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SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Nominations
TIME & DATE:
9:00 AM, Wednesday, May 16, 2007
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Mike Jackson
To consider the following:
 
The following nominees will appear:
 
Parks and Wildlife Commission
 
Mark Bivins              Appointed 09-28-05 for a        Seliger
Randall County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
 
Charles Lewis Jackson    Appointed 11-03-05 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Tom Mechler              Appointed 11-03-05 for a        Duncan
Armstrong County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Leopoldo R. Vasquez      Appointed 11-03-05 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Forensic Science Commission
 
Samuel E. Bassett        Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 09-01-07
 
Alan L. Levy             Appointed 01-18-06 for a        Brimer
Tarrant County           term to expire 09-01-07
 
Sridhar Natarajan        Appointed 02-10-06 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 09-01-07
 
The following nominees will not appear:
 
Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners
 
Chung-Hwei Chernly       Appointed 10-19-05 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-11
 
Donald Ray Counts        Appointed 10-19-05 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-09
 
Pedro V. Garcia          Appointed 04-07-06 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 01-31-09
 
Raymond J. Graham        Appointed 06-23-06 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 01-31-11
 
Meng-Sheng Linda Lin     Appointed 04-07-06 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 01-31-07
 
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors
 
Jesse A. Coffey          Appointed 12-01-05 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Thomas A. Leeper         Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Ogden
Walker County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Jo Van Hovel             Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-13
 
Aging and Disability Services Council
 
Sharon Swift             Appointed 08-23-05 for a        Shapleigh
Butterworth              term to expire 02-01-11
El Paso County
 
John A. Cuellar          Appointed 08-23-05 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Jean L. Freeman          Appointed 08-23-05 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Nancy L. Lund            Appointed 08-23-05 for a        Eltife
Bowie County             term to expire 02-01-09
 
Texas Agricultural Finance Authority Board of Directors
 
Darwin Dallas DeWees     Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Duncan
Tom Green County         term to expire 01-01-07
 
Sydney Michael Golden    Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Janek
Brazoria County          term to expire 01-01-08
 
Susan Kay Kennedy        Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Nichols
Nacogdoches County       term to expire 01-01-07
 
Victoria Salin           Appointed 06-13-06 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 01-01-08
 
Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors
 
Louis Alan Bronaugh      Appointed 05-04-07 for a        Nichols
Angelina County          term to expire 09-05-11
 
Greg James               Appointed 05-04-07 for a        Nichols
Nacogdoches County       term to expire 09-05-11
 
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
 
William A. Faulk         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 01-31-07
 
Larry D. Kokel           Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 01-31-07
 
James B. Ratliff         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-07
 
Shirley J. Ward          Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Uresti
Brewster County          term to expire 01-31-08
 
Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Council
 
David Coco               Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-07
 
Timothy J. Flannery      Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Lance L. Goetz           Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Connie Hughes            Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-09
 
Joseph Muniz             Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-01-09
 
Diane Marie Novy         Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Janek
Fort Bend County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Robert K. Peters         Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Eltife
Smith County             term to expire 02-01-07
 
Robin Riccardi           Appointed 08-29-05 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Automobile Theft Prevention Authority
 
Carlos Luis Garcia       Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Jason Hartgraves         Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Cindy Ramos-Davidson     Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-07
 
Richard L. Watson        Appointed 02-09-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke
 
Carolyn Hutchinson       Appointed 03-08-06 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-01-09
 
Sheila M. Tello          Appointed 03-08-06 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-07
 
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
 
Kenneth Mack Perkins     Appointed 09-13-05 for a        Williams
Montgomery County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Kathleen S. Summers      Appointed 09-13-05 for a        Seliger
Andrews County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Kenya S. Woodruff        Appointed 09-13-05 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Coastal Coordination Council
 
Robert Elliott Jones     Appointed 02-01-06 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 05-31-06
 
James R. Matz            Appointed 02-01-06 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 05-31-07
 
Victor Ray Pierson       Appointed 02-01-06 for a        Janek
Galveston County         term to expire 05-31-06
 
John L. Sullivan         Appointed 02-01-06 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 05-31-07
 
Upper Colorado River Authority
 
Fred R. Campbell         Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Concho County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Ralph Edward Hoelscher   Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Runnels County           term to expire 02-01-07
 
William Ray Hood         Appointed 05-04-07 for a        Duncan
Coke County              term to expire 02-01-09
 
Hope Wilson Huffman      Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Tom Green County         term to expire 02-01-09
 
John Nikolauk            Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Schleicher County        term to expire 02-01-07
 
Jeffie Harmon Roberts    Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Coke County              term to expire 02-01-11
 
Hyman Dale Sauer         Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Schleicher County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Dorris M. Sonnenberg     Appointed 12-06-05 for a        Duncan
Coke County              term to expire 02-01-07
 
Credit Union Commission
 
William Wayne Ballard    Appointed 08-09-06 for a        Averitt
Ellis County             term to expire 02-15-09
 
Thomas Felton Butler     Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 02-15-13
 
Manuel Cavazos           Appointed 05-26-06 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 02-15-11
 
Dale E. Kimble           Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 02-15-13
 
Allyson Truax Morrow     Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-15-13
 
Texas Diabetes Council
 
Maria Duarte-Gardea      Appointed 09-20-06 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Dora Rivas               Appointed 11-19-06 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Texas Farm and Ranch Lands Conservation Council
 
Daniel Dierschke         Appointed 08-18-06 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Thomas R. Kelsey         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-07
 
Bob McCan                Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Hegar
Victoria County          term to expire 02-01-11
 
Glen David Webb          Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Fraser
Taylor County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
R. Neal Wilkins          Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Finance Commission of Texas
 
Jonathan Bennett         Appointed 05-03-07 for a        Patrick
Newton                   term to expire 02-01-10
Harris County
 
Stanley D. Rosenberg     Appointed 05-03-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-08
 
Guadalupe and Blanco River Authority
 
Grace G. Kunde           Appointed 06-01-06 for a        Wentworth
Guadalupe County         term to expire 02-01-09
 
Tilmon Lee Walker        Appointed 06-01-06 for a        Wentworth
Comal County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Health and Human Services Council
 
Kathleen Angel           Appointed 12-07-05 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Mi Yun Choi              Appointed 12-07-05 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Fernando Trevino         Appointed 12-07-05 for a        Brimer
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-09
 
Robert A. Valadez        Appointed 12-07-05 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
 
Dionicio Vidal Flores    Appointed 03-07-06 for a        Gallegos
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-09
 
Gloria L. Ray            Appointed 09-20-06 for a        Zaffirini
Bexar County             term to expire 01-31-11
 
Office of Inspector General, Health and Human Services Commission
 
Brian Glenn Flood        Appointed 02-24-06 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-07
 
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
 
Nedra J. Foster          Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Nichols
Hardin County            term to expire 01-31-09
 
Paul P. Kwan             Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
Anthony Trevino          Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Zaffirini
Webb County              term to expire 01-31-11
 
Douglas William Turner   Appointed 01-20-06 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 01-31-11
 
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
 
Kaye W. Nelson           Appointed 08-17-06 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Michael R. Puhl          Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with
Medical or Mental Impairments
 
Gabriel Holguin          Appointed 07-28-06 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Military Preparedness Commission
 
William J. Ehrie         Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Fraser
Taylor County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Howard C. Ham            Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Ronald D. Henson         Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Eltife
Bowie County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Alvin W. Jones           Appointed 01-13-06 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
James P. Maloney         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Samuel Loyd Neal         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Paul F. Paine            Appointed 01-13-06 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Charles E. Powell        Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Duncan
Tom Green County         term to expire 02-01-13
 
Josue Robles             Appointed 01-08-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Eugene N. Tulich         Appointed 01-13-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Nueces River Authority Board of Directors
 
Yale Leland Kerby        Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Uresti
Uvalde County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Lindsey Alfred Koenig    Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Hinojosa
Jim Wells County         term to expire 02-01-09
 
James R. Marmion         Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Zaffirini
Dimmit County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Rolando B. Pablos        Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Van de Putte
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-09
 
Betty Ann Howard Peden   Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Uresti
Medina County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Fidel R. Rul             Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Hinojosa
Jim Wells County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation (One-Call Board)
 
Dean D. Bernal           Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
John Dao                 Appointed 03-13-06 for a        Gallegos
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-08
 
Billy Ray Daugette       Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Ogden
Walker County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
Deborah Ellison Farris   Appointed 03-13-06 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-08
 
Steven F. Landon         Appointed 03-13-06 for a        Brimer
Tarrant County           term to expire 08-31-08
 
John A. Menchaca         Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
Virginio Ortega          Appointed 03-13-06 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 08-31-08
 
Christopher J. Rourk     Appointed 02-09-07 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
Texas Optometry Board
 
Carolyn R.               Appointed 02-15-06 for a        Brimer
Carman-Merrifield        term to expire 01-31-11
Tarrant County
 
Melvin G. Cleveland      Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Brimer
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-13
 
John Coble               Appointed 02-15-06 for a        Deuell
Rockwall County          term to expire 01-31-11
 
Virginia Sosa            Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Uresti
Uvalde County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics
 
Erin Elizabeth Berling   Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Harris
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Kenneth Mueller          Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Hegar
Washington County        term to expire 02-01-09
 
Richard Michael Neider   Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Pecos River Compact Commission
 
Julian W. Thrasher       Appointed 04-25-07 for a        Uresti
Ward County              term to expire 01-23-11
 
Texas Physician Assistant Board
 
Margaret K. Bentley      Appointed 01-30-06 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Ron Bryce                Appointed 08-09-06 for a        Averitt
Ellis County             term to expire 02-01-09
 
Anna Arredondo Chapman   Appointed 05-26-06 for a        Uresti
Val Verde County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Dwight M. Deter          Appointed 01-30-06 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-07
 
Michael Allen Mitchell   Appointed 01-30-06 for a        Estes
Clay County              term to expire 02-01-07
 
Richard R. Rahr          Appointed 02-09-07 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Timothy Webb             Appointed 01-30-06 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-07
 
Pamela Welch             Appointed 01-30-06 for a        Eltife
Franklin County          term to expire 02-01-09
 
Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
 
Enrique Castro           Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 09-05-11
 
Ricardo Jose Guerra      Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 09-05-11
 
Carol Lynne McLemore     Appointed 04-17-07 for a        Jackson
Galveston County         term to expire 09-05-11
 
Texas Public Finance Authority
 
Carin Marcy Barth        Appointed 08-09-06 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
D. Joseph Meister        Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Robert Thomas Roddy      Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-11
 
Ruth Corry Schiermeyer   Appointed 05-02-07 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
 
Robert E. Tesch          Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-09
 
Texas Racing Commission
 
David Gregorio           Appointed 12-14-06 for a        Carona
Cabrales                 term to expire 02-01-07
Dallas County
 
Sabine River Authority
 
Stanley N. Mathews       Appointed 12-01-05 for a        Williams
Orange County            term to expire 07-06-11
 
State Seed and Plant Board
 
Aubrey James Allison     Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Fraser
Burnet County            term to expire 10-06-07
 
Kelly Anne Book          Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Hegar
Bastrop County           term to expire 10-06-06
 
Mark A. Hussey           Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 10-06-07
 
Ellen B. Peffley         Appointed 04-13-06 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 10-06-07
 
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
 
Kimberly Hernandez       Appointed 10-27-05 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Dorinda N. Noble         Appointed 10-27-05 for a        Wentworth
Hays County              term to expire 02-01-11
 
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
 
Larry D. Jacobs          Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Nichols
Montgomery County        term to expire 02-01-06
 
Joe L. Ward              Appointed 06-20-05 for a        Deuell
Fannin County            term to expire 02-01-07
 
Statewide Emergency Services Personnel Retirement Fund Board of Trustees
 
Patrick James Hull       Appointed 05-09-07 for a        Hegar
Lavaca County            term to expire 09-01-11
 
Francisco Torres         Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Lucio
Willacy County           term to expire 09-01-11
 
Sulphur River Basin Authority
 
Brad Drake               Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Eltife
Lamar County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Mike E. Russell          Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Eltife
Lamar County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Richard Douglas Smith    Appointed 05-11-07 for a        Eltife
Red River County         term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Woman's University Board of Regents
 
Cecilia May Moreno       Appointed 05-04-07 for a        Zaffirini
Webb County              term to expire 02-01-13