SENATE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE:
Nominations
TIME & DATE:
1:00 PM or 30 minutes upon adjournment
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
PLACE:
Senate Chamber
CHAIR:
Senator Mike Jackson
To consider the following:
 
The following nominees will appear:
 
Texas Residential Construction Commission
 
Ross A. Benline          Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Wentworth
Guadalupe County         term to expire 02-01-15
 
Gerardo M. Garcia        Appointed 07-31-07 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Don Illingworth          Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Harris
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Steven R. Leipsner       Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Glenda Mariott           Appointed 07-31-07 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Mickey Randall Redwine   Appointed 07-31-07 for a        Deuell
Van Zandt County         term to expire 02-01-13
 
Parks and Wildlife Commission
 
Ralph H. Duggins         Appointed 02-19-08 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Antonio Falcon           Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Zaffirini
Starr County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Karen J. Hixon           Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Van de Putte
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-13
 
Margaret Martin          Appointed 02-05-09 for a        Wentworth
Kendall County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
S. Reed Morian           Appointed 02-05-09 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Texas Transportation Commission, Texas Department of Transportation
 
Deirdre Delisi           Appointed 04-30-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Edward C. Houghton       Appointed 02-20-09 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
William W. Meadows       Appointed 04-30-08 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Fred A. Underwood        Appointed 02-20-09 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
The following nominees will not appear:
 
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
 
A. Carlos Barrera        Appointed 09-12-07 for a        Lucio
Cameron County           term to expire 01-31-13
 
Everett Ray Ferguson     Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Fraser
Taylor County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
James Calvin Flagg       Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Jon Reed Keeney          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
David Lambert King       Appointed 09-12-07 for a        Wentworth
Bexar County             term to expire 01-31-13
 
Maribess Lehmann         Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Carona
Miller                   term to expire 01-31-15
Dallas County
 
Steve D. Pena            Appointed 03-04-08 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 01-31-13
 
Thomas Green Prothro     Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Eltife
Smith County             term to expire 01-31-15
 
Catherine J. Rodewald    Appointed 09-12-07 for a        Shapiro
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
John W. Steinberg        Appointed 09-12-07 for a        Wentworth
Guadalupe County         term to expire 01-31-13
 
Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners
 
Suehing Woo Yee Chiang   Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Huffman
Fort Bend County         term to expire 01-31-15
 
Allen D. Cline           Appointed 04-01-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Linda Wynn Drain         Appointed 02-24-09 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Terry Glenn Rascoe       Appointed 06-30-08 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 01-31-13
 
Karen Siegel             Appointed 04-01-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-11
 
Rachelle L. Webb         Appointed 06-30-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Rey Ximenes              Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Angelina and Neches River Authority Board of Directors
 
Patricia E. Dickey       Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ogden
Houston County           term to expire 09-05-11
 
Brazos River Authority Board of Directors
 
Trent McKnight           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Estes
Throckmorton County      term to expire 02-01-15
 
Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority
 
Ray Allen Wilkerson      Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Department of Information Resources
 
Ramon F. Baez            Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Robert E. Pickering      Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Patrick
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Governing Board of the Texas School for the Deaf
 
Beatrice Maestas Burke   Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 01-31-13
 
Walter Camenisch         Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Nancy Mumme Carrizales   Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Eric Hogue               Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Estes
Collin County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Susan K. Ridley          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Huffman
Fort Bend County         term to expire 01-31-13
 
Angie Wolf               Appointed 05-05-09 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Health and Human Services Council
 
Sharon J. Barnes         Appointed 06-19-08 for a        Hegar
Calhoun County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Manson B. Johnson        Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Jerry Kane               Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Hinojosa
Nueces County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Leon J. Leach            Appointed 06-19-08 for a        Hegar
Colorado County          term to expire 02-01-13
 
Ronald Thomas Luke       Appointed 06-19-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Teresa Wilkinson         Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Seliger
Midland County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Commission on Human Rights
 
Thomas M. Anderson       Appointed 12-22-08 for a        Hegar
Fort Bend County         term to expire 02-01-13
 
Michelle H. Diggs        Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Travis A. Morris         Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Danny L. Osterhout       Appointed 12-22-08 for a        Seliger
Andrews County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Veronica Vargas          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Watson
Stidvent                 term to expire 02-01-15
Travis County
 
Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
 
Jesse Rider              Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Deuell
Smith County             term to expire 02-01-10
 
Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission
 
Vicki D. Blanton         Appointed 12-30-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Willie Belle Boone       Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Carmen Francis           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Clarence E. Glover       Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
William H. Watson        Appointed 12-30-08 for a        Duncan
Lubbock County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court of Appeals District
 
Robert M. Fillmore       Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 11-02-10
 
Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
 
James Allen Childress    Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Fraser
San Saba County          term to expire 01-31-15
 
Nedra J. Foster          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Nichols
Hardin County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Robert H. Price          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Lavaca-Navidad River Authority
 
John Alcus Cotten        Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Hegar
Jackson County           term to expire 05-01-15
 
Ronald Edwin Kubecka     Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Hegar
Jackson County           term to expire 05-01-15
 
Nils P. Mauritz          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Hegar
Jackson County           term to expire 05-01-15
 
Texas Board of Licensure for Professional Medical Physicists
 
Philip D. Bourland       Appointed 09-29-08 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-11
 
Shannon D. Cox           Appointed 09-29-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-09
 
Valerie Foreman          Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Nelson
Denton County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Kumar Krishen            Appointed 09-29-08 for a        Jackson
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
John Raymond Leahy       Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Rebecca C. Middleton     Appointed 09-29-08 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Pamela M. Otto           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Van de Putte
Bexar County             term to expire 02-01-15
 
Richard E. Wendt         Appointed 09-29-08 for a        Huffman
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Texas Military Preparedness Commission
 
Dora G. Alcala           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Uresti
Val Verde County         term to expire 02-01-15
 
Ralph C. Gauer           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Fraser
Bell County              term to expire 02-01-15
 
Alvin W. Jones           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Ogden
Brazos County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Paul F. Paine            Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Thomas A. Whaylen        Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Estes
Wichita County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Texas Board of Nursing
 
Kristin K. Benton        Appointed 01-10-08 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Patricia Clapp           Appointed 05-06-08 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Tamara Jean Parrish      Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Lucio
Cowen                    term to expire 01-31-15
Cameron County
 
Sheri Crosby             Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Deuell
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Marilyn J. Davis         Appointed 12-21-07 for a        Huffman
Fort Bend County         term to expire 01-31-13
 
Richard Robert Gibbs     Appointed 12-21-07 for a        Deuell
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-13
 
Kathy Lynette            Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Averitt
Leader-Horn              term to expire 01-31-15
Hood County
 
Josefina Lujan           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Mary Jane Salgado        Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Uresti
Maverick County          term to expire 01-31-15
 
Texas Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners
 
Catherine Benavidez      Appointed 05-05-09 for a        Harris
Denton County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Judith Ann Chambers      Appointed 08-20-07 for a        Wentworth
Hays County              term to expire 02-01-13
 
Kathleen Hill            Appointed 09-24-08 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-13
 
Stephanie Johnston       Appointed 08-20-07 for a        Nichols
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Pamela D. Nelon          Appointed 08-20-07 for a        Nelson
Tarrant County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
Todd Matthew Novosad     Appointed 05-05-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Angela Sieffert          Appointed 05-05-09 for a        West
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Bobby James Vasquez      Appointed 08-20-07 for a        Shapiro
Collin County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Texas Board of Orthotics and Prosthetics
 
Leah F. Esparza          Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Roy D. McCoy             Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-15
 
Miguel N. Mojica         Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Harris
Dallas County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
State Pension Review Board
 
Paul A. Braden           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Carona
Dallas County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Andrew Winston Cable     Appointed 02-12-09 for a        Wentworth
Hays County              term to expire 01-31-13
 
Jerry Robert             Appointed 06-19-08 for a        Duncan
Massengale               term to expire 01-31-11
Lubbock County
 
Richard Earl McElreath   Appointed 09-14-07 for a        Seliger
Randall County           term to expire 01-31-13
 
Norman W. Parrish        Appointed 09-14-07 for a        Williams
Montgomery County        term to expire 01-31-13
 
Wayne R. Roberts         Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 01-31-15
 
Scott D. Smith           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 01-31-15
 
Texas Physician Assistant Board
 
Ronald W. Bryce          Appointed 05-05-09 for a        Averitt
Ellis County             term to expire 02-01-15
 
Teralea Davis Jones      Appointed 08-08-07 for a        Zaffirini
Bee County               term to expire 02-01-13
 
Felix Koo                Appointed 08-08-07 for a        Hinojosa
Hidalgo County           term to expire 02-01-11
 
M. A. Mitchell           Appointed 08-08-07 for a        Estes
Clay County              term to expire 02-01-13
 
Abelino Reyna            Appointed 08-08-07 for a        Averitt
Mclennan County          term to expire 02-01-13
 
Edward W. Zwanziger      Appointed 05-05-09 for a        Nichols
Henderson County         term to expire 02-01-15
 
Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors
 
Brenda Buckner           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Estes
Parker County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Karen R. Burke           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Wentworth
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Steven Douglas           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Jackson
Christopherson           term to expire 02-01-13
Harris County
 
Brenda S. Compagnone     Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Zaffirini
Dimmit County            term to expire 02-01-15
 
Glynda Beth Corley       Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 02-01-11
 
Michelle Alcon           Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Seliger
Eggleston                term to expire 02-01-11
Potter County
 
Leslie Fischer Pohl      Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Watson
Travis County            term to expire 02-01-13
 
Jaa Akili St. Julien     Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Ellis
Harris County            term to expire 02-01-11
 
Maria Francisca Teran    Appointed 05-01-09 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-13
 
Texas Real Estate Commission
 
Adrian A. Arriaga        Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Hinojosa
Hidalgo County           term to expire 01-31-13
 
Robert Christopher Day   Appointed 08-14-07 for a        Nichols
Cherokee County          term to expire 01-31-13
 
Jaime Blevins Hensley    Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Nichols
Angelina County          term to expire 01-31-15
 
Joanne Justice           Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Davis
Tarrant County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Dona Scurry              Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 01-31-15
 
Avis Geer Wukasch        Appointed 03-13-08 for a        Ogden
Williamson County        term to expire 01-31-13
 
State Board for Educator Certification
 
Bradley Wayne Allard     Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Averitt
Johnson County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Bonny L. Cain            Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Jackson
Brazoria County          term to expire 02-01-15
 
Benny W. Morris          Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Averitt
Johnson County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Judy Robison             Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Shapleigh
El Paso County           term to expire 02-01-15
 
Sulphur River Basin Authority
 
Kirby Hollingsworth      Appointed 05-06-09 for a        Eltife
Franklin County          term to expire 02-01-15