Political People and their Moves

Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick has been appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to serve as his designee to the Southern States Energy Board for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor.

Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton has been appointed by Abbott to serve as his designee to the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (IMCC) for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor.

Brent Leisure and Tim Hogsett have been named by Abbott as State Liaison Officer and Alternate State Liaison Officer, respectively, to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor.

Former state Comptroller Susan Combs has joined the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) as a visiting senior fellow, focusing on the state budget, government spending and debt as well as property rights.

David Reisman has been hired to fill the newly created position of chief ethics officer at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC). Reisman previously served with the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) where he initiated an ethics program and, before that, was executive director of the Texas Ethics Commission.

Thomas W. Gilligan, dean of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin since 2008, is leaving to take over as director of Stanford University's Hoover Institution on Sept. 1.

Jessica Sandlin has joined the Texas Association of Health Plans (TAHP) as communications director, having served most recently as Texas press secretary to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

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