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

   Jamie Travis

     Chair, The Gulf Coast Center

   Bob Brown

     First Vice Chair, MHMR of Tarrant County

   Elizabeth Lawrence

     Second Vice Chair, Pecan Valley MHMR Region

   Mark Daigle

    Secretary, Gulf Bend Center

   John Jackson

   Treasurer, MHMR Center of Nueces County

   Margie Morris

     Immediate Past Chair, MHMR Services of Texoma

   Emma Garcia

    Executive Directors Consortium (Ex Officio), Camino Real Community MHMR Center

    Dorothy Morgan

 Cohort 1 Representative, MHMRA of Brazos Valley

   Louella Tate, Ph.D.

     Cohort 2 Representative, Central Counties Center for MHMR Services

        Hartley Sappington

     Cohort 3 Representative, Bluebonnet Trails Community MHMR Center

Public Policy/Legislative Directions Committee

    Mark Daigle, Co-Chair, Gulf Bend Center

Julie Noble, Co-Chair, Metrocare Services

Business Committee

    John Jackson, Chair, MHMR Center of Nueces County

Public Information, Education and Training Committee

    Margaret Jones, Co-Chair, Permian Basin Community Centers for MHMR
    Sharon Putman, Co-Chair, Community Healthcore

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

    Emma Garcia, Chair, Camino Real Community MHMR Center

Behavioral Health Consortium for Children & Adults

    Todd Luzadder, Chair, Permian Basin Community 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

    Dot Priesler, Chair, Texana Center

Information Management Consortium

    Larry Jonezak, Chair, Lakes Regional MHMR Center

Medical Services Consortium

    Jim Van Norman, M.D., Chair, Austin Travis County Integral Care

Intellectual and Developmental Disability Directors Consortium

    Mel Hughes, Co-Chair, MHMR of Tarrant County
    Louise Lynch, Co-Chair, Austin Travis County Integral Care

Quality Management Consortium

    Dena Heaton, Co-Chair, Betty Hardwick Center
    Selene Quintana, Co-Chair, El Paso MHMR
    Garrett Craver, Co-Chair, Spindletop MHMR Services