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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Doretta A. Conrad retired as motor vehicle licensing |
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manager for the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles on May 29, 2015, |
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after nearly 25 years of distinguished service with the State of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Williamson County, |
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Ms. Conrad received her master's degree in public administration |
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from Texas State University, where she served as an advisory board |
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member from 1991 to 1995; she began her career as an employee of the |
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City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department, and she was serving |
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as manager of communications at the time she left the department in |
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1988; among the notable highlights of her tenure there, she |
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created, produced, and hosted the city's Leisure Pursuits |
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television program, a project that won her an ACE Award; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Conrad went on to work for the Texas Commission |
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on Environmental Quality, and from 1998 to 2000, she led the State |
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Board of Plumbing Examiners as its first female executive director; |
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she subsequently returned to TCEQ to serve as a human resources and |
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federal grants manager, and she later took on the role of executive |
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project manager for the Texas Department of Transportation; joining |
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the Department of Motor Vehicles in 2010, she initially specialized |
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in strategic planning before assuming her most recent post; and |
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WHEREAS, An innovator at every organization she served, |
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Ms. Conrad was responsible for the creation and expansion of |
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numerous programs, among them the long-running Governor's |
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Environmental Excellence Award Program and the Employee |
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Recognition Program for the TCEQ; along the way, she was the |
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recipient of a multitude of awards for excellence in management |
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from both public and private sector firms; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her years in state government, Doretta |
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Conrad's skill, leadership, and professionalism have greatly |
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benefited the citizens of Texas, and she may indeed reflect with |
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pride on a career well spent as she embarks on the next exciting |
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chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Doretta A. Conrad on her retirement |
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from public service with the State of Texas and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Conrad as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |