SENATE

                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:   Nominations

   TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM

                Thursday, April 30, 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:

   San Jacinto River Authority Board of Directors

   James Carlyle Alexander    Appointed 10-21-14 for a      Creighton

   Montgomery County          term to expire 10-16-19

   Sabine River Authority of Texas Board of Directors

   David Wayne Koonce         Appointed 10-10-13 for a      Nichols

   Shelby County              term to expire 07-06-19

   The following nominees will not appear:

   State Cemetery Committee

   Carolyn King Hodges        Appointed 12-12-13 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Coastal Water Authority Board of Directors

   Alan Dee Conner            Appointed 04-01-14 for a      Nichols

   Liberty County             term to expire 04-01-16

   Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors

   Efrain Avila-Juarbe        Appointed 10-10-13 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 02-01-15

   Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners

   Bradley Andrew Rutledge    Appointed 12-19-13 for a      Nichols

   Orange County              term to expire 08-22-15


   Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation

   Catherine Rodewald         Appointed 08-28-13 for a      Nelson

   Denton County              term to expire 02-01-17

   Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with

   Medical or Mental Impairments

   Denise Oncken              Appointed 09-03-14 for a      Bettencourt

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas Municipal Retirement System

   James Paul Jeffers         Appointed 12-17-13 for a      Nichols

   Nacogdoches County         term to expire 02-01-15

   David A. Landis            Appointed 09-06-13 for a      Seliger

   Ochiltree County           term to expire 02-01-15

   Julie Oakley               Appointed 09-06-13 for a      Fraser

   Burnet County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Texas State Board of Pharmacy

   Buford T. Abeldt           Appointed 09-26-13 for a      Nichols

   Angelina County            term to expire 08-31-19

   Christopher Michael Dembny Appointed 09-26-13 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 08-31-17

   L. Suzan Kedron            Appointed 09-26-13 for a      West

   Dallas County              term to expire 08-31-19

   Bradley Alan Miller        Appointed 09-26-13 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 08-31-19

   Dennis Fred Wiesner        Appointed 09-26-13 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 08-31-19

   Texas Physician Assistant Board

   Jason Paul Cooper          Appointed 12-17-13 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 02-01-17


   Sabine River Authority of Texas Board of Directors

   J. D. Jacobs               Appointed 10-10-13 for a      Hall

   Rockwall County            term to expire 07-06-19

   Clarence Earl Williams     Appointed 10-10-13 for a      Nichols

   Orange County              term to expire 07-06-19

   San Jacinto River Authority Board of Directors

   Michael Gerard Bleier      Appointed 10-21-14 for a      Nichols

   Montgomery County          term to expire 10-16-19

   Lloyd Brent Tisdale        Appointed 10-21-14 for a      Nichols

   Montgomery County          term to expire 10-16-19

   Texas Small Business Industrial Development Corporation

   A. Mario Castillo          Appointed 09-20-13 for a      Perry

   Tom Green County           term to expire

   State Soil and Water Conservation Board

   Larry Don Jacobs           Appointed 02-12-14 for a      Nichols

   Montgomery County          term to expire 02-01-16

   Pending business:

   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

   Juan Antonio Sorto         Appointed 09-30-13 for a      Ellis

   Harris 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

   Keith Robert Honey         Appointed 10-15-13 for a      Eltife

   Gregg 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

   Paula Martina Mendoza      Appointed 10-15-13 for a      Whitmire

   Harris County              term to expire 08-31-19

   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

   Benny Glen Whitley         Appointed 07-30-13 for a      Hancock

   Tarrant 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

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