塞缪尔·菲利普·威尔逊
公务员和商界领袖
Phil Wilson was born in Monterrey, Mexico on October 5, 1967. 山姆和已故贝蒂·威尔逊的儿子, 他在布朗伍德长大, Texas where his father served as a professor at Howard Payne University. In 1986 Phil moved north to enroll in Hardin-Simmons大学, graduating in 1990 with a B.A. degree in Political Science and History and as the recipient of the George Skiles Anderson Medal for outstanding male graduate.
As an HSU Cowboy, he managed to find time to enjoy campus life. He was an active member and officer of numerous student organizations. 他是大一的班长, Theta Alpha Zeta的创始成员, 学生会副主席, editor of the yearbook and President of the Student Activities Council, 学生交流协会主席, 法律与政治俱乐部主席. 除了, he performed in several theatre productions and was named to Who’s Who in American 大学 and Universities.
Phil’s greatest accomplishment at HSU was meeting his future wife, Kristen. They were married in 1992 and have one son, Christian. They live in Austin today and attend Hill Country Bible Church.
Phil went on to earn his MBA degree from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in 2004.
从1991年开始, Phil started on an exceptional professional journey focused on public service by serving for six years as the Regional Director for U.S. Senator Phil Gramm in a 43-county area where he managed events, served as personal aide to the Senator and was an advocate for the public before accepting a position as Director of Communications for Texas Railroad Commissioner Charles Matthews in 1997. Phil again served Senator Gramm and the people of Texas starting in 1999, 这次是作为州运营总监.
In 2002, Phil was named Director of Communications for Texas Governor Rick Perry and one year later was installed as the Governor’s Deputy Chief of 工作人员. 以这种身份, Phil oversaw initiatives related to fostering economic development and job creation for Texans. He also managed federal funding issues and policy development in addition to conceptualizing and implementing the Competitive Renewable Energy Zone Program to aid wind energy distribution. Phil managed the Texas tourism campaign while also giving direction to the “Texas One” program aimed at marketing the state to outside businesses for the economic benefit of all Texans.
州长佩里任命菲尔为106 th 德州州务卿，2007年7月1日生效. In this role he served as the chief elections officer and chief international protocol officer for the State of Texas. He was also appointed as the Governor’s liaison on border and Mexican affairs while continuing to manage the economic development initiatives on behalf of Governor Perry. Phil capably served as the Governor’s designee on the Emerging Technology Fund and the Texas Enterprise Fund. 另外, he served as chairman of the Competitiveness Council and as a member of the Border Security Council.
从2008年到2011年, Phil Wilson temporarily left public service to enter private enterprise as the Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for Luminant – Texas’ largest electric generation company and a subsidiary of Energy Future Holdings. In this role he was charged with overseeing the company’s community relations, 通信, 以及所有监管和政府事务的努力.
In 2011, Phil was named as the Executive Director of the Texas Department of Transportation leading the 12,000 person state agency and overseeing a budget of ten-billion dollars while executing the policy direction of the Texas Transportation Commission Board and the Texas Legislature. 菲尔成功地领导了这个综合体, multi-layered organization in its service to the citizens of Texas through development of its new mission and goals including a restructuring of the agency and implementation of a technology solution to provide transparent and accurate stewardship of the financial resources provided by the taxpaying public.
2月3日, 2014, Phil Wilson became the eleventh General Manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority. He serves as that organizations chief executive officer overseeing all projects and operations that support the Lower Colorado River Authority’s public service mission of supplying cost effective electricity for Central Texas, managing water supplies and floods in the lower Colorado River basin, 提供公园, and supporting community development in fifty-eight Texas counties.
在他一生中, Phil has twice faced the challenge presented by cancer and he has elected to benefit from the attendant lessons brought on from such personal struggles. His strong faith and his wonderful family have been sources of great strength in his journey.
Phil Wilson has dedicated his life to service and achieving the greatest good for those served by offices, 他领导的机构和项目. It is a high honor for Hardin-Simmons大学 to recognize one of her own and to formally induct Samuel Philip Wilson into the HSU 领袖堂.