86R26309 CJM-D
By: VanDeaver H.R. No. 1247
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Sonja Yates Hubbard was recognized with the Idalee
Hawkins Leader of the Year award by Leadership Texarkana at the
organization's 10th annual Lunch With Leaders ceremony on April 9,
2019; and
WHEREAS, Each year, this prestigious accolade is bestowed on
an individual who has lived up to the high standard of civic
engagement and public spirit set by the award's namesake,
Leadership Texarkana alumna Idalee Hawkins; and
WHEREAS, A fitting recipient, Ms. Hubbard is currently the
CEO of the Yates Group and the president of the board of AR-TX
Regional Economic Development, Inc.; she previously served as CEO
of E-Z Mart Stores, and she has also held leadership roles with
CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital, the Arkansas Children's Foundation,
the Texas A&M University-Texarkana Foundation, and Opportunities,
Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Sonja Hubbard has contributed to her fellow citizens
through a lifetime of purposeful endeavor, and she is indeed
deserving of this most recent honor; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Sonja Yates Hubbard on being named
the 2019 Idalee Hawkins Leader of the Year by Leadership Texarkana
and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Hubbard as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.