Outgoing state Comptroller Susan Combs is joining the board of directors for the CATCH Global Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health of children.

Porter Wilson has been chosen to replace Ann S. Bishop as executive director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas. Wilson is currently associate vice chancellor for governmental relations at Texas Tech University after having served 18 years as chief of staff for state Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock. A date for Bishop's departure has not yet been determined.

San Antonio Express-News business editor Greg Jefferson has stepped down to become the communications director for the mayoral campaign of state Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio.

Royce Poinsett of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has joined the firm's Austin-based government affairs practice. A former advisor to Gov. Rick Perry and House Speaker Tom Craddick, Poinsett came to his current employer from Baker Botts LLP.

Christine Mojezati took over as district director for state Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, last month. She most recently was in Colorado, working on Cory Gardner's U.S. Senate campaign.