Gov. Rick Perry has appointed seven members to the Texas Emerging Technology Advisory Committee for terms to expire Sept. 1, 2015, and named David L. Miller of Abernathy chair of the committee for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor. The committee recommends proposals eligible for funding through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. At the first committee meeting, members will draw lots to determine which members will serve one-year terms and which will serve two-year terms.
[…] 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 Young Life Wichita Falls, and an advisory board member of the Munir Abdul Lalani Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise. He is a past board member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Wichita Falls Metropolitan YMCA, Wichita Falls Board of Commerce and Industry, Wichita Appraisal District Board, North Texas Rehabilitation Center and Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees. He is also past president of the North Texas Restaurant Association and past chair of the Midwestern State University Board of Regents. Lalani received a bachelor’s degree from Midwestern State University.
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