Nancy and her husband, Ted, were first introduced to CASETA by their friends, Ron and Paula Tyler.  Their Early Texas Art Collection includes landscapes with an emphasis on the Edgar B. Davis Competition, 1927-1929. 

Nancy Painter Paup manages and directs business, real estate, and ranching interests in Texas.  She received a gubernatorial appointment to the Board of Regents of Texas Woman’s University (TWU-Denton, Dallas and Houston), the largest public university primarily for women in the United States and was elected Vice-Chair during her tenure.  She is an elected member of The Philosophical Society of Texas.  Nancy currently serves on the Board of Directors of Humanities Texas, the Advisory Council of the Jane Nelson Institute of Women’s Leadership (TWU), the Executive Advisory Committee of The Handbook of Texas Women, and co-founder of Nancy P. and Thaddeus E. Paup Lecture Series at TWU.  Formerly, she served on the Board of Directors of the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) at the University of Texas at Austin, the Board of Trustees of Schreiner University, the Advisory Board of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University and was a member of the Leadership Texas Class of 2003.  Her academic degrees include master’s and bachelor’s degrees from TWU.  Post-graduate work includes attending Dartmouth College, Harvard University, The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, and receiving certifications in development, strategic leadership, and private wealth management, respectively.  She has raised funds throughout Texas for the arts, higher education, and historical preservation.  Nancy spearheaded the membership and corporate development programs at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, was involved with the completion of a $50M capital campaign at Schreiner University, and was co-chair of a previous state-wide campaign for TSHA.