TITLE: Congratulating Kay Hopper on her retirement as CEO of the Warren Center in Richardson.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Kay Hopper on her retirement as CEO of the Warren Center in Richardson.

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WHEREAS, Kay Hopper retired from her post as chief executive officer of the Warren Center in Richardson on January 31, 2013, after nearly three decades of outstanding service to that agency; and WHEREAS, The Warren Center is a nonprofit organization focused on early childhood intervention for children with developmental differences and disabilities; the center sees 1,400 children each year, helping them to improve motor, speech, feeding, cognition, and social skills, and also offers professionally led support groups and training sessions for parents; and WHEREAS, Ms. Hopper spent a total of 29 years with the Warren Center, becoming its executive director in 1995; she was instrumental in the growth of the center, increasing enrollment in one program fivefold and adding another program, and she managed capital campaigns that enabled the center to move into a larger location; in addition, she led the agency through acquisitions in 2009 and 2011 that tripled its service area and doubled its staff, allowing the center to reach and help families in all of northeast Dallas County, including Garland, north and east Dallas, the Park Cities, and Rowlett; and WHEREAS, Through her deeply caring, committed, and energetic leadership, Kay Hopper has greatly expanded the capacity of the Warren Center to assist special needs children and their families, and she may indeed reflect with pride on 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 hereby congratulate Kay Hopper on her retirement as CEO of the Warren Center in Richardson 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. Hopper as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Button Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 713 was adopted by the House on March 13, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House