One Short Of A Full Deck
Out of the more than 51 applications from our civic minded citizens we apparently had no one qualified enough to serve on the Temple Economic Development Corporation’s “TEDC” Board of Directors. Due to this experience deficit, the Council, with the blessing of the TEDC board, reappointed an individual with six years of service to another three-year term. In addition to serving on the TEDC board this individual also serves on the Airport Board and the Reinvestment Zone Board. These are the three most highly sought after board appointments year in and year out.
Lets do a quick analysis of our “skimpy” applicant pool.
Aviation
- Pilot with 40 years and 5,000 pilot hours
- Pilot with 20 years USAF, 15 years with American Airlines & 6 years flying private jets
Business/ Professional
- Controller for a national manufacturing company based in Temple
- Finance Director for regional college
- USDA Senior Auditor
- HR Director (also former School Administrator)
- Retired Budget Analyst for the U.S. Army
- Current owner of a national construction company
- Retired MIS Manager
- Investments
- Retired Automotive Engineer (Ford)
- Insurance
Health Care
- Research RN
- Retired Nutritionist
Legal
- Retired Judge
- Retired Police Officer
- Attorney
In the more than six years on the Council I have never seen such a quantity or quality of applicants. There is something definitely wrong with our appointment process. Nine years is too long to serve on any City board when there is a list of supremely qualified folks waiting in line for a turn to serve.
Tags: Board Appointments, City boards