Political People and their Moves

Don Green, most recently an aide to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, is the new chief financial officer at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. He's a budget wizard and also served on the board of the Employee Retirement System of Texas as an employee representative.

Speaker Joe Straus appointed Michael Blue and William "Billy" Freed to the Texas Emerging Technology Advisory Committee, which oversees the state fund of that name. Blue is managing partner of Ernst & Young's Austin office. Freed is a principal at Nueces Marketing partners in San Antonio.

Straus appointed state Reps. Angie Chen Button, R-Garland, and John Davis, R-Houston, to the Select Committee on Economic Development, a panel that's looking at the state's economic incentives and policies before the legislative session that starts a year from now.

ERCOT's board elected Craven Crowell and Judy Walsh as chair and vice chair, respectively. Crowell was chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority for eight years; Walsh is a former Public Utility Commissioner. ERCOT (the Electric Reliability Council of Texas) operates the electric grid that covers most of the state.

UT Southwestern Medical Center named Dr. John Warner the CEO for their hospitals. He's an interventional cardiologist and was the assistant veep for hospital planning.