TITLE: Honoring Sandra Shaw of Lake Jackson on her 40 years of service to the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce.

SUMMARY: Honoring Sandra Shaw of Lake Jackson on her 40 years of service to the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce.

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WHEREAS, Sandra Shaw, president and CEO of the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrated four decades of exemplary service to the chamber on January 13, 2017; and WHEREAS, Ms. Shaw began her career with the Brazosport chamber in 1977, when she joined the organization as its bookkeeper; over the following years, she served successively as membership director, membership and finance director, and executive director before becoming the chamber's president and CEO in 1991; a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management, she has led the Brazosport chamber in garnering 43 State Awards of Excellence; and WHEREAS, In addition to serving on myriad chamber committees, Ms. Shaw has given generously of her time and talents to such worthy groups as the Texas Association of Business, the Shoreline Erosion Task Force, the Women's Health Care Conference Advisory Committee, and the Brazosport Business Roundtable; a valued resident of Lake Jackson, she has served the people in her community and beyond as president of the Gulf Coast Chamber Executives, and she has held two terms on the Texas Chamber of Commerce Executives Board of Directors; other organizations to have benefited from her involvement include the Memorial Child Care Center, the Freeport Mainstreet Advisory Board, The Facts Unsung Heroes Selection Committee, and the Houston Sheltie Sanctuary; and WHEREAS, For her outstanding efforts in behalf of her fellow citizens, Ms. Shaw has been recognized by the American Society of Economic and Community Developers, and she received the Jane Long Pioneer Spirit Award from the Brazoria County Historical Museum in 2008; in all her endeavors, she enjoys the support of a loving family that includes her husband of 34 years, Wayne, and their four sons and seven grandchildren; and WHEREAS, Throughout her 40-year tenure with the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce, Sandra Shaw has made significant contributions to advancing the chamber's mission and played a key role in ensuring the vitality of Brazoria County, and she may take well-deserved pride in her exceptional record of achievement; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas Legislature hereby honor Sandra Shaw for her 40 years of service to the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Ms. Shaw as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Bonnen of Brazoria 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. 740 was adopted by the House on March 7, 2017, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House