TITLE: Congratulating Chris Howell on his receipt of a 2017 Quest for Success award.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Chris Howell on his receipt of a 2017 Quest for Success award.

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WHEREAS, Chris Howell was presented with a Quest for Success Award at the annual Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce awards luncheon on February 10, 2017; and WHEREAS, Since 1985, the Quest for Success Awards have honored African American entrepreneurs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for their community service and their significant contributions to local business; and WHEREAS, Mr. Howell is the CEO of Chris Howell Communications, a successful marketing and communications agency in Dallas that offers such services as video production, copywriting, and media marketing; a former reporter and midday anchor for KCBI radio, Mr. Howell has extensive experience as an interview host, keynote speaker, and master of ceremonies for area events, and he is also the author of a bestselling book, Man Talk;and WHEREAS, Despite his busy professional life, Mr. Howell finds time to run a nonprofit, the Chris Howell Foundation, which provides HIV/AIDS education and testing to at-risk populations; in recognition of his outstanding efforts, he received the Each Moment Matters Award from the Presbyterian Communities and Services Foundation of Dallas in 2014, and he has been featured in leading Christian publications such as Gospel Today and New Man magazine; and WHEREAS, Through his far-reaching professional and civic endeavors, this notable Texan has touched many lives and made a positive impact on the economic vitality of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and he is indeed deserving of this prestigious honor; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Chris Howell on his receipt of a 2017 Quest for Success Award from the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce and that he be extended sincere best wishes for the future. Rose Straus Goldman Oliverson Allen Gonzales of Williamson Ortega Alonzo Gonz lez of El Paso Paddie Alvarado Gooden Parker Anchia Guerra Paul Anderson of Dallas Guillen Perez Anderson of McLennan Gutierrez Phelan Ar valo Hefner Phillips Ashby Hernandez Pickett Bailes Herrero Price Bell Hinojosa Raney Bernal Holland Raymond Biedermann Howard Reynolds Blanco Huberty Rinaldi Bohac Hunter Roberts Bonnen of Brazoria Isaac Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Israel Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burns Johnson of Harris Rose Burrows Kacal Sanford Button Keough Schaefer Cain King of Hemphill Schofield Canales King of Parker Schubert Capriglione King of Uvalde Shaheen Clardy Klick Sheffield Coleman Koop Shine Collier Krause Simmons Cook Kuempel Smithee Cortez Lambert Springer Cosper Landgraf Stephenson Craddick Lang Stickland Cyrier Larson Stucky Dale Laubenberg Swanson Darby Leach Thierry Davis of Dallas Longoria Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Lozano Thompson of Harris Dean Lucio III Tinderholt Deshotel Martinez Turner Dukes Metcalf Uresti Dutton Meyer VanDeaver Elkins Miller Villalba Faircloth Minjarez Vo Fallon Moody Walle Farrar Morrison White Flynn Mu oz, Jr. Wilson Frank Murphy Workman Frullo Murr Wray Geren Neave Wu Gervin-Hawkins Nev rez Zedler Giddings Oliveira Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1184 was adopted by the House on March 30, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House