Bill Text: TX HR730 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Elizabeth Jones on her election to the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-21 - Reported enrolled [HR730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR730-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 730 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth Jones was elected as the District 1 | ||
| trustee of the Dallas Independent School District on May 14, 2012, | ||
| and this is a fitting opportunity to take note of her many | ||
| achievements; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Educated in the public school system of New York | ||
| City, Ms. Jones graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and | ||
| went on to earn a bachelor's degree in economics and political | ||
| science at Wellesley College and a master's degree in finance and | ||
| strategic management at the Rotterdam School of Management at | ||
| Erasmus University in the Netherlands; she has also pursued | ||
| graduate studies at the MIT Sloan School and the New York University | ||
| Courant Institute of Mathematics; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Her professional experience includes 25 years as a | ||
| senior corporate and financial advisor, working with McKinsey & | ||
| Co., the International Finance Corporation, and a number of | ||
| financial institutions; her work has taken her all over the world, | ||
| to Mexico, South America, Australia, and Europe; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A visiting professor at The University of Texas at | ||
| Dallas School of Management, Ms. Jones has been a longtime advocate | ||
| for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; | ||
| she has served on the National Board of Examiners of the Malcolm | ||
| Baldridge National Quality Award and Performance Excellence | ||
| program and as an advisor to The UT Dallas Science and Engineering | ||
| Education Center; moreover, she cofounded the Center for Finance | ||
| Strategy Innovation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Professor Jones has also served as a budget analyst | ||
| for the state of Washington's Senate Ways and Means Committee and as | ||
| an advisor on transportation financing, public pensions, and | ||
| business regulation to several Texas legislative committees; she is | ||
| the author of a guide to school district budgeting for the | ||
| Washington State Research Council; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The well-being of Texas schools depends in large | ||
| part on the willingness of dedicated and knowledgeable citizens to | ||
| devote their time and energy to public service, and Elizabeth Jones | ||
| may indeed take great pride in her achievements and in her many | ||
| contributions to her community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Elizabeth Jones on her election to | ||
| the Dallas ISD Board of Trustees and extend to her sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success in her important work; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Jones as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Carter | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 730 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 20, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
