SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Nominations
TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM
Thursday, April 23, 2015
PLACE: 2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.)
CHAIR: Senator Brian Birdwell
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To consider the following:
The following nominees will appear:
Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents
Keith Robert Honey Appointed 10-15-13 for a Eltife
Gregg County term to expire 08-31-19
University of North Texas System Board of Regents
Benny Glen Whitley Appointed 07-30-13 for a Hancock
Tarrant County term to expire 05-22-19
University of Houston System Board of Regents
Paula Martina Mendoza Appointed 10-15-13 for a Whitmire
Harris County term to expire 08-31-19
Family and Protective Services Council
Juan Antonio Sorto Appointed 09-30-13 for a Ellis
Harris County term to expire 02-01-19
The following nominees will not appear:
Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners
Donna Sue Guthery Appointed 10-27-14 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 01-31-17
Claudia E. Harsh Appointed 10-27-14 for a Huffines
Dallas County term to expire 01-31-19
Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Michael Patrick Hanley Appointed 09-16-14 for a Schwertner
Williamson County term to expire 01-31-17
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee
Angelos G. Angelou Appointed 09-26-13 for a Fraser
Travis County term to expire 01-31-19
Arthur Gerald Geistweidt Appointed 09-26-13 for a Perry
Mason County term to expire 01-31-15
William H. Rice Appointed 09-26-13 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 01-31-17
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Amy Nicole Vavra Appointed 07-15-14 for a Birdwell
Johnson County term to expire 02-01-17
Texas Board of Criminal Justice
Larry Don Miles Appointed 08-29-14 for a Seliger
Randall County term to expire 02-01-17
Governing Board of the Texas School for the Deaf
Shawn Patrick Saladin Appointed 09-22-14 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 01-31-17
Family and Protective Services Council
Lisa Annette Hembry Appointed 09-30-13 for a West
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-17
Krizia Bernadette Ramirez Appointed 09-30-13 for a Menéndez
Bexar County term to expire 02-01-19
Linda Davis Timmerman Appointed 09-30-13 for a Schwertner
Freestone County term to expire 02-01-19
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Thomas Tolbert Chisum Appointed 10-31-14 for a Creighton
Jefferson County term to expire 01-31-19
James B. Goodwin Appointed 10-31-14 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 01-31-15
Office of Injured Employee Counsel
Jessica Anna Corna Appointed 10-31-14 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 02-01-15
Manufactured Housing Board
Brenda Joyce Swinney Appointed 07-15-14 for a Watson
Bastrop County term to expire 01-31-17
Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners
Harvey Dean Aikman Appointed 04-17-14 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 01-31-15
Barbara Sanders Appointed 10-25-14 for a Campbell
Travis County term to expire 01-31-17
Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents
Ivan Arturo Andarza Appointed 10-15-13 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 08-31-19
Ellis Matthew Skinner Appointed 10-15-13 for a Huffines
Dallas County term to expire 08-31-19
University of Houston System Board of Regents
Durga D. Agrawal Appointed 10-15-13 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 08-31-19
Lorinda Beth Madison Appointed 02-26-14 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 08-31-15
Peter Kelley Taaffe Appointed 10-15-13 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 08-31-19
University of North Texas System Board of Regents
James Russell Reid Appointed 07-30-13 for a Burton
Tarrant County term to expire 05-22-19
Gwyn Shea Appointed 07-30-13 for a Hancock
Dallas County term to expire 05-22-19
Veterans' Land Board
Andrew James Cobos Appointed 03-17-15 for a Ellis
Harris County term to expire 12-29-18
Pending business:
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Ida Louise Clement Steen Appointed 06-13-14 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 11-15-19
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Dora Gonzalez Alcala Appointed 07-07-14 for a Uresti
Val Verde County term to expire 08-31-15
Sada Cumber Appointed 03-12-14 for a Huffman
Fort Bend County term to expire 08-31-15
Fred Farias Appointed 02-13-15 for a Lucio
Hidalgo County term to expire 08-31-19
Harold Wayne Hahn Appointed 09-13-13 for a Rodríguez
El Paso County term to expire 08-31-19
John Thomas Steen Appointed 01-07-14 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 08-31-19
State Board for Educator Certification
Susan Simpson Hull Appointed 06-13-14 for a Hancock
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-17
Leon Luis Leal Appointed 07-28-14 for a Nelson
Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-17
Finance Commission of Texas
Stacy G. London Appointed 02-26-14 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 02-01-20
Lori B. McCool Appointed 02-26-14 for a Campbell
Kendall County term to expire 02-01-20
Larry L. Patton Appointed 02-26-14 for a Rodríguez
El Paso County term to expire 02-01-20
Paul Wood Plunket Appointed 02-26-14 for a Huffines
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-20
Health and Human Services Council
Sharon Swift Butterworth Appointed 02-12-14 for a Rodríguez
El Paso County term to expire 02-01-17
Antonio Falcon Appointed 02-12-14 for a Zaffirini
Starr County term to expire 02-01-17
Benny G. Raimer Appointed 11-18-13 for a Taylor, L.
Galveston County term to expire 02-01-15
State Health Services Council
Maria Del Carmen Pagan Appointed 03-04-14 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 02-01-15
Nancy Jo Been Townes Appointed 03-04-14 for a Birdwell
Hood County term to expire 02-01-15
Jay Solomon Zeidman Appointed 03-04-14 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 02-01-19
Texas Historical Commission
John W. Crain Appointed 09-03-13 for a Huffines
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-19
Thomas Marvin Hatfield Appointed 10-22-14 for a Watson
Travis County term to expire 02-01-17
Gilbert Eric Peterson Appointed 09-03-13 for a Uresti
Brewster County term to expire 02-01-19
Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners
Gerald Raymond Callas Appointed 10-21-14 for a Creighton
Jefferson County term to expire 08-22-16
Steven Michael Hale Appointed 10-21-14 for a Creighton
Jefferson County term to expire 08-22-16
James Scott Appointed 12-19-13 for a Creighton
Jefferson County term to expire 08-22-15
Milton Bradley Taylor Appointed 10-21-14 for a Nichols
Orange County term to expire 08-22-15
Midwestern State University Board of Regents
Ralph C. Crosnoe Appointed 02-26-14 for a Estes
Wichita County term to expire 02-25-20
Shawn Gaylord Hessing Appointed 02-26-14 for a Nelson
Tarrant County term to expire 02-25-20
Nancy Lynn Marks Appointed 02-26-14 for a Estes
Wichita County term to expire 02-25-20
Texas County and District Retirement System
Robert Allen Eckels Appointed 01-15-14 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 12-31-19
Mary Louisa Garcia Appointed 09-26-13 for a Nelson
Tarrant County term to expire 12-31-17
Deborah M. Hunt Appointed 09-26-13 for a Schwertner
Williamson County term to expire 12-31-15
Bridget Gayl McDowell Appointed 01-15-14 for a Fraser
Callahan County term to expire 12-31-19
Robert Campbell Willis Appointed 01-15-14 for a Nichols
Polk County term to expire 12-31-19
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