Gov. Greg Abbott announced three appointments — Kenneth Bateman of Richardson, Rachel Logue of The Hills and Evelyn Husband Thompson of Abilene — to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists for terms to expire on Feb. 1, 2021. He also named Jennifer Smothermon of Abilene as the board’s presiding officer.
Abbott on Monday made two new appointments — Shawn Sparrow of Beaumont and David L. Meaux of Orange — and two reappointments —James M. Scott of Beaumont and Brad Taylor of Orange — to the Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners. They were named for terms to expire Aug. 22, 2017, with the exception of Meaux, whose term expires Aug. 22, 2016.
Abbott named Guy “Tony” Fidelie, Jr., of Wichita Falls to the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) Grant Program Advisory Board for a term to expire June 19, 2017.
Abbott made four appointments to the Texas Diabetes Council on Wednesday, naming Joan Colgin of Dallas, Aida “Letty” Moreno-Brown of El Paso and William “David” Sanders of Dallas to the board and designating Kathy Ann LaCivita of San Antonio as the board’s chair. They were all named to terms set to expire Feb. 1, 2021.
Clyde Siebman of Pottsboro was reappointed presiding officer of the Grayson County Regional Mobility Authority by Gov. Greg Abbott for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2018.
Abbott also appointed Rad Weaver of San Antonio presiding officer of the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2018. Weaver, CEO of McCombs Partners, is chairman elect of the San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank and the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
State Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, and state Rep. Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, have been given awards for Outstanding Achievement in State Tax Reform in 2015 from the D.C.-based Tax Foundation. They were highlighted for their work to reform the business margins tax.
Longtime Abbott staffer Stacey Napier has been named the next executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources. Napier is currently the director of administration at the Office of the Governor. She held an equivalent position at the Office of the Attorney General before that.
Association of Electric Companies of Texas President and CEO Julia Rathgeber announced on Wednesday the hiring of two new policy directors: former Joe Straus policy adviser Erika Akpan and former Charles Perry Chief of Staff Scott Hutchinson.
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