Fellows
2000 Public Policy Fellows
Ed G. Archuleta, P.E., General Manager, El Paso Water Utilities Public Service
Board, El Paso
Patrick J. Bresette, Associate Program Director, Public Works, NY; Former Associate Director, Center for Public Policy Priorities,
Austin
Sharon Carter, Associate Commissioner for External Relations, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Austin
Rep. Garnet Coleman, Texas House of Representatives, District 147, Houston
Don A. Gilbert, Former Commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services Commission,
Austin
Billy C. Hamilton, Deputy Comptroller of Public Accounts, State of Texas,
Austin
Mike Heiligenstein, Executive Director, Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Austin
Shanna Igo, Director of Legislative Affairs, Texas Municipal League, Austin
Margaret Spellings, U.S. Secretary of Education; Former Assistant to President George W. Bush for Domestic Policy,
Washington, D.C.
Leslie Lemon, Former Special Assistant for Budget, Speaker's Office, Texas House
of Representatives, Austin
Steve Manning, Vice President, Central Texas Cattlemen's Association, Gatesville
Barry R. McBee, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, The University of Texas System, Austin
Lisa McGiffert, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Issues, Consumer's Union, Austin
Rep. Jim McReynolds, Texas House of Representatives, District 17, Lufkin
Susan L. Moore, Director of Global Public Policy, Advanced Micro Devices, Austin
Michael D. Morrison, Professor, Baylor School of Law; Former Mayor, City of
Waco
Rep. Elliott Naishtat, Texas House of Representatives, District 49, Austin
Jim Nelson, Former Commissioner of Education, Texas Education Agency, Austin
Duncan Norton, Attorney, Lloyd Gosselink Blevins Rochelle & Town; Former General Counsel, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
Austin
Juan Patlan, Executive Director, Latino Economic Development Corporation,
Washington, D.C.; Former Chairman, Board of Trustees, San Antonio Water System,
San Antonio
Craig D. Pedersen, Vice President of Water Resources for Texas, URS Corporation;
Former Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board, Austin
Brett A. Perlman, President, Vector Advisors, Houston; Former Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission, Austin
Dr. Howard T. Prince II, Director/Visiting Professor, LBJ School of Public
Affairs, Austin; Former Professor and Head of the Department of Behavioral
Sciences and Leadership, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
Shelia Bailey Taylor, Chief Administrative Law Judge, State Office of Administrative
Hearings, Austin
Susan Weems Wendel, President/CEO, Greater Bastrop Chamber of Commerce, Bastrop
Senator Jeff Wentworth, Texas Senate, District 25, San Antonio