Arturo Cabello Jr. of Brownsville was named by Gov. Rick Perry to the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2017.

Amy Vavra of Mansfield was named by Perry to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2017.

Brenda Swinney of Paige and Myeshi Williams-Briley of Spring were named by Perry to the Manufactured Housing Board. Swinney's term term expires on Jan. 31, 2017, while Williams-Briley's term expires on Jan. 31, 2019.

Jason Baxter has joined the Texas Association of Health Plans as director of government relations. He was previously on the staff of state Sen. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, where he specialized in tax, budget and health and human services issues.

Pedro Reyes, executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the UT System, and Larry Faulkner, president emeritus of UT Austin, will co-chair the 21-member search committee that will advise on the selection of the next president of the UT-Austin campus. The committee includes representatives from the UT System board of regents, presidents of other UT System institutions, the campus deans' council, faculty representatives, UT-Austin staff, the student body, the Texas Exes and external community representatives.

The Texas Department of Public Safety announced a handful of personnel moves:

•    Robert Bodisch was named deputy director of Homeland Security and Services, adding service-oriented divisions to his current oversight of homeland security. He takes over those services functions from Cheryl MacBride, who is retiring.

•    Randall Prince was named assistant director/chief of the Texas Rangers, succeeding Kirby Dendy, who is retiring.

•    Jonathan Percy was named chief information officer and assistant director of the Information Technology Division, replacing Chris Sarandos, who is returning to the private sector.

•    Catherine Melvin has been named interim chief audit executive, following the retirement of Steve Goodson.

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