Alía Ureste of El Paso has been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015.
Alía Ureste of El Paso has been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015.
Randy Williams of Abilene has been named by Perry to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Board for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor.
Aureka Sanders of DeSoto was named by Perry to the Assistive and Rehabilitative Services Council for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2015.
Newly elected state Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, announced her hires of legislative staff for the upcoming legislative session. Art Martinez de Vara, currently the mayor of Von Ormy, will serve as Burton's chief of staff. Tyler Norris, who was on the staff of state Rep. James White last session, will serve as legislative director. Cathy Bean Scott will serve as district director.
The Texas Department of Public Safety Foundation announced the first members named to its 18-member board of directors and its nine-member advisory committee. Board officers include President Tom Clowe of Waco, Vice President Ada Brown of Dallas, Secretary Allan Polunsky of San Antonio and Treasurer Carin Barth of Houston.
Carrie Simmons, former director of the Texas House Republican Caucus and co-founder of Red State Women PAC, has joined Texas Lobby Group.
Todd Whitley has joined Equality Texas as its new communications manager, a move designed to help expand the group's reach from North Texas into the state's other major metropolitan centers. Whitley has been a columnist for Dallas Voice and was most recently board chair and program director of Hope for Peace & Justice.
Sarah Tober has been hired by NFIB Texas as its new state communications director. In addition to past communications jobs with Austin Energy and the Texas Historical Commission, she also has history as a small business owner, running a neighborhood grocery store in Hutto specializing in Texas-made products.
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