Buddy Garcia

Garcia was appointed to the commission by Governor Rick Perry on April 12, 2012,[2] to replace Elizabeth Ames Jones, who resigned to run unsuccessfully for the Texas State Senate.

Garcia's appointment expired a few days after the November 6 general election,[3] and he was succeeded by fellow Republican Christi Craddick, who defeated a Democrat, Dale Henry, to claim the position for six years.

A resident of Austin, Garcia served from January 2007 until his April 2012 appointment to the railroad position as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

[2] Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.

Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.