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21 Cards in this Set
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T. Dan Friedkin, Chairman
T. Dan Friedkin was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on May 9, 2005 and was reappointed by Governor Perry to another six-year term in 2011. He served as Chairman from September 1, 2011 through December 31, 2013 and was reappointed Chairman by Governor Greg Abbott on July 29, 2015. Friedkin is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Friedkin Group, with responsibility for companies and investments principally in the automotive industry. These include Gulf States Toyota, the world's fourth largest privately held Toyota distributorship. Friedkin is an avid outdoorsman who is active in wildlife conservation initiatives in the U.S. and abroad. He is a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society, a trustee of the Kinkaid School, member of the Young President's Organization, Chairman of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation and serves on the advisory Board of The Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. A graduate of Georgetown University, he received a Masters Degree from Rice University. |
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Ralph H. Duggins, Vice-Chairman
Ralph H. Duggins was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on February 21, 2008 and was reappointed by the Governor for another six-year term in 2013. He has served as Vice-Chairman since November 3, 2011. Ralph Duggins is a native of Jefferson City, Missouri. He is a partner with the Fort Worth, Southlake and Dallas law firm, Cantey Hanger LLP, where he specializes in civil and commercial litigation. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and of the University of Missouri Law School. Duggins has been a member of the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee since 1999, is a Director of Lena Pope Foundation, a Director of the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, and a board member of The Peregrine Fund. He is a former Director of Lena Pope Home and JP Morgan Chase Bank Tarrant County. He previously served as Chair of the Board of Cook Childrens Healthcare System. Duggins is an avid fly fisherman and hunter. |
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Bill Jones, TPWD Commission Member
Bill Jones was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on September 1, 2011, to a six-year term which will expire on February 1, 2017. Bill Jones is owner of The Jones Firm and co-owner of AFCI Texas, LLC. He previously served as General Counsel for Governor Rick Perry and is active in Texas A&M University serving on the Corps of Cadets Development Council Advisory Panel and is a former member of the TAMU Board of Regents. He is past president of Texas Young Lawyers Association and a former member of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Executive Committee. He was selected as Baylor Young Lawyer of the Year in 1997 and Texas Super Lawyer in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Jones has served on numerous boards and is a current member of Memorial Hermann Continuing Care, Memorial Hermann Public Policy Advisory Group, and Executive Board Member of Austin Chamber of Commerce. He received his bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and his law degree from Baylor University Law School. |
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James H. Lee, TPWD Commission Member
James H. Lee was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on May 6, 2013 to a six-year term which will expire on February 1, 2019. Jim Lee is president of Ascendant Advisors Group, LLC, one of the oldest investment management firms in Texas, and JHL Capital Holdings, LLC, a private investment group. He is a development board member of UT Health in Houston, a trustee of the Houston Symphony Endowment, past chairman of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas and a past trustee of the Texas Growth Fund. He recently served as a member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and is a past member of The Finance Commission of Texas, 2011 Texas Inaugural Committee, and Texas Advisory Council on the Digital Economy. He served as a member of the board of Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation. He was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001 and is chairman emeritus of the Maverick PAC. Lee earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and an executive program certification from the Center for Hedge Fund Research and Education at the London Business School. Lee has two young boys and is an avid wing shooter. |
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S. Reed Morian, TPWD Commission Member
S. Reed Morian was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on February 5, 2009 to a six-year term which will expire on February 1, 2015. Morian serves as Chairman/CEO of DX Service Company, Inc. in Houston. He is very active in the Houston community, serving on the Board of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and past Chairman of the Houston Parks Board and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. He received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Oklahom |
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Dick Scott, TPWD Commission Member
Dick Scott was appointed to the Commission by Governor Rick Perry on February 1, 2011 to a six-year term which will expire on February 1, 2017. He is co-owner of Trans-Global Solutions Inc., a railroad transportation company. He is a member of Delta Sigma Pi and the Boys and Girls Country Executive Committee. He is also a volunteer contributor for the Hays County FFA and 4H clubs and a Lifetime member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and serves on their International Committee. He previously served on the Lower Colorado River Authority Board from 2009 through 2010. Scott received a bachelor's degree from Lamar University. |
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Lee Marshall Bass, TPWD Commission Member
Lee Marshall Bass was appointed to the Commission by Governor William P. Clements, Jr. on February 20, 1989 to a six-year term. On February 24, 1995, he was named Chairman and reappointed for another six-year term by Governor George W. Bush. On August 29, 2001, he was named Chairman-Emeritus by Governor Rick Perry; graduate of Yale University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on the boards of the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, The Peregrine Fund, the International Rhino Foundation and Vanderbilt University. |
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Brent Leisure, State Parks Division Director |
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Russell Fishbeck, State Parks Deputy Director |
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Adam Jarrett, Region 6 Director |
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Brad Hood, Region 6 Maintenance Specialist |
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Jeff Geer, Captain Region 6 Law Enforcement Specialist |
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Kay Jenkins, Region 6 Natural Resource Specialist |
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Rich Mahoney, Region 6 Cultural Resource Specialist |
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Jody Lee, Major Regions 5 & 6 |
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Wes Masur, Director State Parks Law Enforcement |
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Carter Smith, Executive Director TPWD Carter Smith serves as the executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD), a position he has held since January 2008.A native of central Texas, Smith developed his passion for wildlife and the out of doors at a young age while roaming his family’s farm and ranch land interests in Gonzales, Williamson, and Edwards Counties. He has a wildlife management degree from Texas Tech and a master’s degree in conservation biology from Yale University. He began his professional career in 1992 as a management intern at TPWD, assisting in the Private Lands and Public Hunting programs. As a biologist, he has worked on a variety of research projects ranging from studying moose in the boreal forests of Saskatchewan to mule deer and pronghorn antelope in far west Texas to waterfowl in the Laguna Madre of Texas and Tamaulipas, Mexico.He serves on a number of conservation-related boards of directors and advisory councils, including the Texas Land Trust Council, and the Katy Prairie Conservancy. He has served as past President of the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Chair of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and as Chair of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. He is also a Professional member of the Boone & Crockett Club and a lifetime member of the Texas Bighorn Society, The Dallas Safari Club, and the Houston Safari Club. Smith was recently named an outstanding alumnus by Yale University and Texas Tech, and was honored by the Audubon Society with their Victor Emmanuel Conservation Award, and the Texas Wildlife Association with the Sam Beasom Conservation Leader Award.Prior to his selection as TPWD executive director, Smith was with The Nature Conservancy of Texas, serving as state director.At Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, he is responsible for overseeing an agency of 3,100 professionals in 11 different divisions, including Wildlife, Law Enforcement, State Parks, Coastal Fisheries, and Inland Fisheries. Smith has been particularly active in the realms of private lands stewardship, coastal issues relating to the state’s involvement with the Deepwater Horizon incident, children in nature initiatives, invasive species issues, expanded outreach to the state’s urban populace, and most recently acquisition of new state park and wildlife management areas and the state’s response to the chronic wasting disease situation in captive cervid facilities.Carter and his wife, Stacy, and their son, Ryland, reside in Austin. |
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Craig Hunter, Colonel Law Enforcement Division Director |
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Smith County Game Wardens |
Clark, Bradley E
Clendening, Kirk Swift, Chris L |
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John Gleisner, Major Regions 1 & 3 |
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Doug Huggins, Major Regions 2 & 4 |
