88R29720 EME-D
By: Perry S.R. No. 561
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Tommy Wayne Engelke is retiring as executive vice
president of the Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council on June 30,
2023, drawing to a close an exceptional career with the
organization that has spanned 34 years; and
WHEREAS, Raised on a Kingsbury-area farm, Tommy Engelke
participated in livestock shows as a youth and graduated from
Luling High School, where he was FFA president and a member of the
state's top FFA dairy cattle judging team; he was also president of
the FFA Work Experience Abroad program; continuing his education at
Texas A&M University, he earned an agronomy degree and a master's
degree in agricultural communications and was national student
president of the Soil Conservation Society of America; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Engelke became a trainee for the Soil
Conservation Service in Seguin in 1974 and in Gonzales the
following year, and he went on to join the Rice Council for market
development in Houston; in 1977, he joined Texas Farm Credit,
working for CoBank and then the Farm Credit Bank of Texas; and
WHEREAS, In 1989, Mr. Engelke launched his career with the
Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council, serving as associate vice
president before assuming the role of executive vice president in
1996; traveling some 32,000 miles every year, he makes field
contacts with member organizations, speaks to groups, and
facilitates business planning exercises; he further contributes to
his professional community as a Certified Crop Adviser board member
and as a former president of the National Conference of State
Cooperative Councils and Professional Agricultural Workers of
Texas; he has also served as chair of the Texas Agriculture Council
and the Texas Workforce Commission Agricultural Services Advisory
Council; and
WHEREAS, Tommy Engelke's leadership, dedication, and
expertise have greatly benefited his fellow Texans, and he may
indeed reflect with pride on his many achievements as he embarks on
the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature
hereby congratulate Tommy Wayne Engelke on his retirement as
executive vice president of the Texas Agricultural Cooperative
Council and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Engelke as an expression of high regard by the
Texas Senate.