Bill Text: TX SR5 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulating Shelly Smith on her selection to join Leadership Longview.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-10 - Reported enrolled [SR5 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR5-Introduced.html
88R4698 AMB-D | ||
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 5 |
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WHEREAS, Shelly Smith has been selected to join Leadership | ||
Longview as a member of the Class of 2023; and | ||
WHEREAS, Presented by Conterra Networks, Leadership Longview | ||
is a nine-month program that provides participants with the | ||
opportunity to meet with local leaders to better understand their | ||
community; the issues covered in the program include education, | ||
community and economic development, health and emergency services, | ||
quality of life, criminal justice, and leadership development; and | ||
WHEREAS, For more than two and a half decades, Mrs. Smith has | ||
distinguished herself as an advocate for children and families in | ||
East Texas; she currently serves as the director of administration | ||
and operations at Buckner Children and Family Services in Longview | ||
and Lufkin; previously, she was the executive director of East | ||
Texas Child Advocates and worked in multiple supervisory roles at | ||
the Gregg County Juvenile Probation Department; active in her | ||
community, she is the president of the White Oak Education | ||
Foundation and a member of Zonta Club of Longview; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith holds a bachelor's degree from the | ||
University of North Texas and a master's degree from The University | ||
of Texas at Tyler; in all she does, she benefits from the love and | ||
support of her family, which includes her husband and their three | ||
sons; and | ||
WHEREAS, Shelly Smith will gain invaluable experience during | ||
her time with Leadership Longview, and the dedication and | ||
commitment to her community she has already demonstrated will serve | ||
her well in this program and in all her future endeavors; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
hereby congratulate Shelly Smith on her selection to join | ||
Leadership Longview as a member of the Class of 2023 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 Mrs. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
Senate. |