SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION REPORT COMMITTEE: Nominations TIME & DATE: 1:00PM, Wednesday, March 24, 1999 ___________________________________________________________________________ ALL NOMINEES WERE REPORTED FAVORABLY UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED: Finance Commission of Texas Deborah Hinton Kovacevich Appointed 05-29-98 for a Ogden Leon County term to expire 02-01-04 Victor "Buddy" Puente, Jr. Reappointed 05-29-98 for a Harris Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-04 John Snider Appointed 05-29-98 for a Nixon Shelby County term to expire 02-01-00 Robert V. Wingo Appointed 05-29-98 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 02-01-04 Board of Directors of the Texas Healthy Kids Corporation Thomas A. Howeth Appointed 10-08-97 for a Moncrief Tarrant County term to expire 09-01-99 Rene Daniel Pena Appointed 10-03-97 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 09-01-99 Gwyn Shea Appointed 10-03-97 for a Shapiro Dallas County term to expire 09-01-99 Dorothy "Dot" Nelson Snyder Appointed 10-03-97 for a Sibley McLennan County term to expire 09-01-99 Kenneth D. Wells, M.D. Appointed 10-03-97 for a Ellis Harris County term to expire 09-01-99 Texas Commission on Human Rights Anna Maria Farias Appointed 02-02-98 for a Zaffirini Zavala County term to expire 09-24-03 David J. Manning Appointed 12-16-97 for a Harris Tarrant County term to expire 09-24-03 Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board Roger J. Benavides Reappointed 03-26-98 for a Wentworth Bexar County term to expire 08-31-03 Kay F. Karr Reappointed 03-26-98 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 08-31-03 Thomas R. Powers Appointed 10-30-98 for a Ellis Harris County term to expire 08-31-01 Veterans Land Board LT GEN Neal Jaco Appointed 08-08-97 for a Wentworth Bexar County term to expire 12-29-00 Darryl Ladd Pattillo Reappointed 02-18-99 for a Barrientos Travis County term to expire 12-29-02 Texas Judicial Council James Boswell Appointed 09-15-97 for a Shapiro Collin County term to expire 06-30-03 Kathleen Cardone Appointed 09-15-97 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 06-30-01 Canadian River Compact Commissioner Roger S. Cox Appointed 10-30-98 for a Bivins Randall County term to expire 12-31-03 State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers Brenda A. Bradley Appointed 12-16-97 for a Lindsay Harris County term to expire 09-26-03 Joe Paul Jones Appointed 12-16-97 for a Moncrief Tarrant County term to expire 09-26-03 Kathleen Campbell Walker Appointed 12-16-97 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 09-26-03 Family Practice Residency Advisory Committee Lourdes M. Cuellar Reappointed 11-12-98 for a Gallegos Harris County term to expire 08-29-01 Maria Esteve Poradek Appointed 11-12-98 for a Duncan Lubbock County term to expire 08-29-00 Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority Board of Directors Louis S. Dell'Olio, Jr. Reappointed 10-30-98 for a Jackson Galveston County term to expire 08-31-00 Rafael Ortega Appointed 01-13-98 for a Lindsay Harris County term to expire 08-31-99 Shirley U. Seale Reappointed 10-30-98 for a Bernsen Chambers County term to expire 08-31-00 Health Care Information Council George H. Crowling, Jr. Appointed 03-12-98 for a Carona Dallas County term to expire 09-01-03 Bobby S. DeRossett Reappointed 11-12-97 for a Nixon Smith County term to expire 09-01-03 Jean L. Freeman, Ph.D. Appoionted 09-22-97 for a Jackson Galveston County term to expire 09-01-01 Woody F. Gilliland Appointed 11-12-97 for a Fraser Taylor County term to expire 09-01-03 Robert W. Gracy, Ph.D. Appointed 11-12-97 for a Moncrief Tarrant County term to expire 09-01-03 Amanullah Khan, M.D., Ph.D. Appointed 09-22-97 for a Carona Dallas County term to expire 09-01-01 Imogen S. Papadopoulos Appointed 03-12-98 for a Lindsay Harris County term to expire 09-01-01 Laura Puorro Stevens Appointed 03-12-98 for a Shapiro Collin County term to expire 09-01-99 Stephen L. Turner, M.D. Appointed 09-22-97 for a Duncan Hale County term to expire 09-01-03 State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments Michael L. Shobe Appointed 03-20-98 for a Duncan Lubbock County term to expire 12-31-03 Ursula Singleton Appointed 03-20-98 for a Lucio Hidalgo County term to expire 12-31-01 Eve-Anne D. Wall Appointed 03-20-98 for a Wentworth Tom Green County term to expire 12-31-03 John Westmoreland Appointed 03-20-98 for a Ogden McLennan County term to expire 12-31-03 Statewide Health Coordinating Council Joan W. Biggerstaff Appointed 10-13-97 for a Shapiro Collin County term to expire 08-01-99 James A. Endicott, Jr. Appointed 10-13-97 for a Fraser Bell County term to expire 08-01-99 Joe C. Frush Appointed 10-13-97 for a Haywood Taylor County term to expire 08-01-99 Laura Prendergast Gordon Appointed 10-13-97 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 08-01-03 Charles T. Ku, D.D.S. Appointed 10-13-97 for a Nelson Denton County term to expire 08-01-03 Adena Williams Loston Appointed 12-16-98 for a Brown Harris County term to expire 08-01-01 Ben G. Raimer Appointed 10-13-97 for a Jackson Galveston County term to expire 08-01-03 P. J. Schneider Appointed 10-13-97 for a Wentworth Bexar County term to expire 08-01-01 Susan M. Scott Appointed 10-13-97 for a Ogden Brazos County term to expire 08-01-99 Rebecca Uribe-Garza, M.D. Appointed 10-13-97 for a Zaffirini Webb County term to expire 08-01-03 David A. Valdez, M.D. Appointed 10-24-97 for a Wentworth Bexar County term to expire 08-01-01 Judy Petty Wolf Appointed 10-13-97 for a Wentworth Bexar County term to expire 08-01-01 District Review Committees of the State Board of Medical Examiners DISTRICT ONE: Kevin R. Smith, M.D. Appointed 03-16-98 for a Ellis Harris County term to expire 01-15-04 Frank R. Wellborne, O.D. Appointed 03-16-98 for a Lindsay Harris County term to expire 01-15-00 DISTRICT TWO: B. R. Sienbenlist, M.D. Reappointed 03-16-98 for a Ratliff Harrison County term to expire 01-15-04 DISTRICT THREE: Victor A. Diaz, M.D. Appointed 01-15-04 for a Shapleigh El Paso County term to expire 01-15-04 DISTRICT FOUR: Leah Raye Mabry, M.D. Appointed 03-16-98 for a Zaffirini Bexar County term to expire 01-15-04 Texas Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments Melissa Laura Mojica Appointed 10-06-98 for a Zaffirini Webb County term to expire 02-01-03 Susan A. Stone, J.D., M.D. Appointed 10-06-98 for a Armbrister Bastrop County term to expire 02-01-03 Judge Sharon Wilson Appointed 10-06-98 for a Moncrief Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-03 Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Jesse D. Hickman Appointed 06-25-97 for a Nixon Anderson County term to expire 02-01-03 Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors Lonnie Arrington Appointed 06-29-98 for a Bernsen Jefferson County term to expire 07-28-01 LEFT PENDING Lois Badeaux Henderson Appointed 02-05-98 for a Nixon Tyler County term to expire 07-28-03 LEFT PENDING Patricia M. Neild Appointed 02-05-98 for a Bernsen Jefferson County term to expire 07-28-03 LEFT PENDING John W. Robinson Appointed 02-05-98 for a Nixon Hardin County term to expire 07-28-99 LEFT PENDING Arnold Pierce Appointed 02-05-98 for a Nixon Hardin County term to expire 07-28-99 LEFT PENDING School Land Board C. Louis Renaud Reappointed 10-17-97 for a Bivins Midland County term to expire 08-29-99 ___________________________________________________________________________