New TX Economic Development Appointees. Bios in Bullet Points.

Chair /Presiding Officer: Sanjiv Yajnik

• Dallas
• President of Financial Services at Capital One Financial Corporation
• Chairman & founding member of the Collin County Business Alliance
• Treasurer & board member of the National Academy Foundation
• Executive board member of the Dallas Symphony Association
• Founding member of the Indian American Professionals Network.
• MBA from the University of Western Ontario & is a graduate of the Stanford Executive Management Program.

Nancy Windham

• Nacogdoches
• President & CEO of the Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation
• Former vice president of the Frisco Economic Development Corporation.
• Board member & an honorary life member of the Texas Economic Development Council
• Member of the Industrial Assets Management Council, TexasOne, Texas Forest Country Partnership Board of Directors, International Economic Development Council, and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
• Stephen F. Austin State University & is a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma.

Mike Rollins 

• Austin
•  President & CEOGreater Austin Chamber of Commerce
• Certified Chamber Executive
• Former president & CEO of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and general manager of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce.
• Board member of the TX Association of Chamber of Commerce
• Chairman of the Metro 8 Chamber of Commerce.
• B.A. from the University of South Carolina.

Alejandro “Alex” Meade

• Mission
• CEO of the Mission Economic Development Corporation
• Board member of the Texas Economic Development Council, Border Trade Alliance, I-69 Alliance, Rio Grande Valley Partnership, and RGV Lead
• Chairman of LeadTexas
• Member of the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation
• Certified as an Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) by the National Development Council
• Certified Public Manager (CPM) by the National Certified Public Manager Consortium
• Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from St. Edward’s University, MBA from The University of Texas at Brownsville, and MPA from The University of Texas Pan American

Mark Griffin 

• Lubbock
• President & eneral counsel for Rip Griffin Truck Service Center, L.P.
• President of Pro Petroleum, Inc.
• Member of the State Bar of Texas and the Lubbock County Bar Association
• Director of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance and Plains Capital Bank. 
• Former board member of Covenant Health System, the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation, and the Lubbock Independent School District Foundation.
•  Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from Texas Tech University School of Law.

Steve Head 

• The Woodlands
• Chancellor of the Lone Star College System
• Board member of the American Association of Community Colleges, Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Governing Board, and the Greenspoint Management District 
• Member of the Greater Houston Partnership, The Woodlands Economic Development Partnership, Community Colleges for International Development Executive Committee, and the Sam Houston State University Educational Leadership Program Advisory Council
•  Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Lamar University and a Doctor of Philosophy from Texas Tech University

Governor Abbott Press Release