塞缪尔·菲利普·威尔逊
公务员和商界领袖
菲尔·威尔逊于1967年10月5日出生在墨西哥的蒙特雷. 山姆和已故贝蒂·威尔逊的儿子, 他在布朗伍德长大, 他的父亲曾在那里的霍华德佩恩大学担任教授. In 1986 Phil moved north to enroll in Hardin-Simmons University, 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.
作为一名华大牛仔，他设法挤出时间享受PG电子游戏. 他是许多学生组织的积极成员和官员. 他是大一的班长, Theta Alpha Zeta的创始成员, 学生会副主席, 年鉴的编辑和学生活动委员会的主席, 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.
菲尔在大的最大成就是遇到了他未来的妻子克里斯汀. 他们于1992年结婚，育有一子，名叫克里斯蒂安. 他们现在住在奥斯汀，参加希尔乡村圣经教会.
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. 参议员菲尔·格拉姆在他管理的43个县的地区, 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. 从1999年开始，菲尔再次为格拉姆参议员和德克萨斯州人民服务, 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, 管理科罗拉多河下游流域的供水和洪水, 提供公园, 支持德州58个县的社区发展.
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 University to recognize one of her own and to formally induct Samuel Philip Wilson into the HSU 领袖堂.
