Gov. Rick Perry has appointed five members to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board effective Sept. 1, 2011. The board sets policies and coordinates efforts to improve higher education in Texas.
Munir Lalani of Wichita Falls is president and CEO of Lalani Lodging. He is a board member of the Bank of Commerce in Oklahoma, Commerce Bancorp, and Wichita Falls Young Life. He is a past board member of the Wichita Falls Metropolitan YMCA and the Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees, past chair of the Midwestern State University Board of Regents, and an advisory board member of the Munir Abdul Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. He is also a past president of the North Texas Restaurant Association, and a past board member of the Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry, Wichita Appraisal District Board and North Texas Rehabilitation Center. Lalani received a bachelor’s degree from Midwestern State University. He is appointed for a term to expire Aug. 31, 2015.
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