H.R. No. 688
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Shannon K. McClendon of Dripping Springs completed
an outstanding tenure on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers
in January 2011; and
WHEREAS, Appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the TBPE in
December 2002, she benefited the board as a member of its licensing,
legislative issues, and general issues committees, and she further
distinguished herself as interim secretary during July and August
2008 and as board secretary from August 2008 until January 2011; and
WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan previously served the state
as a member of the board of directors of the Electric Reliability
Council of Texas and as the residential consumer representative on
that organization's Technical Advisory Committee; and
WHEREAS, After earning her bachelor's degree from the
University of Houston--Clear Lake, Ms. McClendon worked at NASA,
Texas Instruments, and Texas A&M University before earning her law
degree from the University of Houston; now a private attorney
specializing in the electric industry, she has served as senior
regulatory counsel for the Texas-New Mexico Power Company and as
associate public counsel at the Texas Office of Public Utility
Counsel; and
WHEREAS, In addition to her busy professional life, Ms.
McClendon has been a board member of the Hill Country Republican
Women PAC, president of the University of Houston Alumni
Association--Austin UH Club, and vice president of the Texas
Ratepayers' Organization to Save Energy; she is also a member of the
State Bar of Texas, the Gulf Coast Power Association, and the Lady
Bird Johnson Wildflower Center; and
WHEREAS, Shannon McClendon's leadership during her tenure on
the TBPE has greatly benefited her fellow Texans, and she may indeed
reflect with pride on her contributions to the board's important
work; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby commend Shannon K. McClendon for her exemplary
service on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and extend to
her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. McClendon as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Isaac
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 688 was adopted by the House on March
17, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House