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                                    SENATE

                           NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

   COMMITTEE:    Nominations

   TIME & DATE:  9:00 AM

                Thursday, February 21, 2019

   PLACE:       E1.016 (Hearing Room)

   CHAIR:       Senator Dawn Buckingham

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   To consider the following:  Pending business from the 2/14/19 meeting as

   well as the posted agenda.

   The following nominees will appear:

   Division of Workers' Compensation, Texas Department of Insurance

   Cassandra Jeanette Brown    Appointed 02-06-19 for a       Zaffirini

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-21

   Office of Public Insurance Counsel

   Melissa Ruth Hamilton       Appointed 02-06-19 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-21

   Office of Independent Ombudsman for the Texas Juvenile Justice Department

   Jeffery Don Robertson       Appointed 02-07-19 for a       Campbell

   Hays County                term to expire 02-01-21

   Office of Inspector General, Health and Human Services Commission

   Sylvia Hernandez Kauffman   Appointed 02-06-19 for a       Campbell

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-20

   Criminal District Attorney, Wood County

   Angela Lea Albers           Appointed 02-08-19 for a       Hughes

   Wood County                term to expire 12-31-20

   Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents

   John Kent Hatchel           Appointed 02-15-18 for a       Birdwell

   McLennan County             term to expire 08-31-23


   Governing Board of the Texas Civil Commitment Office

   Jose Luis Aliseda           Appointed 02-08-19 for a       Zaffirini

   Bee County                 term to expire 02-01-25

   School Land Board

   Scott Rohrman--AG           Appointed 09-01-17 for a       Johnson

   Appointee                  term to expire 08-31-19

   Dallas County

   The following nominees will not appear:

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

   Medical or Mental Impairments

   Allan Douglas Cain          Appointed 01-07-19 for a       Hughes

   Panola County               term to expire 02-01-23

   Robert John Chody           Appointed 01-07-19 for a       Schwertner

   Williamson County           term to expire 02-01-23

   Alamo Regional Mobility Authority

   Michael J. Lynd             Appointed 09-28-18 for a       Campbell

   Bexar County                term to expire 02-01-20

   Council on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke

   Janet Suzanne Hall          Appointed 11-20-18 for a       Schwertner

   Williamson County           term to expire 02-01-23

   Vanessa F.  Hicks-Callaway  Appointed 12-20-18 for a       Kolkhorst

   Victoria County             term to expire 02-01-19

   John Rutledge               Appointed 11-20-18 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-23

   Harry Sheets                Appointed 11-20-18 for a       Buckingham

   Taylor County               term to expire 02-01-23

   E'Loria Simon-Campbell      Appointed 11-20-18 for a       Miles

   Harris County               term to expire 02-01-19


   Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

   Ruben D. Brown              Appointed 04-26-18 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 01-31-23

   Michael Patrick Hanley      Appointed 04-26-18 for a       Schwertner

   Williamson County           term to expire 01-31-23

   Brenda Wood Lee             Appointed 04-26-18 for a       Buckingham

   Brown County                term to expire 01-31-21

   Julie Renae Prause          Appointed 04-26-18 for a       Kolkhorst

   Colorado County             term to expire 01-31-23

   Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners

   Charles Edward Holder       Appointed 10-03-18 for a       Nichols

   Orange County               term to expire 08-22-20

   William Gates Jenkins       Appointed 10-03-18 for a       Creighton

   Jefferson County            term to expire 08-22-20

   James Michael Scott         Appointed 02-21-18 for a       Creighton

   Jefferson County            term to expire 08-22-19

   Shawn Michael Sparrow       Appointed 02-21-18 for a       Creighton

   Jefferson County            term to expire 08-22-19

   Milton Bradley Taylor       Appointed 02-21-18 for a       Nichols

   Orange County               term to expire 08-22-19

   95th Judicial District Court, Dallas County

   David Warren Evans          Appointed 02-13-19 for a       West

   Dallas County               term to expire 12-31-20

   405th Judicial District Court, Galveston County

   Jared Seth Robinson         Appointed 02-13-19 for a       Taylor

   Galveston County            term to expire 12-31-20

   Lower Colorado River Authority

   Stephen Frank Cooper        Appointed 06-21-18 for a       Kolkhorst

   Wharton County              term to expire 02-01-23


   Laura Denise Figueroa       Appointed 06-21-18 for a       Kolkhorst

   Austin County               term to expire 02-01-23

   State Cemetery Committee

   James Leavell Bayless       Appointed 11-21-17 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-23

   Texas Animal Health Commission

   Barret Jay Klein            Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Campbell

   Kendall County              term to expire 09-06-19

   Wendee Christine Langdon    Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Perry

   Lubbock County              term to expire 09-06-23

   Joseph Gerald Osterkamp     Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Seliger

   Bailey County               term to expire 09-06-23

   Keith Mitchell Staggs       Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Kolkhorst

   Gonzales County             term to expire 09-06-23

   Leo Dean Vermedahl          Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Seliger

   Hartley County              term to expire 09-06-23

   Michael Louis Vickers       Appointed 07-12-18 for a       Hinojosa

   Brooks County               term to expire 09-06-21

   Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying

   Jay Dean Canine             Appointed 11-13-18 for a       Huffman

   Fort Bend County            term to expire 01-31-23

   Coleen Marie Johnson        Appointed 11-13-18 for a       Schwertner

   Williamson County           term to expire 01-31-23

   Michael David McCloskey     Appointed 11-13-18 for a       Schwertner

   Williamson County           term to expire 01-31-23

   Texas Crime Stoppers Council

   Lauren Hart Day             Appointed 09-28-17 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 09-01-20


   Charles P. Gilmore          Appointed 09-28-17 for a       Seliger

   Potter County               term to expire 09-01-21

   Carl Garza Hernandez        Appointed 09-28-17 for a       Lucio

   Cameron County              term to expire 09-01-21

   Texas Medical Board

   Sharon J. Barnes            Appointed 04-17-18 for a       Taylor

   Brazoria County             term to expire 04-13-23

   George L. De Loach          Appointed 04-17-18 for a       Nichols

   Polk County                term to expire 04-13-23

   Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board of Directors

   Kristina R. Koncaba         Appointed 03-06-18 for a       Taylor

   Galveston County            term to expire 07-01-23

   John Dayton Swanson         Appointed 03-06-18 for a       Nelson

   Denton County               term to expire 07-01-23

   Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors

   Valerie Vargas Cardenas     Appointed 06-08-18 for a       Lucio

   Hidalgo County              term to expire 02-01-19

   Lori Ann Cobos              Appointed 06-08-18 for a       Watson

   Travis County               term to expire 02-01-23

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