Bill Text: TX SR10 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Heather Keister of Lubbock on being named the 2024 Engineer of the Year.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2025-01-29 - Reported enrolled [SR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SR10-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, Heather Keister of Lubbock was named the 2024 | ||
| Engineer of the Year by the South Plains Chapter of the Texas | ||
| Society of Professional Engineers; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The highest honor given to a TSPE member, this | ||
| prestigious accolade recognizes an individual whose work has | ||
| advanced the engineering profession while making a meaningful | ||
| difference in their community; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Keister has more than two decades of | ||
| experience in civil engineering, and she has specialized in | ||
| stormwater, transportation, infrastructure, planning, and | ||
| development; in 2013, she helped to establish the Freese and | ||
| Nichols office in Lubbock, and under her able leadership, the | ||
| engineering, planning, and consulting firm has played an | ||
| instrumental role in numerous infrastructure projects in West | ||
| Texas and has expanded its presence in the region; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of her tenure with Freese and | ||
| Nichols, Ms. Keister has been involved in projects such as the | ||
| City of Lubbock road bond program, for which she spearheaded the | ||
| citizen committee, and she led the development of the 2023 Upper | ||
| Brazos Regional Flood Plan; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Keister has served on committees and boards | ||
| for Lubbock Area United Way, the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, the | ||
| City of Lubbock, the TSPE South Plains Chapter, Leadership | ||
| Lubbock, and the Texas Chapter of the American Public Works | ||
| Association; she has further distinguished herself as a trusted | ||
| mentor to engineering students, and she has delivered a number of | ||
| presentations at Texas Tech University; among her many honors, | ||
| she was named the 2024 Businessperson of the Year by the Lubbock | ||
| Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Heather Keister's dedication, expertise, and | ||
| commitment to excellence have greatly benefited her fellow | ||
| Texans and earned her the respect and admiration of her peers, | ||
| and she may indeed reflect with pride on her accomplishments; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th | ||
| Legislature, hereby congratulate Heather Keister on being named | ||
| the 2024 Engineer of the Year by the South Plains Chapter of the | ||
| Texas Society of Professional Engineers and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Keister as an expression of high regard from the | ||
| Texas Senate. | ||
| Perry | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 29, 2025. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
