TITLE: Congratulating Joanne Brown on her retirement as director of conference planning and media for the Texas Workforce Commission.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Joanne Brown on her retirement as director of conference planning and media for the Texas Workforce Commission.

FULL TEXT:
WHEREAS, Joanne Brown is retiring as director of conference planning and media at the Texas Workforce Commission in 2013, drawing to a close a notable career with the State of Texas that has spanned more than 35 years; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Brown initially worked in the House Administration office for the Texas House of Representatives and then spent seven years with the Sesquicentennial Commission, where she had the distinction of being the last employee remaining when operations ceased; shortly thereafter, in 1987, she embarked on her tenure with the Texas Workforce Commission and ultimately settled into the position of director of conference planning and media; in acknowledgment of the skill and dedication that she brought to her duties, she received a 1992 Best of Austin Award of Excellence from the local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators and was additionally a nominee for a 2002 Outstanding Women in Texas Government award; and WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mrs. Brown has enjoyed the love and support of her husband of 42 years, Robert Brown, with whom she shared in the joy of raising a daughter, Julianne, and later in welcoming a son-in-law, Mark King; a doting grandmother to Grayson and Sutton King, she also is a caring and supportive daughter to her own mother, Maxine Carrick; and WHEREAS, Joanne Brown's professionalism and commitment to excellence have greatly benefited her colleagues and fellow Texans, and she may indeed take pride in a career well spent as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of her life; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Joanne Brown on her retirement from the Texas Workforce Commission 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 Mrs. Brown as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Workman Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 78 was adopted by the House on July 15, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House