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

Mr. Douglas Thompson, The Beck Group 

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

Ms. Tegwin Pulley (TBEC Board Chair), Vice President, Texas Instruments

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

Mr. Ron Lehman, (TBEC Board Secretary), Commissioner, Texas Workforce Commission                              Dr. Edwin Sharpe (TBEC Board Treasurer), University of Texas 

Austin Area Directors

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

Dr. Pat Forgione, Superintendent, Austin ISD

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

Mr. Renard Thomas, President, Texas Association of School Boards

Dr. Darv Winick, Winick & Associates 

Dallas/Fort Worth Area Directors

Mr. Truman Bell, Senior Program Officer, ExxonMobil Corporation

Ms. Sharon Cox, President, Texas Association of Partners in Education

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

Dr. Annette Griffin, Superintendent, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD 
Dr. Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas ISD

Dr. Melody Johnson, Superintendent, Forth Worth ISD

Mr. Gary Keep, CEO, SHW Group Architects

Mr. Jack Lowe, Chairman of the Board, TDIndustries

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

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                                                               Dr. James Veitenheimer, Superintendent, Keller ISD

Houston Area Directors

Mr. Jeffery Bricker, PageSouthlandPage

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

Mr. Preston Johnson, VP Human Resources, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

Mr. James Ketelson, Chairman, Project GRAD

Ms. Celia Layton, President, Texas Elementary Principles and Supervisors Association

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

Mr. Don McAdams, Executive Director, CRSS

Dr. Leonard Merrell, Superintendent, Katy ISD

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 

San Antonio Area Directors

Mr. Jeff Galt, Galt Management Services

Mr. Luis de la Garza, VP Administration, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas, Inc.

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

Dr. Richard Middleton, Superintendent, North East ISD

Mr. Steve Murdock, Institute for Demographic & Socioeconomic Research

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. James Lowder, President, Evstar Technologies, Inc.

Mr. Art Martin, President, Texas Association of School Board Officials

Mr. Hector Montenegro, Superintendent, Ysleta ISD

Mr. Rod Schroder, Superintendent, Amarillo ISD

Mr. Steve Williams, President, Texas Association of Secondary School Principles  

North Texas Area Directors

Mr. Bruce Street, Street Investment Company 

South Texas Area Directors

Dr. Blandina Cardenas, President, UT Pan American

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

Mr. Cesar Maldonado, Managing Principal, Maverick Engineering, Inc.