SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Nominations
TIME & DATE: 7:45 AM
Monday, March 31, 2025
PLACE: 2E.20 (Betty King Cmte. Rm.)
CHAIR: Senator Donna Campbell
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To consider the following:
The following nominees will appear:
Department of Information Resources
Walter Franklin Appointed 02-07-25 for a Schwertner
Coppersmith term to expire 02-01-31
Williamson County
Texas Juvenile Justice Board
Shawn Thierry Appointed 01-13-25 for a Middleton
Brazoria County term to expire 02-01-29
Texas Board of Nursing
Manuel Cavazos Appointed 02-03-25 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 01-31-31
Texas Space Commission Board of Directors
John Patrick Shannon Appointed 03-26-24 for a Middleton
Harris County term to expire
Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents
Robert Joseph Misso Appointed 09-06-23 for a Flores
Williamson County term to expire 08-31-29
University of Houston System Board of Regents
Jack B. Moore Appointed 10-09-23 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 08-31-29
The following nominees will not appear:
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
Christopher Grant Coates Appointed 03-14-25 for a King
Tarrant County term to expire 01-31-31
Jamie De'Sean Grant Appointed 10-05-23 for a Hancock
Tarrant County term to expire 01-31-29
Jill Ann Holup Appointed 03-14-25 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 01-31-31
Kenneth Ehiosu Omoruyi Appointed 03-14-25 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 01-31-31
Jeannette Pierro Smith Appointed 03-14-25 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 01-31-31
James Mark Trippon Appointed 03-14-25 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 01-31-31
Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners
Elisabeth Lee Carlson Appointed 03-04-25 for a Hall
Dallas County term to expire 01-31-31
Sheri Jene Davidson Appointed 03-04-25 for a Miles
Harris County term to expire 01-31-31
Donna Sue Guthery Appointed 11-07-23 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 01-31-29
Ahmed Ghani Sheikh Appointed 03-04-25 for a Hagenbuch
Collin County term to expire 01-31-31
Deborah Jackson Weems Appointed 11-07-23 for a Flores
Burnet County term to expire 01-31-29
Grant Evans Weidler Appointed 11-07-23 for a Creighton
Montgomery County term to expire 01-31-29
Administrative Judicial Region, Fifth
Mary Koehler McDonald Appointed 03-19-24 for a Hinojosa
Medary term to expire 03-19-28
Nueces County
Administrative Judicial Region, Ninth
Anahid Elizabeth Estevez Appointed 03-19-24 for a Sparks
Randall County term to expire 03-24-28
Administrative Judicial Region, Seventh
Garland Benton Woodward Appointed 07-22-23 for a Perry
Tom Green County term to expire 08-15-27
Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Ruben Dan Brown Appointed 03-15-24 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 01-31-29
Beth Ann Ashby Jones Appointed 02-27-25 for a Paxton
Collin County term to expire 01-31-31
Julie Renae Prause Appointed 03-15-24 for a Huffman
Colorado County term to expire 01-31-29
Hillary Rodriguez Appointed 03-15-24 for a Middleton
Harris County term to expire 01-31-29
Belinda Jane Rudinger Appointed 02-27-25 for a Hagenbuch
Denton County term to expire 01-31-31
Bruce Sonnenberg Appointed 02-27-25 for a Perry
Lubbock County term to expire 01-31-31
Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee
Cynthia Barberio Payne Appointed 02-27-25 for a Campbell
Comal County term to expire 01-31-31
Governing Board of the Texas Civil Commitment Office
Bruce Wayne Toney Appointed 02-26-25 for a Perry
Haskell County term to expire 02-01-31
Upper Colorado River Authority
Nathaniel Guy Callicoatte Appointed 12-03-24 for a Sparks
Irion County term to expire 02-01-29
Wade T. Mahan Appointed 12-03-24 for a Perry
Menard County term to expire 02-01-29
Kathryn Ann Wright Mews Appointed 12-03-24 for a Perry
Menard County term to expire 02-01-29
Criminal District Attorney, Austin County
Brandy Nicole Robinson Appointed 03-20-25 for a Kolkhorst
Austin County term to expire 12-31-26
Criminal District Court No. 1, Dallas County
Jennifer Jackson Balido Appointed 01-08-25 for a Johnson
Dallas County term to expire 12-31-26
Court of Appeals for the Fifteenth Court of Appeals District
April Lynn Farris Appointed 09-01-24 for a Huffman
Fort Bend County term to expire 12-31-26
Scott King Field Appointed 09-01-24 for a Flores
Williamson County term to expire 12-31-26
Court of Appeals for the First Court of Appeals District
David Michael Gunn Appointed 09-03-24 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 12-31-26
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Court of Appeals District
Artie Lee Harris Appointed 01-06-25 for a Birdwell
Hill County term to expire 12-31-26
Criminal District Attorney, Panola County
Larry Wayne Fields Appointed 01-01-25 for a Hughes
Panola County term to expire 12-31-26
State Board for Educator Certification
Bobbie Lynn Weir Appointed 03-27-24 for a Johnson
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-27
Employees Retirement System of Texas Board of Trustees
Patrick Bridge Frost Appointed 03-06-25 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 08-31-30
Upper Guadalupe River Authority
Richard G. Eastland Appointed 03-04-25 for a Flores
Kerr County term to expire 02-01-29
Thomas Weir Labatt Appointed 03-04-25 for a Flores
Kerr County term to expire 02-01-29
Jonathan Peter Letz Appointed 03-04-25 for a Flores
Kerr County term to expire 02-01-29
Jeanne Coers Stacy Appointed 03-04-25 for a Flores
Kerr County term to expire 02-01-29
Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors
Victoria Ai Linh Bryant Appointed 11-07-23 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 06-15-25
Shannon Sowder Calhoun Appointed 11-07-23 for a Kolkhorst
Goliad County term to expire 06-15-25
Salil Vijay Deshpande Appointed 11-07-23 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 06-15-25
Lacey Perry Fails Appointed 11-07-23 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 06-15-25
Jonathan Sandstrom Hill Appointed 11-07-23 for a Campbell
Travis County term to expire 06-15-25
Kenneth Scott James Appointed 11-07-23 for a Campbell
Travis County term to expire 06-15-25
Kourtney Renna Kouns Appointed 11-07-23 for a Perry
Baylor County term to expire 06-15-25
Jerome P. Lisk Appointed 11-07-23 for a Parker
Denton County term to expire 06-15-25
Leticia C. Rodriguez Appointed 11-07-23 for a Sparks
Ward County term to expire 06-15-25
Cynthia Ann Stinson Appointed 11-07-23 for a Nichols
Hardin County term to expire 06-15-25
Wesley Jordo Tidwell Appointed 11-07-23 for a Schwertner
Williamson County term to expire 06-15-25
Carlos James Vital Appointed 11-07-23 for a Middleton
Harris County term to expire 06-15-25
Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
Cynthia Torres Conroy Appointed 03-27-24 for a Blanco
El Paso County term to expire 01-31-27
Leopoldo R. Vasquez Appointed 03-27-24 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 01-31-29
Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors
David Alan Rassin Appointed 09-07-23 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 02-01-29
Ernest Richards Appointed 09-18-24 for a Parker
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-27
Department of Information Resources
Keith Russell Halman Appointed 02-07-25 for a Perry
Lubbock County term to expire 02-01-31
Catherine Bellah Keller Appointed 09-12-24 for a West
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-29
Office of Inspector General, Health and Human Services Commission
Raymond Charles Winter Appointed 03-06-25 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 02-01-26
120th Judicial District Court, El Paso County
Ben Lee Ivey Appointed 02-25-25 for a Blanco
El Paso County term to expire 12-31-26
226th Judicial District Court, Bexar County
Benjamin Garrett Robertson Appointed 01-01-25 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 12-31-26
228th Judicial District Court, Harris County
Caroline Stephanie Dozier Appointed 12-20-24 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 12-31-26
250th Judicial District Court, Travis County
Cory Ren Liu Appointed 03-05-25 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 12-31-26
278th Judicial District Court, Grimes, Leon, Madison, and Walker Counties
Tracy Michelle Sorensen Appointed 01-01-25 for a Schwertner
Walker County term to expire 12-31-26
306th Judicial District Court, Galveston County
Emily Ann Estrada Fisher Appointed 01-04-25 for a Middleton
Galveston County term to expire 12-31-26
458th Judicial District Court, Fort Bend County
Maggie Perez Jaramillo Appointed 01-01-25 for a Kolkhorst
Fort Bend County term to expire 12-31-26
471st Judicial District Court, Collin County
Robert Bryan Gantt Appointed 01-01-25 for a Paxton
Collin County term to expire 12-31-26
477th Judicial District Court, Denton County
Michael Garrett Dickens Appointed 01-06-25 for a Hagenbuch
Denton County term to expire 12-31-26
480th Judicial District Court, Williamson County
Terence Michael Davis Appointed 12-19-24 for a Flores
Williamson County term to expire 12-31-26
494th Judicial District Court, Collin County
Kathryn Lanigan Pruitt Appointed 09-12-24 for a Hagenbuch
Collin County term to expire 12-31-26
495th Judicial District Court, Harris County
Lori Ann DeAngelo Appointed 01-01-25 for a Creighton
Harris County term to expire 12-31-26
496th Judicial District Court, Harris County
Daniel Wayne Simons Appointed 01-07-25 for a Creighton
Harris County term to expire 12-31-26
497th Judicial District Court, Harris County
Peyton Zimmerman Peebles Appointed 01-07-25 for a Creighton
Harris County term to expire 12-31-26
62nd Judicial District Court of Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, and Lamar
Counties
William Howard Harris Appointed 03-13-25 for a Hughes
Lamar County term to expire 12-31-26
Texas Juvenile Justice Board
Edeska Barnes Appointed 12-19-23 for a Nichols
Jasper County term to expire 02-01-29
Cloyce Joe Barton Appointed 02-27-25 for a Sparks
Randall County term to expire 02-01-31
William Werner Durham Appointed 12-19-23 for a Schwertner
Walker County term to expire 02-01-27
Stephanie MarilynDean Appointed 02-27-25 for a Schwertner
House term to expire 02-01-31
Williamson County
Luis Leija Appointed 12-19-23 for a Kolkhorst
Calhoun County term to expire 02-01-27
Matthew Clayton Marick Appointed 02-27-25 for a Hagenbuch
Denton County term to expire 02-01-31
Manuel Robert Ramirez Appointed 12-19-23 for a Hancock
Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-27
Cynthia McCrann Wheless Appointed 12-19-23 for a Paxton
Collin County term to expire 02-01-29
Board for Lease of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Lands
Erin Elizabeth Lunceford Appointed 02-06-25 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 09-01-25
Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
Gary Franklin Wesson Appointed 08-31-23 for a Kolkhorst
Fort Bend County term to expire 02-01-29
Board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Brett Hillman Graham Appointed 08-22-23 for a Hagenbuch
Grayson County term to expire 02-01-29
Mark Gregory Jones Appointed 09-17-24 for a Birdwell
Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-29
John Marshall Prewitt Appointed 08-22-23 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 02-01-29
Darren Andrew Schlosser Appointed 08-22-23 for a Middleton
Brazoria County term to expire 02-01-27
Texas Board of Nursing
Elizabeth Cantu Adamson Appointed 02-03-25 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 01-31-31
Katherine Ann Boswell Appointed 08-10-23 for a King
Palo Pinto County term to expire 01-31-29
Carol Kay Hawkins-Garcia Appointed 02-03-25 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 01-31-31
Mazie Mathews Jamison Appointed 08-10-23 for a Parker
Dallas County term to expire 01-31-29
Mary Grace Landrum Appointed 05-30-24 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 01-31-27
Nancy A. Lewis Appointed 05-30-24 for a Flores
Llano County term to expire 01-31-29
Jonathan Dru Riddle Appointed 09-01-23 for a Hagenbuch
Parker County term to expire 01-31-29
Melissa D. Schat Appointed 02-03-25 for a Birdwell
Hood County term to expire 01-31-31
Verna Kathleen Shipp Appointed 08-10-23 for a Sparks
Randall County term to expire 01-31-29
Rickey Kendell Williams Appointed 02-03-25 for a Flores
Bell County term to expire 01-31-31
Texas Optometry Board
Judith Ann Chambers Appointed 03-10-25 for a Campbell
Hays County term to expire 01-31-31
Tory W. Moore Appointed 03-10-25 for a Sparks
Moore County term to expire 01-31-31
Steven Ngocthang Nguyen Appointed 12-12-23 for a Parker
Dallas County term to expire 01-31-29
James A. Oevermann Appointed 03-10-25 for a Creighton
Montgomery County term to expire 01-31-31
Mala Sharma Appointed 12-12-23 for a Cook
Harris County term to expire 01-31-29
Billy Craig Thompson Appointed 12-12-23 for a Hall
Collin County term to expire 01-31-29
State Pension Review Board
Daniel Harper Appointed 09-26-24 for a Campbell
Hays County term to expire 01-31-29
Roel Rodriguez Appointed 10-30-24 for a Hinojosa
Hidalgo County term to expire 01-31-29
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
Ricardo Fernandez Appointed 01-04-24 for a Parker
Denton County term to expire 08-31-29
Heisha Kathryn Freeman Appointed 02-26-25 for a Hall
Rockwall County term to expire 08-31-29
Randall Denham Martin Appointed 01-04-24 for a Hancock
Tarrant County term to expire 08-31-29
Juliann Ruppel Spier Appointed 01-04-24 for a Huffman
Harris County term to expire 08-31-29
Texas Public Finance Authority
Billy Morris Atkinson Appointed 12-20-24 for a Flores
Kerr County term to expire 02-01-29
Jay Alan Riskind Appointed 04-02-24 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire 02-01-29
Real Estate Research Advisory Committee
Troy C. Alley Appointed 03-07-24 for a West
Dallas County term to expire 01-31-29
Kristi Lea Davis Appointed 03-07-24 for a Parker
Denton County term to expire 01-31-29
Vicki Lynn Lucas Fullerton Appointed 02-04-25 for a Creighton
Montgomery County term to expire 01-31-31
Patrick Geddes Appointed 03-07-24 for a Paxton
Collin County term to expire 01-31-29
Harry Felton Gibbs Appointed 02-04-25 for a Schwertner
Williamson County term to expire 01-31-31
Rebecca W. Vajdak Appointed 02-04-25 for a Flores
Bell County term to expire 01-31-31
Texas School Safety Center Board of Directors
Isaac William Avera Appointed 12-17-24 for a Nichols
Cherokee County term to expire 02-01-26
Craig Robert Bessent Appointed 12-17-24 for a Perry
Taylor County term to expire 02-01-26
Kerri Washam Brady Appointed 12-17-24 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 02-01-26
Nidia De La Cerda Appointed 03-13-25 for a Hinojosa
Nueces County term to expire 02-01-27
Edwin Stuart Flores Appointed 12-17-24 for a Parker
Dallas County term to expire 02-01-26
Rania Makar Mankarious Appointed 12-17-24 for a Bettencourt
Harris County term to expire 02-01-26
Robert Paul McClelland Appointed 03-13-25 for a Campbell
Hays County term to expire 02-01-27
James Michael Mosley Appointed 03-13-25 for a Sparks
Hutchinson County term to expire 02-01-27
Noe Eduardo Perez Appointed 03-13-25 for a Hinojosa
Cameron County term to expire 02-01-27
Michael Lee Slaughter Appointed 03-13-25 for a Paxton
Collin County term to expire 02-01-27
Adebola Serah-Jobe Appointed 12-17-24 for a Parker
Sulaiman term to expire 02-01-26
Dallas County
Jill Michelle Tate Appointed 03-13-25 for a Parker
Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-27
Sulphur River Basin Authority Board of Directors
Kelly Douglas Mitchell Appointed 02-23-24 for a Hughes
Bowie County term to expire 02-01-29
Aaron James Rolen Appointed 03-12-25 for a Hughes
Red River County term to expire 02-01-29
Jason Eric Spencer Appointed 03-12-25 for a Hughes
Cass County term to expire 02-01-29
Texas A&M University System Board of Regents
Jay Carlton Graham Appointed 02-26-25 for a Schwertner
Brazos County term to expire 02-01-31
Michael Albert Hernandez Appointed 02-26-25 for a King
Tarrant County term to expire 02-01-31
Texas Space Commission Board of Directors
Gwendolyn Diane Griffin Appointed 03-26-24 for a Middleton
Galveston County term to expire
Kathryn Lynn Lueders Appointed 03-26-24 for a Hinojosa
Cameron County term to expire
Texas State Technical College System Board of Regents
Eric John Beckman Appointed 11-07-23 for a Hagenbuch
Denton County term to expire 08-31-29
Ronald Dean Rohrbacher Appointed 09-06-23 for a Middleton
Galveston County term to expire 08-31-27
Tiffany Mary Tremont Appointed 09-06-23 for a Campbell
Comal County term to expire 08-31-29
TexNet Technical Advisory Committee
Lawrence Nelson French Appointed 12-13-23 for a Eckhardt
Travis County term to expire
University of Houston System Board of Regents
Gregory Charles King Appointed 10-09-23 for a Campbell
Bexar County term to expire 08-31-29
Tammy Denton Murphy Appointed 10-09-23 for a Kolkhorst
Victoria County term to expire 08-31-29
University of North Texas System Board of Regents
Cathy Elaine Bryce Appointed 12-11-23 for a Parker
Denton County term to expire 05-22-29
Carlos Munguia Appointed 11-07-23 for a Parker
Dallas County term to expire 05-22-29
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