THE GOVERNOR’S REPORT TO OPEN TEXAS APRIL 27, 2020
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MEET THE SPECIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL
Business leaders representing the state’s regions and industries are collaborating
with working groups to devise strategies, statewide standards, and appropriate
timeframes to safely open the Lone Star State.
Arcilia Acosta: President and CEO, CARCON
Industries & Construction
Paul Andrews, Jr.: Founder and CEO, TTI Inc.
Mark Bivins: Rancher, partner in Corsino Cattle
Company
Kathy Britton: CEO and Owner, Perry Homes
Brad Brookshire: Chairman and CEO, Brookshire
Grocery Co.
J. Bruce Bugg, Jr.: Chairman, Texas
Transportation Commission
Alonzo Cantu: President & CEO of Cantu
Construction
Bobby Cox: Owner and operator, Bobby Cox
Companies, Inc.
Adriana Cruz: Executive Director, Economic
Development & Tourism Division, Office of the
Governor
Michael Dell: Chairman and CEO, Dell
Technologies
Scott Dueser: Chairman, President & CEO, First
Financial Bank
Don Evans: Chairman of the President George
W. Bush Foundation, Chairman of Permian
Strategic Partnership
Tilman Fertitta: Chairman, CEO, and sole
owner, Landry's, Inc.
Richard Fisher: Senior Advisor, Barclays and
Former President & CEO, the Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas
Rick Francis: Chairman of the Board, WestStar
Bank Holding Company, Inc.
Printice Gary: Founding Partner/Principal and
CEO, Carleton Companies
Brad Heffington: Owner of Heffington Farms,
Inc. and Triple T Irrigation, Inc.
Jeffery D. Hildebrand: Executive Chairman and
Founder, Hilcorp Energy Company
Nancy Kinder: President & CEO, Kinder
Foundation
Tom Luce: Founder and Chairman, Texas 2036
Marc McDougal: CEO, McDougal Companies
Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale: Owner,
Gallery Furniture
Drayton McLane: Chairman, McLane Group
Elaine Mendoza: Founder, President & CEO of
Conceptual MindWorks, Inc
Balous Miller: Owner, Bill Miller Bar-B-Q
Restaurants
Carla Moran: Ramar Communications
Dennis Nixon: CEO and Chairman of
International Bank of Commerce
David Oliveira: Partner at Roerig, Oliveira &
Fisher, L.L.P.
Ross Perot, Jr.: Chairman, The Perot Group
Kevin D. Roberts, PhD: Executive Director,
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Robert B. Rowling: Owner and Chairman, TRT
Holdings, Inc.
Kendra Scott: Founder and CEO, Kendra Scott
Robert F. Smith: Founder, Chairman & CEO,
Vista Equity Partners
Sam L. Susser: Chairman of BancAffiliated, Inc.
Massey Villarreal: CEO and President, Precision
Task Group, Inc.
Kirk Watson: Founding Dean of the University
of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs
Marc Watts: President, The Friedkin Group
Graham Weston: Former Chairman of
Rackspace Hosting Inc.
Sanjiv Yajnik: President of the Financial Services
Division, Capital One