Rosemary Forester Combs graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science. She was the Executive Director of the El Paso Center on Family Violence for ten years, and served on the Board of Directors of the Texas Council on Family Violence. Ms. Combs has also served as a Board Treasurer of the West Texas Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse, as Co-Chair of the El Paso Police Commission on Family Violence and as the past President of United Way Agency Executives.  Ms. Combs is also a Leadership Texas alumna.