# Kimberly Lile-Dowty | Best in Government Affairs TX 2026 > Kimberly Lile-Dowty is a 2026 Best in Government Affairs Texas honoree, recognized as Association Champion of the Year. Canonical: https://www.uslege.ai/best-in-government-affairs/texas/2026/kimberly-lile-dowty --- [Best in Government Affairs](/best-in-government-affairs)› [Texas](/best-in-government-affairs/texas)› [2026](/best-in-government-affairs/texas#honorees)› [Association Champion of the Year](/best-in-government-affairs/texas/association-advocates)› **Kimberly Lile-Dowty** USLege · Best in Government Affairs · Texas Texas · 2026 Honoree ![Kimberly Lile-Dowty, Associate Director at Texas Association of Regional Councils. Winner, Association Champion of the Year, 2026 Best in Government Affairs Texas](/assets/awards/tx-2026/kimberly-lile-dowty.jpg) Category [Association Champion of the Year](/best-in-government-affairs/texas/association-advocates) Organization [Texas Association of Regional Councils](/best-in-government-affairs/texas/firms#texas-association-of-regional-councils) Title Associate Director [View LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberly-dowty) [Visit Texas Association of Regional Councils](https://txregionalcouncil.org) [04 · Association Champion of the Year](/best-in-government-affairs/texas/association-advocates) # Kimberly Lile-Dowty **Associate Director**, Texas Association of Regional Councils Kimberly Lile-Dowty, Associate Director at Texas Association of Regional Councils, is a 2026 Best in Government Affairs Texas honoree in the Association Champion of the Year category. The awards are peer-nominated. For more than a decade, Kimberly Lile-Dowty has been the steady hand and strategic mind guiding the Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC). As Associate Director, she leads statewide policy initiatives that unite Texas’s 24 Councils of Governments. Helping communities across the state plan, prepare, and prosper through collaboration. Her leadership has shaped legislation, built partnerships, and strengthened programs that touch nearly every corner of Texas. Association leadership is rarely simple, especially in a state as large and diverse as Texas. Yet Kimberly has made it look seamless. One nominator described her as “the dedicated backbone quietly and continuously supporting this organization,” crediting her with the clarity, patience, and institutional knowledge needed to focus strong local personalities and competing priorities around shared goals. Through her work with TARC, Kimberly has helped communities enhance critical services such as emergency preparedness, community and economic development, support for older Texans, environmental planning, and regional 9-1-1 systems. She’s known for bringing people together. Helping local, state, and federal leaders find common ground and long-term solutions to complex regional challenges. As one of this year’s Association Champions of the Year, Kimberly Lile-Dowty represents the best of Texas association leadership; collaborative, informed, and deeply committed to strengthening the communities that make this state thrive. 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