Honorary President General Pamela Wright served as the 46th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution and is currently serving as the National Chair for DAR's America 250! Committee. She has been involved with DAR for more than 35 years, and has served in multiple chapter, state, and national positions before becoming President General, giving her a deep understanding of the hard work that goes into local chapter operations and how that impacts the experiences members have.
Mrs. Wright became involved with DAR in her mid 20s, where she re-energized the Junior Membership programs in Texas and at the national level. She joined the Lady Washington Chapter—one of the largest in the National Society at more than 600 members—and served in several leadership roles, including Centennial Chapter Regent. Mrs. Wright held state chairmanships and was an active participant in a variety of different committees and special initiatives before leading with distinction as State Regent. As State Regent, she led her team to propel Texas membership to more than 18,000 members.
These experiences prepared her to serve at the national level as Chair and Vice Chair of several committees and also as an appointed member of the Long Range Planning Commission. Mrs. Wright then served as the Chaplain General during the Dillon Administration and First Vice President General during the VanBuren Administration. Serving as Chaplain General helped her understand the importance of valuing and continuing communications with members aged 90 and above.
She is encouraging DAR's nearly 190,000 members to embrace their membership and celebrate their own special bonds through participation, whatever their life situation, age or abilities. She recognizes that each member is capable of contributing to DAR and her community and country at large, in her own unique way and has challenged each chapter to identify opportunities to propel membership growth by welcoming all descendants of American Patriots. Pamela is a magna cum laude graduate of Ouachita Baptist University and attended graduate school at the University of Arkansas. An accomplished businesswoman and jewelry designer, Pamela is the founder and owner of a jewelry and luxury goods business in Houston, Texas.
She and her husband of 40 years, Jack Wright, reside in Houston, and have two children and six grandchildren.