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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Neeta Sane, a distinguished member of the Houston |
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Community College Board of Trustees, has provided exemplary service |
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both to the school and to the people of Fort Bend County; and |
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WHEREAS, Elected to the HCC Board of Trustees in 2007, Ms. |
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Sane has worked tirelessly to strengthen the college's capacity to |
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serve as a pathway to higher education and workforce training; in |
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2008, she played an instrumental role in bringing Alief into the HCC |
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system, and she has promoted the building of business partnerships |
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to advance the school's mission; in recent months, she has launched |
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a series of regional workforce summits to explore new ways in which |
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HCC can address local workforce needs, and one result has been the |
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establishment of a new AAS degree program in logistics and global |
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supply chain management; Ms. Sane has also focused on developing |
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outreach to low-income and underserved communities, on improving |
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support services for minority and economically disadvantaged |
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students, and on instituting a diversity program for the benefit of |
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students and staff; while chair of the trustees' Athletics |
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Committee, she oversaw the inauguration of yet another resource for |
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the student body, a system-wide intramural program; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Bombay, India, Ms. Sane holds an M.S. from |
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the University of Bombay and another master's degree from the |
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University of Houston--Clear Lake; in addition to serving on the |
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HCC Board of Trustees, she manages a Stafford-based software |
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development and consulting firm, which she established in 2001; |
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this successful entrepreneur has been an active member of the |
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Rotary Club of Sugar Land and the League of Women Voters, and she |
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has held leadership positions in a number of community |
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organizations, among them the American Association of University |
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Women and the Fort Bend Democratic Party; she currently serves as |
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vice president of the National Diversity Council, and she was the |
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driving force behind the establishment of the annual International |
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Festival of Fort Bend County; and |
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WHEREAS, Determined to make quality education accessible and |
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affordable for her fellow citizens and to help build a prosperous |
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and inclusive community, Neeta Sane is indeed making a positive |
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difference in the lives of countless Texas residents; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Neeta Sane for her outstanding |
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contributions in behalf of Houston Community College and the people |
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of Fort Bend County; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Sane as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |