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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Diane Lowrance retired as chief executive officer of |
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the Behavioral Health Center of Nueces County in December 2016, |
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drawing to a close an outstanding tenure with the institution that |
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spanned 24 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Diane Lowrance joined the center's staff in 1992, |
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and over the years, she held leadership positions in a number of |
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departments, including provider services, intellectual disability |
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services, community services, the early childhood intervention |
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program, and the alternate living unit program; she was appointed |
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chief executive officer in 2004, and in that role, she was |
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responsible for planning and administering community-based mental |
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health services for approximately 10,000 individuals each year; and |
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WHEREAS, Prior to her employment with Nueces County, |
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Ms. Lowrance worked at the Ada Wilson Children's Center for |
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Rehabilitation in Corpus Christi; she holds an associate degree in |
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mental health from Del Mar College, and she completed both her |
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bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology at Texas A&M |
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University--Corpus Christi; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has shared her time and talents |
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with the community as a member of the Del Mar College Human Services |
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Advisory Board and the Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi School |
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of Counseling Advisory Board, and she has served on the boards of |
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Charlie's Place Recovery Center, the Miracle League of Corpus |
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Christi, and the Corpus Christi Rotary Club and as chair of the |
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Executive Directors Council of the Coastal Bend; and |
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WHEREAS, Diane Lowrance's commitment to the highest |
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standards of her profession has greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens, and she may indeed reflect with pride on a career well |
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spent as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of her life; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Diane Lowrance on her retirement as |
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chief executive officer of the Behavioral Health Center of Nueces |
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County and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Lowrance as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |