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TBEC Executive Committee

Mr. Ron Lehman (Chair), Executive Vice President, Kuder

Dr. Jesus Chavez (Vice Chair), Superintendent, Round Rock ISD

Ms. Lucretia Ahrens, Manager, Community Relations, CenterPoint Energy

Mr. Truman Bell, Senior Program Officer-Education and Diversity Corporate Citizenship & Community Investments, Exxon Mobil

Dr. Don Brown, Former Commissioner Higher Education and Executive Director, College for All Texans Foundation (Retired)

Ms. Patti Clapp, Vice President, Dallas Regional Chamber

Dr. Catherine Clark, Associate Director, Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)

Mr. Sandy Dochen, Manager, Corporate Community Relations, IBM

Dr. Cesar Maldonado, President, Texas State Technical College, Harlingen, Texas

Robin Painovich, Executive Director, Career and Technology Association of Texas

David Russell, Vice President, External Affairs, Verizon

Dr. Ed Sharpe, Clinical Professor, University of Texas at Austin

Ms. Debbie Taylor, Southwest Regional Director, Citi

TBEC Coordinating Committee

Ms. Patti Clap, (Committee Chair) Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Catherine Clark, (Committee Vice Chair) Texas Association of School Boards

Austin Area Committee Members

Mr. Edward Berger, Seton Healthcare Network

Ms. Sandi Borden, TEPSA

Dr. Tom Burnett, Apple Computer

Mr. Sandy Dochen, IBM

Mr. Brad Duggan, Duggan and Associates, Inc.

Ms. Judy Farmer, Texas Public Relations Assn.

Ms. Rose Gabriel, Texas Association of Partners in Education

Dr. Rey Garcia, Texas Association of Community Colleges

Ms. Martha Harris, AT&T

Dr. Karen Jenlink, St. Edward’s University

Mr. Archie McAfee, TASSP

Ms. Sylvia McMullen, Triand, Inc.

Mr. John O’Sullivan, Texas Federation of Teachers

Ms. Robin Painovich, Career & Technology Association of Texas

Ms. Karen Pennell, ACT

Dr. Yolanda Rey, TASCD

Mr. Doug Rogers, ATPE

Mr. Vincent Salas, Salas Public Relations, LLC

Ms. Gwen Santiago, TASBO

Ms. Jeri Stone, Texas Classroom Teachers Association

Dr. Johnny Veselka, Texas Association of School Administration

Mr. Kyle Ward, Texas PTA

Ms. Gloria White, Dana Research Center

Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Committee Members

Mr. Greg Gibson, Crowley ISD

Ms. Lisa Brady Gill, Texas Instruments, Inc.

Ms. Cheryl Leatherbury, Scientific Learning Corporation

Ms. Rebecca Lothringer, University of North Texas

Ms. Cynthia Fisher Miller, Fort Worth Chamber

Ms. Debbie V. Taylor, Citi

Houston Area Committee Members

Ms. Lucretia Ahrens, Centerpoint Energy

Ms. Elaine Barber, Greater Houston Partnership

Dr. Charles M. Cook, Houston Community College System

Dr. Frank DeLaro, Energy for Schools

Ms. Rebecca Flores, Houston ISD

Ms. Patricia Garris, State Farm Insurance Companies

Mr. Roy Hughes

Mr. Scott Huntsman, Deloitte & Touche, L.L.P.

Mr. Robert Pechacek, Region IV Education Service Center

Ms. Marina Walne, University of Texas

San Antonio Area Committee Members

Ms. Stephanie James, Greater San Antonio Chamber

Ms. Kate Rogers, H-E-B

South Teas Area Committee Members

Mr. David Cich, DRC Consultants

Dr. John Edwards, University of Texas – Pan American

Dr. Mike McGuire, Chemshare Corporation

Mr. Ken Trevino, Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce

West Texas Area Committee Members

Ms. Joanne Bogart, University of Texas at El Paso

Ms. Terri Patterson, CWDP, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance

TBEC Board of Directors

Mr. Ron Lehman (TBEC Board Chair), Former Commissioner, Texas Workforce Commission and Private Consultant

Dr. Jesús Chávez (TBEC Board Vice Chair), Superintendent, Round Rock ISD

Dr. Edwin Sharpe (TBEC Board Treasurer), University of Texas

Austin Area Directors

Dr. Don Brown, Executive Director, College for all Texans Foundation

Ms. Ann Foster, Executive Director, Raise Your Hand Texas

Mr. Bill Hammond, Senior Vice President, Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce

Mr. Mike Hudson, President, National Center for Educational Accountability

Mr. Sandy Kress, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld

Mr. Roger Miller, Executive Director, Texas State Technical College System

Mr. Lynn Moak, Moak, Casey & Associates, LLP

Dr. Ruben Olivarez, University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Raymund Paredes, Commissioner, THECB

Mr. Peter Schulmeyer, Director of Strategy and Marketing, Freescale

Dr. Darv Winick, Winick & Associates

Dallas/Fort Worth Area Directors

Mr. Truman Bell, Senior Program Officer, ExxonMobil Corporation

Dr. Jeanne Gerlach, Dean, College of Education, The University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD

Dr. Melody Johnson, Superintendent, Forth Worth ISD

Mr. Jack Lowe, Chairman of the Board, TDIndustries

Mr. Steve Lyle, Texas Instruments

Mr. Gerald McElvy, President, ExxonMobil Corporation

Dr. Mike Moses, Higher Ed Holdings, LLC

The Honorable Jim Nelson, President, AVID Center

Dr. Doug Otto, Superintendent, Plano ISD

Ms. Rebecca Paddock, Program Leadership-Combat Systems, Raytheon Company

Mr. Robert F. Pence, Freese and Nichols, Inc.

Mr. David Russell, (TBEC Nominating Committee Chair) VP External Affairs, Verizon

Ms. Sandra K. Shoemaker, VP Program Management, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

Mr. Robert Stewart, Senior VP, Centex Corporation

Houston Area Directors

Mr. Jeffery Bricker, Associate Director, Jefferies & Co.

Ms. Joanie Haley, Executive Director, Robert and Janice McNair Foundation

Mr. Preston Johnson, VP Human Resources, McDermott International, Inc.

Mr. James Ketelson, Chairman, Project GRAD

Dr. Bill McKinney, Executive Director, Region IV Education Service Center

Mr. Don McAdams, Executive Director, CRSS

Mr. Thomas Randle, President, Texas Association of School Administrators

Mr. Vernon Stockton, President Community & External Affairs, Washington Mutual

Mr. J. David Thompson, III, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP

Mr. Frank Thompson, Chairman, Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board

Dr. Bob Wimpelberg, Dean College of Education, University of Houston

Ms. Sara Winkler, President, Texas Association of School Boards 

San Antonio Area Directors

Mr. Jeff Galt, Galt Management Services

Mr. Luis de la Garza, VP Administration, Texan Power Company

Ms. Elaine Mendoza, President and CEP, Conceptual Mindworks, Inc.

Dr. Richard Middleton, Superintendent, North East ISD

Dr. Julian Treviño, President, Comidamex, Inc.

East Texas Area Director

Dr. Carrol A. “Butch” Thomas, Superintendent, Beaumont ISD

Ms. Jan Wilkerson, President, Texas PTA

West Texas Area Directors

Dr. Donald Haragan, President Emeritus, Texas Tech University

Mr. Rod Schroder, Superintendent, Amarillo ISD

North Texas Area Directors

Mr. Bruce Street, Street Investment Company

South Texas Area Directors

Mr. Stephen Hazlewood, Director Government Affairs, Dow Chemical Company

Mr. Cesar Maldonado, President, TSTC Harlingen

Mr. Lauro Solis, Manager Community Affairs, American Electric Power