ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 202
BY REPRESENTATIVE FANNIN
A RESOLUTION
To commend Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a public finance specialist for the
Louisiana House of Representatives after forty years of highly productive and
effective state public service.
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to extend a sincere and heartfelt measure of
commendation to Sharon Perez for an outstanding career in public service upon her
retirement from the staff of the Louisiana House of Representatives; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Perez has shared her time and talents as a state employee since
June of 1975, when she began her long and distinguished career with the office of the state
treasurer, where her titles included bond analyst, local debt manager, and debt officer and
where in 1996 she became the executive director of the Bond Commission, a position in
which she served with great distinction; and
WHEREAS, Sharon's tenure with the Bond Commission ended in 2004 when
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco named her undersecretary for the office of
management and finance at the Department of Economic Development; and
WHEREAS, Sharon served as the undersecretary of this office, which is the
administrative arm of the state's economic programs and includes management and finance,
accounting, budget development and control, procurement and contract management,
information technology, program analysis, and personnel management, until joining the
House of Representatives staff as a public finance specialist in 2008; and
WHEREAS, among Sharon's duties as a public finance specialist has been her
service as the House of Representatives staff liaison to the Bond Commission, including
meeting for agenda review prior to each commission meeting and serving as a working
group member on various state issues; her participation in this capacity has included many
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meetings and conference calls as well as reviewing and editing various bond documents,
presentations, reports, and preliminary official statements; and
WHEREAS, Sharon has also served as the speaker's representative on the executive
Committee of the Bond Commission, evaluating on his behalf proposals submitted by bond
attorneys and underwriting firms for various state level financing; and
WHEREAS, prior to her state employment, Sharon, who is a native of Lebeau,
Louisiana, and has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Louisiana
State University, was an accountant in the trust department of American Bank and a credit
analyst for Louisiana National Bank; and
WHEREAS, Sharon is married to Frank Perez, who is a retired state employee and
was general counsel for the Department of Health and Hospital for many years, and the
mother of Stephanie Christine Blanchard and has served as a board member for the
Louisiana's Women's Policy and Research Committee, the Louisiana Transportation
Authority, the East Baton Rouge Mortgage Finance Authority, YELP!, and the Baton Rouge
Gallery; she is an avid traveler and fan of all Louisiana State University sports and the New
Orleans Saints and has an extraordinary love for all animals; and
WHEREAS, upon her retirement, Sharon will be greatly missed by the members and
staff of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who will continue to respect and admire her,
value her friendship, and appreciate her vast knowledge of movies, Broadway plays, and
exotic foods; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Perez will remain an inspiration to her fellow citizens for the
vital contributions she has made in her career of highly effective public service, and she
merits the highest commendation and sincere congratulations for her exemplary term of
service and for her singular contributions to this state, whose citizens will long reap the
benefits of her legacy of excellence and professionalism.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Sharon Perez upon her retirement as a public
finance specialist for the Louisiana House of Representatives; does hereby record for
posterity her noble accomplishments during four decades of dedicated and productive state
public service; does hereby express gratitude for her many years of distinguished service and
for the able assistance she has given to the House of Representatives, its members, and staff;
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does hereby pay tribute to her for the generous way in which she has dedicated her
intelligence and her energy to the service of her state; does hereby express enduring
appreciation for the deep sense of pride and honor she brings to the House of
Representatives, the legislature, and the state of Louisiana; and does hereby extend to her
every good wish for continued success and happiness in all of her future endeavors.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Sharon Perez.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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