Standing Committees

The Texas Council Standing Committees are chaired by members of the Texas Council Board of Directors. (Texas community MHMR center executive directors serve as co-chairs for some committees.) Chairs and co-chairs for the Standing Committees are as follows:

Executive Committee

    Hartley Sappington

     Chair, Bluebonnet Trails Community MHMR Center

    Margie Morris

     First Vice Chair, MHMR Services of Texoma

    Jamie Travis

     Second Vice Chair, The Gulf Coast Center

    Elizabeth Lawrence

    Secretary, Pecan Valley MHMR Region

    John Jackson

    Treasurer, MHMR Center of Nueces County

    Louella Tate, Ph.D.

     Immediate Past Chair, Central Counties Center for MHMR Services

    Jim McDermott, Ph.D.

     Executive Directors Consortium (Ex Officio), MHMR of Tarrant County

Hartley Sappington

Chair
Texas Council Executive Committee

Public Policy/Legislative Directions Committee

    Bob Brown, Co- Chair, The Gulf Coast Center

Elizabeth Lawrence, Co-Chair, Pecan Valley MHMR Region

Business Committee

    John Jackson, Chair, MHMR Center of Nueces County

Public Information, Education and Training Committee

    Gladdie Fowler, Co-Chair, Spindletop MHMR Services
    Peter Lane, Ph.D., Co-Chair, Denton County MHMR Center

Retirement Advisory Committee

    Saul Pullman, Chair, Central Texas MHMR Center

Center Consortia

Policy topics and issues may originate from any entity in the Public Policy Diagram. Often policy begins through the work of the community MHMR center staff consortia. The chairs of the staff consortia, which include representatives from all the Texas community MHMR centers, are as follows:

Executive Directors Consortium

    Inman White, Chair, Sabine Valley Center

Twelve committees function within the Executive Directors Consortium. Click here to view a list of the committees.

Texas Behavioral Health Consortium for Children & Adults

    Lynn Hartje, Chairperson, Helen Farabee Regional Centers for MHMR

Financial Management Consortium

    Donna Martin, Chair, MHMR of Tarrant County

The Financial Management Consortium includes two subcommittees: Consumer Benefits and Reimbursement Coordinators.

Human Resources Management and Development Consortium

    Marilyn Wyman, Chair, Sabine Valley Center

Information Management Consortium

    Glenn Pitchford, President, Permian Basin Community Centers for MHMR

Medical Services Consortium

    Sylvia Muzquiz, M.D., Chair, Harris County MHMR Authority

Mental Retardation Services Consortium

    Lee Brown, Co-Chair, Sabine Valley Center
    Mel Hughes, Co-Chair, MHMR of Tarrant County

Quality Management Consortium

    Connie Longan, Co-Chair, Texas Panhandle MHMR
    Donna Moore, Co-Chair, Burke Center
    Mary Pfeil, Co-Chair, Camino Real MHMR Center