Distinguished Public Service Award Winners
Winners and their titles at the time of selection are:
2011 - John O'Brien (MPAff 1981)
Director, Texas Legislative Budget Board
2010 - Courtney Brown (MPAff 1983)
Former Director, LBJ School Office of Student and Alumni Programs
2009 - Edward E. Emmett (MPAff 1974)
Harris County Judge
2008 - Anne Dunkelberg (MPAff 1988)
Associate Director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities
2007 - Rafael Fernández de Castro (MPAff 1986)
Chair and full-time Professor, Department of International Studies, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
2006 - Sheila Wilson Beckett (MPAff 1977)
Resident Budget Advisor, U.S. Treasury Department
2005 - Jorge C. Garcés (MPAff 1977)
Deputy Managing Director, North American Development Bank
2003 - Michael Reyna (MPAff 1982)
Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Board of Directors, Farm Credit Administration
2002 - Dana DeBeauvoir (MPAff 1981)
Travis County Clerk
2001 - Albert Hawkins (MPAff 1978)
Assistant to the U.S. President and Cabinet Secretary
2000 - Bill Owens (MPAff 1975)
Colorado Governor
1999 - Craig Pedersen (MPAff 1981)
Executive Administrator, Texas Water Development Board
1998 - Tim Delaney (MPAff 1983)
Chief Deputy Attorney General, State of Arizona
1997 - Ken Apfel (MPAff 1978)
U.S. Social Security Commissioner
1996 - Steve Spinner (MPAff 1984)
Job Training Adviser, U.S. Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee (posthumous recognition)
1995 - Jesus Garza (MPAff 1977)
Austin City Manager
1994 - Susan Rieff (MPAff 1980)
Governor’s Policy Council Director and Chief Environmental Policy Adviser, Texas Governor’s Office
1993 - John Hall (MPAff 1978)
Chair, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1992 - DeAnn Friedholm (MPAff 1979)
State (Texas) Medicaid Director; Deputy Commissioner of Medicaid, Texas Health and Human Services Commission
1991 - Rodney Ellis (MPAff 1977)
Texas State Senator
1990 - Jan Hart Black (MPAff 1975)
Dallas City Manager
1989 - Billy Hamilton (MPAff 1975)
Director of State and Local Services, KPMG Peat Marwick