Former NAFUSA Executive Director and current board member Ronald G. Woods, shown above left, was honored on May 9, 2013, in Houston when he was chosen as the recipient of the 2013 Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court’s Professionalism Award. Each year the award is made to a Houston-area lawyer “whose personal life and professional achievements have exhibited integrity, compassion and a commitment to the highest standards of the legal profession.”

The Garland R. Walker American Inn of Court is one of over 300 Inns across the nation that make up the American Inns of Court movement. The mission of the ALC is to foster professionalism, ethics, civility and excellence in legal skills.

Woods served as United States Attorney 1990-1993 for the Southern District of Texas. He is also a former FBI Speical Agent. He holds his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.