SENATE

                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:   Nominations

   TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM

                Thursday, May 21, 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:

   Board of Pardons and Paroles

   Federico Rangel            Appointed 10-31-14 for a      Schwertner

   Walker County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Governing Board of the Office of Violent Sex Offender Management

   Elizabeth Christina Jack   Appointed 10-10-14 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-16

   The following nominees will not appear:

   Alamo Regional Mobility Authority

   John Glenn Clamp           Appointed 06-24-14 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 02-01-16

   Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

   Jesus Barba                Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Hinojosa

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 01-31-16

   Patrick Michael Carlson    Appointed 08-26-13 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 01-31-15

   Laurie Carden Fontana      Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Whitmire

   Harris County              term to expire 01-31-16

   James J. Jeffries          Appointed 10-27-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 01-31-16


   Brian Lawrence Padden      Appointed 03-27-14 for a      Campbell

   Travis County              term to expire 01-31-16

   Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee

   Donald R. Margo            Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Rodríguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 01-31-21

   State Cemetery Committee

   Benjamin Michael Hanson    Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Correctional Managed Health Care Committee

   Harold Karl Berenzweig     Appointed 01-31-14 for a      Burton

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-15

   Margarita de la            Appointed 01-31-14 for a      Eltife

   Garza-Grahm                term to expire 02-01-17

   Smith County

   Mary Annette Gary          Appointed 01-31-14 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 02-01-17

   Elizabeth Anne Linder      Appointed 01-31-14 for a      Perry

   Lubbock County             term to expire 02-01-17

   Edward John Sherwood       Appointed 01-31-14 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-17

   Commission on State Emergency Communications

   Rodolfo Madrid             Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Lucio

   Kleberg County             term to expire 09-01-17

   Governing Board of the Office of Violent Sex Offender Management

   Roberto Dominguez          Appointed 10-10-14 for a      Lucio

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 02-01-16

   Kathryn Elaine McClure     Appointed 04-30-14 for a      Creighton

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-15


   Governing Board of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission

   Jon H. Burrows             Appointed 03-21-14 for a      Fraser

   Bell County                term to expire 02-01-16

   Olen U. Underwood          Appointed 03-21-14 for a      Nichols

   Montgomery County          term to expire 02-01-16

   Glen Whitley               Appointed 03-21-14 for a      Hancock

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-16

   Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority

   Will Rich Hubbard          Appointed 06-24-14 for a      Estes

   Grayson County             term to expire 02-01-16

   Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority

   Rance G. Sweeten           Appointed 09-03-14 for a      Lucio

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 02-01-16

   Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

   Syed Javaid Anwar          Appointed 04-28-15 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 08-31-15

   Texas Historical Commission

   Anna Benavides Galo        Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Zaffirini

   Webb County                term to expire 02-01-21

   Wallace Bernard Jefferson  Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Campbell

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-19

   John Liston Nau            Appointed 05-11-15 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-21

   165th Judicial District Court, Harris County

   Debra Ibarra Mayfield      Appointed 05-05-15 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 11-08-16

   Lower Colorado River Authority

   Lori Alice Berger          Appointed 05-18-15 for a      Kolkhorst

   Fayette County             term to expire 02-01-21


   Joseph Michael Crane       Appointed 05-18-15 for a      Kolkhorst

   Matagorda County           term to expire 02-01-21

   Charles Barton Johnson     Appointed 05-18-15 for a      Fraser

   Brown County               term to expire 02-01-21

   George W. Russell          Appointed 05-18-15 for a      Fraser

   Burnet County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Martha Leigh Miller        Appointed 05-18-15 for a      Fraser

   Whitten                    term to expire 02-01-21

   San Saba County

   Texas Military Preparedness Commission

   Anna Arredondo Chapman     Appointed 10-02-13 for a      Uresti

   Val Verde County           term to expire 02-01-15

   Connie Wood Scott          Appointed 10-02-13 for a      Hinojosa

   Nueces County              term to expire 02-01-19

   William L. Shine           Appointed 10-02-13 for a      Fraser

   Bell County                term to expire 02-01-19

   North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority

   Linda Ryan Thomas          Appointed 06-24-14 for a      Eltife

   Gregg County               term to expire 02-01-16

   Texas Optometry Board

   Ronald Lee Hopping         Appointed 04-28-15 for a      Taylor, L.

   Galveston County           term to expire 01-31-21

   Carey Aston Patrick        Appointed 04-28-15 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 01-31-21

   Rene Daniel Peña           Appointed 04-28-15 for a      Rodríguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 01-31-21

   Board of Pardons and Paroles

   Lionel F. Solis            Appointed 04-21-15 for a      Campbell

   Bexar County               term to expire 02-01-21


   State Pension Review Board

   Keith Wallis Brainard      Appointed 12-12-13 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 01-31-19

   State Preservation Board

   Iris Hudson Moore          Appointed 05-19-15 for a      Nelson

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-17

   Red River Authority of Texas Board of Directors

   Cary Cole Camp             Appointed 09-05-14 for a      Seliger

   Randall County             term to expire 08-11-19

   Penny Cogdell Carpenter    Appointed 09-05-14 for a      Seliger

   Briscoe County             term to expire 08-11-19

   Stephen Alan Thornhill     Appointed 09-05-14 for a      Estes

   Grayson County             term to expire 08-11-19

   Rio Grande Compact Commission

   Patrick R. Gordon          Appointed 08-12-13 for a      Rodríguez

   El Paso County             term to expire 06-09-19

   Rio Grande Regional Water Authority Board of Directors

   Arturo Cabello             Appointed 07-28-14 for a      Lucio

   Cameron County             term to expire 02-01-17

   Sabine River Compact Administration

   Michael Harold Lewis       Appointed 09-20-13 for a      Nichols

   Newton County              term to expire 07-12-19

   Texas School Safety Center Board of Directors

   Dewey Michael Cox          Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 02-01-16

   Garry Edward Eoff          Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Fraser

   Brown County               term to expire 02-01-16

   Evan Gonzales              Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Kolkhorst

   Lee County                 term to expire 02-01-16


   Daniel Riley Griffith      Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-16

   Dawn DuBose Randle         Appointed 03-04-14 for a      Ellis

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-16

   Webb County-City of Laredo Regional Mobility Authority

   Ruben Soto                 Appointed 10-27-14 for a      Zaffirini

   Webb County                term to expire 02-01-16

   Pending business:

   Texas Military Department

   John Frederick Nichols     Appointed 02-05-14 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 02-01-16

   Texas Funeral Service Commission

   Larry Michael Allen        Appointed 04-29-15 for a      Hall

   Dallas County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Gregory D. Compean         Appointed 04-29-15 for a      Kolkhorst

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 02-01-21

   Texas Industrialized Building Code Council

   Randall Reddin Childers    Appointed 04-17-14 for a      Birdwell

   McLennan County            term to expire 02-01-16

   Brian Lloyd Eisenrich      Appointed 09-16-14 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 02-01-16

   Steven James Fitzpatrick   Appointed 04-17-14 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 02-01-16

   Cecil Mark Remmert         Appointed 04-17-14 for a      Schwertner

   Williamson County          term to expire 02-01-16

   Jesse E. Rider             Appointed 04-17-14 for a      Eltife

   Smith County               term to expire 02-01-16

   William Fletcher Smith     Appointed 04-17-14 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 02-01-16


   Lower Neches Valley Authority Board of Directors

   Steven Martin McReynolds   Appointed 10-08-13 for a      Creighton

   Jefferson County           term to expire 07-28-19

   Virginia Mays Pate         Appointed 06-13-14 for a      Creighton

   Jefferson County           term to expire 07-28-15

   Charles Caleb Spurlock     Appointed 06-13-14 for a      Nichols

   Tyler County               term to expire 07-28-19

   Nonresident Violator Compact Administrator

   Joe M. Peters              Appointed 03-17-15 for a      Campbell

   Travis County              term to expire 02-01-17

   Nueces River Authority Board of Directors

   Eric Lee Burnett           Appointed 10-17-14 for a      Zaffirini

   San Patricio County        term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas Board of Nursing

   Monica Lynn Hamby          Appointed 09-26-13 for a      Seliger

   Randall County             term to expire 01-31-19

   Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation (One-Call Board)

   Thomas Abraham             Appointed 11-15-13 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 08-31-16

   Barry Calhoun              Appointed 11-15-13 for a      Taylor, V.

   Dallas County              term to expire 08-31-16

   Joseph Wayne Costa         Appointed 10-20-14 for a      Taylor, V.

   Collin County              term to expire 08-31-17

   William Ogden Geise        Appointed 10-20-14 for a      Watson

   Travis County              term to expire 08-31-17

   Robert Brian LaBorde       Appointed 11-15-13 for a      Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 08-31-15

   John William Linton        Appointed 11-15-13 for a      Hinojosa

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 08-31-16


   Cynthia R. Salas           Appointed 11-15-13 for a      Huffman

   Fort Bend County           term to expire 08-31-16

   Rodney Jay Unruh           Appointed 10-20-14 for a      Campbell

   Comal County               term to expire 08-31-17

   James Brent Wynn           Appointed 10-20-14 for a      Seliger

   Midland County             term to expire 08-31-17

   Texas Private Security Board

   Patricia James             Appointed 04-29-15 for a      Huffman

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Claude Douglas Siems       Appointed 04-29-15 for a      Ellis

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board

   Erin Oliver Ford           Appointed 03-21-14 for a      Nichols

   Houston County             term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners

   Maria Guadalupe Castro     Appointed 07-30-13 for a      Lucio

   Hidalgo County             term to expire 02-01-19

   Macy Leigh Hill            Appointed 07-30-13 for a      Nelson

   Tarrant County             term to expire 02-01-15

   Texas Southern University Board of Regents

   Derrick Maurice Mitchell   Appointed 04-22-15 for a      Ellis

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Marilyn Agatha Rose        Appointed 04-22-15 for a      Ellis

   Harris County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Wesley Terrell             Appointed 04-22-15 for a      Huffines

   Dallas County              term to expire 02-01-21

   Texas Veterans Commission

   Eliseo Cantu               Appointed 02-14-14 for a      Hinojosa

   Nueces County              term to expire 12-31-19


   John Kevin Ellzey          Appointed 03-12-14 for a      Birdwell

   Ellis County               term to expire 12-31-17

   Daniel Patrick Moran       Appointed 02-14-14 for a      Kolkhorst

   Harris County              term to expire 12-31-19

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