“We have a School of Public Affairs offering training for careers in public service which will produce thinkers and doers: people who dream of progress and turn those dreams into achievements.” 1

—President Lyndon B. Johnson at the dedication of the LBJ School, May, 1971.

GOAL SET, GOAL MET: RESULTS OF A “38 YEAR POLICY RESEARCH PROJECT”

Since President Johnson set that vision in 1971, forty-three classes of highly skilled professionals have graduated from the LBJ School, with approximately 4,000 masters degrees and 60 PhDs awarded. As many graduates from the early years can now look back (and forward !) at fully-formed careers, the time is opportune to take a look back and see how well the LBJ School met President Johnson’s vision.

One way is to look back at an early graduating class from this profes-sional school — in this case the Class of 1977 — as a representative time capsule. The Class of ’77 was the sixth in LBJ’s history. As was true for the five that came before — and the many since — the stu-dents enrolled in 1975 were an extraordinarily diverse group. They came from different backgrounds, regions, political viewpoints, un-

dergraduate majors and interests — and of course that was the goal. Founding Dean John Gronouski knew that diversity would be key to the program’s success, and instilled a commitment to that principle that continues to the present day. Dean Gronouski also took great pride in having invented the Policy Re-search Project, consisting of a student/faculty team that studied a con-temporary policy issue of interest to a specific client.

Prepared by Norm Linsky, MPaff ’77; thanks go to Wayne Roberts, MPaff ’77 for his insights, to many 1

classmates for their contributions and to Professor David Warner for overall guidance.

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Now, decades after the LBJ School’s founding, the School itself is the client, and the issue to be studied is the most fundamental one of all: Did the earliest graduating classes fulfill President Johnson’s challenge above, i.e, did we become “people who dream of progress and turn those dreams into achievements” ?

• What we do with our lives ? • Did we have specific career goals in mind when we first applied ? • Did we start as a tabula rasa, defining our goals as the program moved along ? • Did we stay with one career path throughout our lives ? • Did we change careers (and perhaps change again) as the years went by ? • Did we do “thirty and out”, or did we seek new challenges ? • Was the LBJ degree their terminal degree, or did they earn others ? • Did we “achieve great things on grand public stages?” • Did we work quietly behind the scenes, making just as big an impact ?

The answers, of course, are as varied as are the individuals themselves. A few highlights: • Over the decades, there was the elegant understated professionalism of Chuy Garza and

Carol McDonald, doggedly providing services to their constituencies. • There was fulfillment of the need to “give back” by Sheila Beckett helping emerging

Balkan nations build lasting economic and democratic foundations. • There was a young John Riddle — a newly minted Foreign Service Officer — held hostage

on America’s behalf under terrifying circumstances — then quickly resume his duties. • There was Elsa Flores Garcia, dedicated to ensuring voting rights for thousands of new citi-

zens in the southwest. • There were thousands of inner-city youth inspired and moved forward by Senator Rodney

Ellis with his internship programs. • There were many Class of ’77 women forming a vanguard and serving as models to the

waves of young women who followed them into public service.

Viewed in totality, these mini-biographies of the Class of ’77 resoundingly show that LBJ’s vision in 1971 is a vision that has indeed been met.

Thus consider this the longest Policy Research Project in LBJ history — 38 years and going strong ! The research team is this representative class of 1977. The primary data are the repre-

sentative mini-bios below. We trust that the client is pleased with the results. We know that we are. This Policy Research Project is far from over !

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Deborah (Beckett) Mitchell: Public Servant, State of Texas. Debbie has served Texas governors and the Legislature for 38 years in increasingly responsible positions. Following LBJ School graduation, Debbie served in the Office of the Texas Governor, Criminal Justice Division, Research and Planning Specialist 1977-1980. Subsequently she served in the Governor’s Office General Counsel Division as Legislative Assistant and as Crime Stoppers Advisory Council Program Director. Next, she served as Special Assistant in the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, followed by service to the Office of the Speaker of the Texas House as Communications Direc-tor. Since 1993 Debbie has been one of the state’s leading legislative con-sultants involved with key legislative initiatives in the State of Texas.

Sheila Beckett: Budget director, agency director, senior advisor to de-veloping countries. After starting her career as a budget examiner with the Legislative Budget Board, Sheila served as senior aide to Texas Comp-troller Bob Bullock. Sheila then was Executive Director of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, bringing reform and stability to make a posi-tive impact on the lives thousands of retired Texans. Since then, Sheila has served in progressively re-sponsible positions with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She began as a resident advisor for public

finance and management to former Yugoslav republics, where she continues as Senior U.S. Treasury consultant to Balkan nations and developing coun-tries. Sheila notes that her job is “capacity building, working with younger staff members in foreign governments with the expectation that they will eventually rise to the top of their agencies. We work inside the government, sitting side by side with the government counterparts.”

Steve Clyburn: Public health educator; marketing writer and editor. Steve is a marketing writer and editor with 37 years’ experience in develop-ing proposals and other material for Big 4 and other companies, most re-cently for Grant Thornton. His subject expertise includes financial management, audits, health care, quality improvement, operations and information technology. Clients include Federal, state and lo-cal government and professional services firms that serve them. Previously, Steve was a field organizer

and program developer for the NIH National High Blood Pressure Edu-cation Program, contributing his talents to one of the most successful public health initiatives in modern history.

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Lynn Cooksey: Texas Senate & agency aide, community access TV, nonprofit leader, and First Lady of Austin. For Lynn, the LBJ School was an invaluable mid-life “jump start” that accelerated her ability to serve Austin and Texas. Lynn worked for Texas state Senator Ray Farabee and two state agencies, was Executive Director of Austin Community Access TV, served as Executive Director of the In-ternational Hospitality Council of Austin, and was First Lady of Austin when her husband, Frank Cooksey, became Mayor. Now retired, Lynn is President of the Austin Women’s Feder-ated Club, and continues active involvement with women’s issues in Central Texas.

Cloteal (Davis) Haynes: Entrepreneur, successful CEO and jobs cre-ator. Cloteal is co-founder and CEO of Haynes-Eaglin-Waters, LLC (HEW) a general contracting and construction management firm for over 25 years. HEW is a Minority and Woman-owned firm that targets public sector projects ranging up to $20 million. Cloteal’s firm has worked on some of the most visible projects in Austin, including the AT&T UT Con-ference Center, the Frank Irwin Center, DKR Memorial Stadium and Whole Foods Corporate Headquarters.

The company has many significant projects throughout Texas, including the MQ-9 Hangar at Holloman Air Force Base, Battalion Headquarters at Ft. Sam Houston and interior construction for the University Health System Medical Tower in San Antonio. Cloteal’s firm provides con-sulting services to maximize participation of minority and women-owned businesses in construc-tion and construction-related projects. Subscribing to the value that “one of the best gifts to so-ciety anyone can do is to create great jobs,” Cloteal has done precisely that. She has created hundreds of well-paying jobs, and leads efforts in the business community to foster broader training and skills development programs. Cloteal is President of The Precursors, Inc., an organization of African American alumni of UT who entered the University 40 or more years ago. The organization was formed in 2010, when a group of African-American alumni came together to share their history, experiences and influence to recognize achievement of African-American alumni of UT and assist current and prospective African-American students to succeed.

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Leota (Johnson) Dunn: City Manager. Lea has had a long and dis-tinguished career as a city administrator and city manager. For many years she was city manager of Bellaire Texas, responsible for management of all city services in the municipality. More re-cently Lea completed a term as city manager of Addison Texas. During her distinguished career, Lea has received many awards and wide recogni-tion for her dedication and outstanding service.

Barbara (Dydek) Monfort: Nonprofit leader and entrepreneur. Barbara spent thirty years as a successful program manager for non-profit organizations in the nation’s capitol. Sub-sequently she started a new career for her other passion, landscape design for major clients in the region. After completing a graduate program in landscape design, she started her own successful firm and consults with architectural and landscape design firms in the mid-Atlantic.

Hannah Eisner: Attorney and public servant. Following her LBJ School years, Hannah earned a law degree from the University of Notre Dame, and has devoted her career to public service at the city and coun-ty levels. Currently she is Assistant County Administrator for McLean County Illinois. Previously she served as Assistant State’s Attorney in McLean County, and Deputy Corporation Counsel for the city of Bloomington Illinois.

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Senator Rodney Ellis: Texas State Senate Leader. Senator Ellis was born in Houston. Although a financial advisor by trade, his passion is public service, and the LBJ School was easily the most important mile-stone leading to becoming one of Texas’ most effective elected officials. Elected to the Texas Senate in 1990, Senator Ellis has earned praise as a leader on economic development, education, civil rights, budget, respon-sible environmental policy, tax cuts for the middle class, criminal justice, and workforce development.

Before joining the Texas Senate, Senator Ellis served three terms on the Houston City Council, and as chief of staff to the late U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland. Sena-tor Ellis has passed over 630 pieces of legislation and is recognized nationally for his leadership on increasing greater access to college for high-achieving Texas students, championing criminal justice reforms to protect the innocent and hold the guilty accountable, and fighting to provide quality affordable health care to the most vulnerable Texans.

In 1999 and 2000, Senator Ellis served as Acting Governor of Texas when then-Governor George W. Bush and then-Lt. Governor Rick Per-ry were both out of the state. Senator Ellis is a senior advisor in the Public Policy and Regulation practice group for Dentons, the world’s largest law firm. He has been pivotal in assisting African nations as they continue to transition to modern, responsive governments. He played a key role in helping Mexico ratify NAFTA. Senator Ellis chairs the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project and co-chairs the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on In-ternational Relations. He serves on the National Conference of State Legislatures Executive Committee, the LBJ Foundation Board, and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Robert Farley: Developer, corporate advisor, senior partner. Bob serves corporate, public sector and real estate industry clients. He is eco-nomic development director for the city of Grapevine TX. Bob’s wide-ranging career has involved economic development organizational im-provement, real estate planning, development consulting, securing public sector grants, project financing, and political advisory assistance. Bob served as Senior Vice President for

Hillwood Development, one of the nation’s largest real estate developers and investors. Previously, Mr. Farley served as National Practice Director at Deloitte & Touche and a Part-ner at Fantus Consulting. Bob has held senior staff positions with the Lt. Gov of Texas and the Texas Department of Commerce.

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Sarah Farley: Integrated health system planner. Capping a success-ful career, Sarah recently was selected to serve as program developer for the Seton Health Alliance (SHA), a new model for delivering health care in Central Texas. Previous-ly, Sarah served in increasingly responsible posi-tions for the Seton Health Alliance, was a director of public relations and a director of administration and planning for two school systems, and (early in her career), budget director for the City of Austin. Susan Engelking: Fostering economic growth in Central Texas. Susan is Project Manager for Angelou Economics, where she develops strategies for economic growth. Previously, Susan served as Director of National Marketing for the Austin Chamber of Commerce. She formed and executed Austin’s economic diversification and industrial recruitment efforts. Susan oversaw the first national PR campaign to gain visibility and “top 10” rankings for Austin. Susan also was project manager or senior editor for three long-range Austin economic devel-opment plans. Earlier, Susan owned a marketing

communications firm serving clients ranging from utilities to transportation and law. Shortly following LBJ graduation, she was aide to Austin City Councilmember Lee Cooke.

Scott Fleming: Congressional Chief of Staff, Cabinet Assistant Secretary, University VP. Scott is an outstanding and representative example of how the LBJ School dramatically acceler-ates a career in public service. Prior to his LBJ School years, Scott was a staff assistant to the late Senator Stuart Symington (D-MO), working on a variety of Federal projects important to Missouri. He served in that ca-pacity until enrolling at LBJ in 1975, believing then that the LBJ School would be critical to his future career growth. Following graduation, Scott worked for then Kansas Congressman (and later Secretary of Agriculture)

Dan Glickman as Legislative Assistant, Legislative Staff Director, and Administrative Assistant/Chief of Staff. When Cong. Glick-man became Secretary of Agriculture, Scott continued to serve him in a number of senior capacities. Subsequently Scott served as As-sistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary, and Director of Congressional Affairs, all at the U.S. Department of Education. Scott also served Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) to organize her staff and serve as her Chief of Staff. Scott now serves as the Associate Vice President for Fed-eral Relations at Georgetown University.

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Elsa (Flores) Garcia: Election official, voter registrar, outreach to the Hispanic community, and national pioneer in electronic voting. Elsa initially spent several years working for various Texas state agencies (Leg-islative Budget Board, Sunset Commission, TX Youth Com., TX Educa-tion Agency). Beginning in 1992, Elsa found her niche — and passion — as senior election administrator for the Clark County (Las Vegas region) Election Department. Clark County has a population of 2 million+ and is the 13th largest county in the nation. Elsa re-

ports that “my most rewarding experience here has been working with the fast-growing Hispanic community, provid-ing voter outreach services and education on the County's electronic voting program. Since 2000 when we were required by the Feds to do so, I have also translated all of the department's materials into Span-ish.” Elsa has also been a regional and national leader in the use of technology for election services, having led introduction of voting machines in the early 90's.

Jorge C. Garces: Leader in promoting Texas-Mexico economic devel-opment. In 2001 Jorge was named Managing Director of the North American Development Bank (NADB), a binational financial institution capitalized and governed equally by the United States and Mexico. NADB infrastructure projects enhance environmental conditions, promote sustainable development and improve the quality of life of people living along the U.S.-Mexico border. Jorge came to the NADB in 2001 with more than

25 years of experience dealing with U.S.-Mexico is-sues, having served in the administrations of four Texas governors, in-cluding former Governor George W. Bush, as the staff authority on bor-der-related issues such as the environment, infrastructure, trade, trans-portation, immigration and health. Jorge retired from NADB about three years ago, and has since been working with the Texas Department of Transportation on its relationships with Mexico.

Jesus X. Garza: Voted “Best City Manager in the U.S.” (Austin TX); Lower Colorado River Authority GM; Seton Health CEO; Dell Medical School Leader. The LBJ education literally made “all things possible” for Jesus’ accomplished career. Jesus serves as the CEO and President of Daughters of Charity Health Services of Austin (Seton Healthcare Family), and has been instrumental in leading devel-opment of the new Dell Medical School at UT/Austin. Jesus joined Se-ton in 2002 following a distinguished career in private- and public-sec-tor leadership. An experienced manager of complex organizations, he is

widely known for implementing strong community partnerships. Prior to joining Seton, he

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served as deputy general manager for the Lower Colorado River Authority, where he secured Austin’s water supply for the next 100 years. Previously he served as city manager for Austin, playing a key role in Austin’s economic and population expansion. Nationally known for his many accomplish-ments, Jesus was named “Public Administrator of the Year” by the American Society for Public Administration. He played key roles in business development, downtown revitalization and the opening of the Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Earlier he served as assistant city manager and deputy city manager in Corpus Christi, Texas, as well as service as executive director of the Texas Water Commission.

Cassie (Goynes) Carlson Reed: Congressional Aide, Texas Work-force Commission Executive Director. Cassie began her service with the state in 1973, as legislative assistant for the Texas House of Repre-sentatives. Next, she was a congressional aide for U.S. Congressman J.J. Pickle. Cong. Pickle, a close friend of LBJ, inspired Cassie to pursue a degree at the LBJ School, leading to Cassie’s rapid career development. From 1977 to 1981, Cassie served with the Texas Department of Water Resources, including executive assistant to the deputy director. Her next six years were with the State Department of Highways and Public Trans-portation as deputy director of policy and director of special projects.

In 1987, Cassie joined the General Services Commission as director of the Travel and Trans-portation Division, followed by appointment as GSC deputy executive director in 1991. Cassie then served as Texas Department of Transportation deputy executive director of administrative services until 1998, overseeing information systems, general services and finance. Joining the Texas Workforce Commission in 1998, Cassie served in several roles until appointment as Exec-utive Director from 2000-2004. Under her leadership, TWC received recognition for outstanding work including Star Awards, Texas Incentive & Productivity Commission awards, honors from the State Auditor, Certificates of Appreciation and awards for agency publications.

Terry Grogan: U.S. EPA hazardous waste program director. During a 30 year career at the US Environmental Protection Agency headquar-ters in Washington, DC, Terry held a variety of increasingly responsible positions. He man-aged permit and enforcement units in the hazardous waste program, and led creation of voluntary partnership programs which used economic incentives, information, and recognition to encourage waste reduction

and recycling efforts in the public and private sector. He developed measurement tools for pollution prevention. At his retirement, he was presented an award for lifetime environmental innovation

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John Hunt: Career Management Analyst, Federal government. John was about to complete ten years service in the U.S. Coast Guard when he learned that he had been accepted by the LBJ School. John easily made the transition to civilian life, and began a career dedicated to “making government perform better.” Upon graduation from LBJ, John joined the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), where he served for over thirty years as a management analyst working to improve the performance of programs throughout DHHS.

Marc Jacobson: Utilities Management Consultant. After service as an energy analyst for the California Energy Commission, Marc be-came a nationally recognized expert for Ernst & Young in all phases of the system development lifecycle in information/billing systems in the utility industry. Marc has led projects for all types of utilities (in-vestor-owned, government-owned) and all major utility service types (electric, gas, water, wastewater, solid waste), in both regulated and deregulated markets. Marc has also led implementation of many Ora-cle Utilities Customer Care &Billing projects as well as projects that included other Oracle Utilities products, such as Meter Data Manage-

ment, Mobile Workforce Management, and Business Intelligence. Marc is respected for his cus-tomer and result oriented focus, and his excellent communication skills.

Ellen Jones: Building better urban transportation. In Ellen’s own words, “Growing up in rural Texas gave me a first-hand experience of the impact that the government had on improving the lives of ordinary people in the 20th Century - rural electrification, soil conservation, and agricul-tural extension services touched my everyday life. I understood that what government did truly mattered. The LBJ School made it possible for me to participate in the public affairs arena as a researcher in the Presidential Library, as an intern in the Texas House of Representatives and within the Federal government.”

Ellen is Director of Infrastructure & Sustainability at the Downtown Washington DC Business Improvement District (BID). Under Ellen’s direction, several BID trans-portation initiatives have gained momentum: launching the DC Circulator, installing innovative bicycle facilities and implementing congestion man-agement strategies. Ellen also serves as executive director of DC Surface Transit Inc., a non-profit promoting affordable surface transit. Prior to working at the BID, she was executive director of the Washington Area Bi-cyclist Association (WABA), a regional bicycle advocacy organization. She began her transportation career with the Federal Highway Administration.

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John M. Kamensky: U.S. GAO, Deputy to Vice President Al Gore “reinventing government,” IBM Senior Fellow: The common theme to John’s career has been “how can government do better?” John has had — and continues to have — a major impact in doing just that. While assistant director at the U.S. GAO in the early 1990s, he was key in drafting and adopting the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, requiring agencies to develop strategic plans, annual operating plans and annual performance reports. This led to better-managed government agencies and influenced efforts in many states. While

deputy director of Vice President Al Gore’s reinventing government ini-tiative, he crafted recommendations that saved taxpayers $136 billion. In that role he was a key player in creation of the President’s Management Council of deputy secretaries; creation of per-formance-based organizations; use of credit and debit cards by taxpayers to pay their taxes; cre-ation of governmentwide employee and customer satisfaction surveys; and adoption of shared services in a range of agencies.

John is currently a senior fellow at the IBM Center for The Business of Government, where he has co-edited seven books, participated in 200+ re-ports on management improvement, and helped coordinate efforts by more than two dozen “good government” groups offering insights to the newly-elected Administration in 2008. He is active on social media, where he has published more than 500 blog posts on government reform.

Stan Kaplan: “Mr. Energy Data.” Stan currently is director of the Office of Electric, Renewable, and Uranium Statistics, Energy Informa-tion Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. He is responsible for collection, interpretation, and publication of strategic national data in critical areas: electricity supply, demand, and price; production and disposition of uranium in the United States; and manufac-ture, import, and export of solar photo-

voltaic panels. Selected prior positions in-clude: Senior energy analyst for the Congressional Research Ser-vice; Manager of Fuel Supply and Planning for Austin Energy; Man-ager of Fuel Analysis for the Texas Public Utility Commission; and Consultant on fuel, fuel transportation and electricity markets to power companies.

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Donna (Nilsen) Kristaponis: Strategic and urban planner. Donna has over thirty years of senior management experience in the public and private sectors. Areas of specialty include or-ganizational change, strategic planning, inter-governmental relations, community consensus building, urban planning, land development, infrastructure, and economic development. Donna previously was director of planning for

the City of Houston, and Assistant City Manager for City of Reno.

Kenneth Leonczyk: Senior Banking and In-vestment Firm Leader. Following graduation from the LBJ School, Ken embarked on a career in financial management that led to senior leadership positions in national banks and investment firms. Ken currently is senior Director at TD Securities. Previously he was a Managing Director with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, a Senior VP at Banc of America Securi-ties, and a VP with Bear Stearns, Chase Securities, and Smith Barney. Norm Linsky: Non-profit CEO promoting research, education and professional standards to reduce heart disease. When the letter from the LBJ School arrived, Norm was working in a factory in rural Mass-achusetts; that letter changed everything. Following LBJ graduation, Norm worked for the National Institutes of Health and other healthcare agencies, helping plan Federal medical research and health edu-cation programs. Following several years with the American College of Cardiology, Norm served for many years as executive director of SCAI (the professional society of intervention-

al cardiologists) and more recently as the current executive director of SCCT (the professional society of cardiologists and radiologists fo-cused on non-invasive imagine of the cardiovascular system).

Cynthia L. Martin: Leading Banking regulator at the State & Federal levels: Following her LBJ graduation, Cynthia embarked on a career as a banking regulator focused on the insurance sector. She served as Assistant Commissioner of the Mass-achusetts Division of Insurance for ten years, and since 1999 has been Senior Manager, Insurance Re-search, for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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Thomas Allen Martin III: Attorney-at-Law. Following LBJ School graduation, Tom earned his J.D. degree from Southern Methodist, and practiced law for 35 years, becoming known as “the math lawyer” as a senior partner with a major law firm in Dallas. Tom combined his LBJ and law backgrounds to become a truly outstanding attorney respected throughout the Southwest. Sadly, Tom passed away in March 2015.

Roy McCandless: Doctor of Public Health. Following LBJ gradua-tion, Roy earned a DPH and focused for many years on the economics of diabetes and cancer in Texas and nationally. Subsequently, he taught at the University of California until retiring in 2013, where he also served as grants administrator for the UC HIV/AIDS Research Program.

Carol L. McDonald: President of Independent Colleges and Uni-versities of Texas (ICUT). Carol’s impact on higher education in Texas has been dramatic. In 1982, Carol became president of ICUT, an associ-ation of private colleges and universities. She held that position for 32 years serving as ICUT's principal lobbyist and much more. Under her leadership ICUT increased funding for the Texas Tuition Equalization Grant program; included ICUT institutions in other state financial aid programs; and gained membership in the TexShare Library Consortium and the Joint Admission Medical Program. Carol persuaded the Legisla-

ture to allow independent institutions to receive grants from the Hacker-man Advanced Research and Technology Program, the Texas Engineering and Technical Consor-tium (TETC) and the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF).

Carol helped shape legislation related to hazing, health benefits for private colleges and civil lia-bility of institutions of higher education. In the 2013 legislative session, she worked to pass legislation prohibiting courts from ordering involuntary parti-tioning of a charity’s mineral interests, protecting royalty income of colleges, universities, hospitals, museums, libraries and other charitable organizations. In 2005, Capitol Inside, an Online Guide to Power in Texas listed Carol among the top lobbyists for non-profit organizations. Since retiring from ICUT, Carol has been elected to the Boards of Huston-Tillotson University and College Forward, a non-profit working with low-income/at-risk high school students to enter and complete college.

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Stephen L. Morgan, Management Auditor. Steve currently is the President of EGAPP, Inc., Excellence in Government Accountability and Performance Practices, a company that specializes in training gov-ernment auditors and managers. Steve is former City Auditor of Austin, Texas, directing performance audits, fraud investigations, and consulting engagements. Steve played a key leadership role in helping the City of Austin evolve its performance measurement and man-agement system into a model for other govern-

ment organizations. Before joining the City Auditor’s Office, Steve was an evaluator in the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s National Produc-tivity Group. For over 25 years, he has designed and delivered courses in performance measurement, management, and auditing.

Bob Nicholson: “Quiet competence, passion, pa-tience, and good humor.”Since 1983, Bob has been Community Devel-opment Director of St. George, Utah. When St. George hired Bob as a planner in 1983, the city was in a transition caused by amazing growth. Industrial parks were being created. New residential developments were proposed and built. A new retail model was underway with satellite shop-ping malls and big box stores. One result of expansion was that downtown St. George was slipping into decline. Bob became an early adopter of the Main Street approach to downtown revitalization. He was key in designa-tion of the Downtown Historic District, creating design guidelines for the

Downtown Historic District, and much more. The historic buildings tours he has organized have drawn large and enthusiastic crowds.

In nearly three decades as planner, Community and Economic De-velopment Director, and Certified Local Government liaison, Bob has guided St. George City in defining and preserving the city's his-toric character with quiet competence, passion, patience, and good humor. He has shown that historic preservation can be the founda-tion of sound economic development that will continue to shape the City of St. George for many years.

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John Riddle: Career Foreign Service Officer (FSO). John’s path was inspired by his LBJ internship at the Organization for Economic Cooper-ation and Development in Paris. As the first LBJ graduate to enter the State Department’s Foreign Service, John rose to the senior ranks of the U.S. Diplomatic Corp, serving on five continents. Throughout his career he demonstrated self-sacrifice, dedication and personal courage (not al-lowing a stint as a hostage to interrupt his duty in Peru)

Among postings between D.C. and abroad from 1978 to 2009, he direct-ed, relations with Saudi Arabia during the Iran-Iraq War, led civil recon-struction of the Balkans after Kosovo and spearheaded the State Depart-ment’s Economic Desk for Iraq during the surge. John served as US Representative and Deputy Special Coordinator at the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, attached to the European Commission in Brussels 2002-2004. His understanding of economics, statistics, budgeting and government operations from the local to international level developed at LBJ proved fundamental in his contributions to national defense.

Greg Roberson. Greg began his career as special assistant to then Senator Lloyd Bentsen. In that capacity he held a series of increasingly responsible positions for Senator Bentsen and other legislators. Following government service, Greg moved into the private sector as a senior analyst and advisor to multiple clients. Subse-quently he served as Senior Vice President for A. L. Williams of Austin TX

MaryAnn (Hauber) Roberts: Financial expert, advocate to control Medicaid fraud. After a stint at the Texas Legislative Budget Of-fice, MaryAnn returned to UT for an MBA, subsequently earning a CPA. Since then, her career has been divided between public and pri-vate sectors in financial areas. Recently she concluded her career with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission as a Medicaid pro-gram whistleblower after efforts within the agency to address signifi-cant contractor issues were unsuccessful. MaryAnn is passionate

about efforts by Texas legislative committees, a Governor appointed special task force, the Texas Attorney General, and the U.S. Department of Justice to improve the integrity of the Texas Medicaid program as well as those who are hired to serve the public.

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Wayne Roberts: Budget director, cancer prevention CEO. Wayne was named CEO of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) in 2013. Prior to four years with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston as Associate Vice President for Public Policy, Wayne’s career was weighted towards public finance and budget, especially with respect to higher education. He held senior positions un-der Governor Perry, where he authored a white paper and legislation cre-ating the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to catalyze economic devel-

opment, including transferring research conducted at universities to the Texas market place. Wayne served Governor Bush as Deputy and Acting State Budget Di-rector. He was Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock’s special assistant for budget and human services follow-ing 18 years with the Legislative Budget Board.

Herb Rubinstein: Change agent, entrepreneur, motivational speaker. Herb is a CEO and leader in the areas of strategy, business and non-profit formulation, and expansion. He is author of 100+ articles and lead author of three books including Leadership for Lawyers, American Bar Association, 2nd ed., 2008, Leadership for Educators, Rowman and Littlefield, 2010, and Breakthrough, Inc: High Growth Strategies for Entrepreneurial Organiza-tions (Financial Times, 1999).

As an attorney who has handled 2,500 pieces of litigation, Herb was one of the first lawyers to

file documents electronically, trained lawyers and judges in leader-ship and "e-court," and advised companies and non-profits on legal aspects related to innovation, technology and high growth strategies. Herb is a keynote speaker, webinar presenter, and conference pan-elist on leadership, futures oriented topics, energy matters, business strategy and improving organizational performance.

Rita Jo Seymour: International economist and financial consultant. Rita served in successively responsible positions in the Federal govern-ment and the private sector. Starting as an international economist (U.S. Treasury), she became a budget analyst at the CBO, followed by gradu-ate study at Princeton. Thereafter she progressed rapidly: VP for Sa-lomon Brothers and Pacific Investment Management, Director at Dres-den RCM, Development Team at the Angel Group Initiative, and cur-rently Financial Consultant with Sage8 Design in San Francisco

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Paul Smolen: Energy management. Paul focused much of his LBJ School work on the areas of energy growth and distribution in Texas. He co-founded Fox Smolen & Associates, one of the leading consulting firms in this field, where he advised energy-based cor-porations, governments and others for many years. He pioneered efforts to pro-vide energy management services to the

public, where he played a key role in dramatically expanding this then-novel concept into what is now a nationally recognized field.

Bill Stotesbery: PBS station Executive Director and General Man-ager. Since 2004, Bill has been in charge of station KLRU-TV in Austin, the primary PBS station serving Central Texas. During the previous 25 years, his career was in marketing and public affairs, primarily for technology companies. He was Vice President or Part-ner with major media companies and telecommunications firms. Notably, he was Director of Communications for the Micro-

electronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) in Austin, which played a key role in transforming Austin into one of the world’s leading centers of computer technology.

Steve Stubbs: Environmental quality assurance. (Steve in his own words): “Dr. Fenves, welcome to UT. My name is Steve Stubbs, class of '77, LBJ School. I and my classmates hope you will come to appreciate the unique place this school is. It's not Harvard, or Syracuse. It's a special place that taught us how to think in a changing world. I served as the quality assurance manager for this state's environmental agency for over 20 years. Worked for UT for five years, and, most importantly, raised a group of public servants that serve Texans and the rest of the nation today. Many of my classmates are far more accomplished than I, but all of us appreciate the opportunities the School helped us prepare for.”

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Luis Amadeus Vallejo: Criminal Law At-torney. Luis followed up his LBJ School de-gree with a law degree from UT. He began his career as Assistant District Attorney in the trial division of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, followed by service as As-sistant Attorney General. Subsequently he formed his own highly successful law firm.

Luis currently is Of Counsel with Cokinos, Bosien and Young.

Norm Wigington: Public Affairs officer. For more that thirty years Norm served state and local governments as a public affairs/public in-formation officer, including 17 years for the Texas Department of Transportation. Cur-rently he is retired from public service, serv-ing as docent at the Holocaust Museum Houston and a watercolor artist at the Water-color Art Society -- Houston. Norm also con-tinues his public service having been elected

to local public office in 2010. He is active in local campaigns and looks forward to more opportunities to serve in the future.

Bonnie Young: U.S. Bureau of the Census senior director. Bonnie spent her career as a rising leader within the Census Bureau. Serving as assistant census manager for the Chicago region, Bonnie subsequently directed the Dallas regional office and held major roles in planning and conducting the 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 national census efforts.

On behalf of the entire Class of LBJ ’77, thank you Lyndon.

We met your vision for The School !

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