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SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Nominations
TIME & DATE:
11:00 AM or upon adjournment
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
PLACE:
Senator Jackson's Desk
CHAIR:
Senator Mike Jackson
24 Hour Posting Rule Suspended
To consider the following:
 
The following nominees appeared:
 
Texas Education Agency
 
Robert P. Scott          Appointed 10-16-07 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 01-18-11
 
Adjutant General's Department
 
Jose S. Mayorga          Appointed 02-27-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Lottery Commission
 
J. Winston Krause        Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
David Schenck            Appointed 10-15-07 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Mary Ann Williamson      Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
The following nominees did not appear:
 
Governing Board of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
 
Mary K. Alexander        Appointed 03-19-09 for a        Estes
Cooke County             term to expire 01-31-15
 
Gene Iran Brooks         Appointed 03-19-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Bobby Druesedow          Appointed 10-29-08 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Cynthia Phillips         Appointed 10-29-08 for a        Duncan
Finley                   term to expire 01-31-11
Lubbock County
 
Michael Edward Garrett   Appointed 10-29-08 for a        Ellis
Fort Bend County         term to expire 01-31-13
 
Joseph Muniz             Appointed 03-19-09 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
 
Armando Elizarde         Appointed 02-27-08 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Janette A. Kurban        Appointed 04-04-08 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Larry R. Montgomery      Appointed 03-25-09 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-15
 
Cynthia L. Tays          Appointed 02-27-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Patrick James Thomas     Appointed 03-25-09 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Thomas O'Neil Turner     Appointed 03-25-09 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-15
 
Texas Forensic Science Commission
 
Samuel E. Bassett        Appointed 11-16-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 09-01-09
 
Alan L. Levy             Appointed 11-16-07 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 09-01-09
 
Sridhar Natarajan        Appointed 11-16-07 for a        Wentworth
Kendall County           term to expire 09-01-09
 
Aliece B. Watts          Appointed 11-16-07 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 09-01-09
 
Statewide Health Coordinating Council
 
Richard L. Beard         Appointed 12-22-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 08-01-09
 
Davidica Blum            Appointed 12-22-08 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 08-01-13
 
Lourdes M. Cuellar       Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 08-01-11
 
James A. Endicott        Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 08-01-11
 
Eric W. Ford             Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 08-01-13
 
John Q. Gowan            Appointed 12-22-08 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 08-01-11
 
Ayeez A. Lalji           Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Huffman
Fort Bend County         term to expire 08-01-13
 
Elva Concha LeBlanc      Appointed 08-21-08 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 08-01-13
 
Lorraine O'Donnell       Appointed 08-25-08 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 08-01-11
 
Texas Health Services Authority Board of Directors
 
Alesha Adamson           Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Van de Putte
Bexar County             term to expire 06-15-09
 
Fred Buckwold            Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
Raymond F. Davis         Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 06-15-09
 
David C. Fleeger         Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
Matthew J. Hamlin        Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
Edward W. Marx           Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 06-15-09
 
Kathleen K. Mechler      Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Fraser
Gillespie County         term to expire 06-15-09
 
Donna Montemayor         Appointed 12-23-08 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 06-15-09
 
J. Darren Rodgers        Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
Manfred Sternberg        Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
Stephen Yurco            Appointed 07-07-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 06-15-09
 
State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing
Instruments
 
Robert J. Gebhard        Appointed 03-17-09 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 12-31-11
 
James F. Leffingwell     Appointed 08-15-08 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 12-31-13
 
Benjamin W. Norris       Appointed 08-15-08 for a        Averitt
Mclennan County          term to expire 12-31-13
 
Cindy Marie Steinbart    Appointed 03-17-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 12-31-09
 
Amy Trost                Appointed 08-15-08 for a        Wentworth
Guadalupe County         term to expire 12-31-13
 
134th Judicial District Court, Dallas County
 
James M. Stanton         Appointed 03-30-09 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 11-02-10
 
Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
 
Timothy Brown            Appointed 07-25-08 for a        Deuell
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Joe Ann Clack            Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Ellis
Fort Bend County         term to expire 02-01-15
 
Sandra L. DeSobe         Appointed 07-25-08 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Michael R. Miller        Appointed 07-25-08 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-13
 
Michael R. Puhl          Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Edna Reyes-Wilson        Appointed 10-09-07 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Jennifer Smothermon      Appointed 07-25-08 for a        Fraser
Taylor County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Beverly Sue Walker       Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Nichols
Womack                   term to expire 02-01-15
Cherokee County
 
Advisory Committee to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with
Medical or Mental Impairments
 
John M. Bradley          Appointed 03-05-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-15
 
Kathy C. Flanagan        Appointed 09-26-08 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
M. Clara Hernandez       Appointed 09-26-08 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Kathryn J. Kotrla        Appointed 03-05-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-15
 
Jan Krocker              Appointed 09-26-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
John L. Moore            Appointed 03-05-09 for a        Estes
Grayson County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Eulon Ross Taylor        Appointed 03-05-09 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation (One-Call Board)
 
Barbara J. Mathis        Appointed 03-30-09 for a        Nichols
Angelina County          term to expire 08-31-11
 
Rodney J. Unruh          Appointed 03-30-09 for a        Wentworth
Comal County             term to expire 08-31-11
 
On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council
 
William F. Smith         Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Wentworth
Hays County              term to expire 09-01-09
 
Texas Optometry Board
 
James Edward Dyess       Appointed 05-09-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Larry Wayne Fields       Appointed 12-14-07 for a        Eltife
Panola County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
David Dixon Golden       Appointed 02-04-09 for a        Nichols
Shelby County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Cynthia Tyson Jenkins    Appointed 02-04-09 for a        Harris
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Randall N. Reichle       Appointed 02-04-09 for a        Whitmire
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Polygraph Examiners Board
 
Trenton R. Marshall      Appointed 09-11-08 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 06-18-13
 
Marla Spurgeon           Appointed 09-11-08 for a        Ogden
Williams                 term to expire 06-18-13
Freestone County
 
Texas Private Security Board
 
John E. Chism            Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Harris
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Charles E. Crenshaw      Appointed 12-14-07 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Patrick A. Patterson     Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 01-31-15
 
Mark L. Smith            Appointed 12-14-07 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
Doris Davis Washington   Appointed 12-14-07 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-13
 
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists
 
Tim F. Branaman          Appointed 02-13-08 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 10-31-13
 
Jo Ann Campbell          Appointed 02-13-08 for a        Fraser
Taylor County            term to expire 10-31-11
 
Carlos R. Chacon         Appointed 12-22-08 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 10-31-09
 
Angela A. Downes         Appointed 02-13-08 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 10-31-13
 
Narciso Escareno         Appointed 04-25-08 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 10-31-11
 
Lou Ann Todd Mock        Appointed 02-13-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 10-31-13
 
Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
 
Jody Anne Montgomery     Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Fraser
Armstrong                term to expire 02-01-15
Taylor County
 
Timothy Martel Brown     Appointed 06-12-08 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Stewart Ogden Geise      Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Candace Y. Guillen       Appointed 07-11-08 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Denise V. Pratt          Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Whitmire
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Nary Spears              Appointed 03-27-09 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Mark Talbot              Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Hinojosa
Hidalgo County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Texas State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
 
Tammy Michelle Camp      Appointed 06-30-08 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 08-31-13
 
Kimberly M. Carlisle     Appointed 06-30-08 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 08-31-09
 
Leila Ramirez Salmons    Appointed 06-30-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 08-31-13
 
Phillip L. Wilson        Appointed 06-30-08 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 08-31-13
 
Pending business:
 
Texas Racing Commission
 
Ronald F. Ederer         Appointed 07-17-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Gloria Hicks             Appointed 10-30-08 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Thomas Latham            Appointed 03-16-09 for a        Deuell
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Rolando B. Pablos        Appointed 10-30-08 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Robert Herman Schmidt    Appointed 11-09-07 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Vicki Smith Weinberg     Appointed 03-16-09 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-15