, Roach was a legislative assistant in the Austin office of Baker Botts L.L.P. She represented a diverse group of clients such as Ford Motor Company, the Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority, the American Automobile Association, and the Texas Cemeteries Association. While representing the San Antonio Water Authority, she coordinated the coalition that successfully advocated legislation creating the Edwards Aquifer Management District.

Roach also has served as Director of Business Relations for the Austin Better Business Bureau, supervising the membership sales force and coordinating the public relations programs.

She is active in numerous trade and professional associations such as the Texas Women’s Alliance, the Texas Society of Association Executives, and the National Council of Self-Insurers. Roach currently serves as a Board Member of the Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce.

A native Texan, Roach graduated from Texas Tech University in 1969.