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Of Note

Save the Date: 2012 Legacy Luncheon Reserve your seat for the Eleventh Annual Legacy Luncheon honoring Ben Barnes.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CPPP's Board of Directors

Chair

Flora Brewer, Chief Operating Officer at Helping Restore Ability, Ft. Worth

Secretary

Jim Hine, Former Commissioner of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services, Department of Human Services, and Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Austin

Members

  • Linda Aaker, Attorney and Writer, Austin
  • John Castle, Jr., Attorney and Civic Leader, Dallas
  • David Chappell, Attorney and Civic Leader, Fort Worth
  • Joe Cunningham, M.D, FACP, MBA, Physician and Venture Capitalist, Austin
  • John Hildreth, President, IssueLink, Austin
  • William P. Hobby, Former Lt. Governor of Texas, Houston
  • Dazzie McKelvy, Deputy Executive Director of Capital IDEA, Austin
  • Catherine Mosbacher, Director, Center for Houston’s Future, Houston
  • Steve Murdock, Ph.D., Professor, Rice University, Houston
  • Nona Niland, M.D., Physician and Civic Leader, Austin
  • Cynthia Osborne, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin
  • Linda Owen, President, Woodall Rogers Park Foundation, Dallas
  • Martin Peña, President, South Texas Schools Association, Rio Grande Valley
  • Blaine Wesner, General Partner, Austin Ventures, Austin

Ex Officio

F. Scott McCown, Retired State District Judge and Executive Director, CPPP, Austin