Agencies, Boards and Commissions

Animal Health Commission, Texas*

13 Members - 6 Years

General Information Agency #: 554 2105 Kramer Lane P.O. Box 12966 Austin 78711-2966 (512) 719-0700 Toll Free: (800) 550-8242 Fax: (512) 719-0719 Staff Listing Website Contact via Email

Members

Office	Office Holder	Hometown / Term Ends
Chair	Ernesto A. Morales	Devine, 09-06-2017
Board Member(s)	Brandon Bouma	Plainview, 09-06-2017
	William F. Edmiston, Jr., D.V.M.	Eldorado, 09-06-2013
	Ken Jordan	San Saba, 09-06-2013
	Thomas George Kezar	Dripping Springs, 09-06-2017
	Coleman Hudgins Locke	Wharton, 09-06-2015
	Charles E. Real	Marion, 09-06-2013
	Ralph Simmons	Center, 09-06-2015
	Mike Vickers, D.V.M.	Falfurrias, 09-06-2017
	Mark A. Wheelis	Houston, 09-06-2013
	RW "Dick" Winters, Jr.	Eden, 09-06-2013
Public Member(s)	Randy C. Brown	Lubbock, 09-06-2013
	Beau White	Rosanky, 09-06-2015

Staff

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Executive Director/State Veterinarian	Dee B. Ellis, D.V.M., M.P.A.	719-0704
Executive Assistant	Carol Pivonka	719-0704
Director Administration & Finance	Sami Chadli	719-0723
Information Resources Director	Carol Gibbons	719-9751
Asst. Exec. Dir., Animal Health Programs	Vacant	719-0712
Asst. Exec. Dir. and State Epidemiologist	Andy Schwartz, D.V.M.	719-0713
General Counsel	Gene Snelson	719-0722
Governmental Industry Relations/Asst. General Counsel	Mary Luedeker	719-0760
Human Resources Director	Larissa Schmidt	719-0701
Emergency Management Coordinator	Amanda Bernhard	719-0792
Information Specialist	Bonnie Ramirez	719-0710

Region 1-Amarillo

6317 South Western St.
Amarillo, TX 79110
(806) 354-9335
Fax: (806) 354-2809
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	David Finch DVM

Region 2-Hempstead

1739 13th Street, Suite 28
Hempstead, TX 77445
(979) 921-9481
Fax: (979) 921-9992
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Mark Michalke DVM

Region 3-Fort Worth

8751 Camp Bowie West, Suite 104
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(817) 244-2597
Fax: (817) 560-1721
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Max Dow DVM

Region 4-Mt. Pleasant

313 W. Alabama, Suite 1
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
(903) 572-1966
Fax: (903) 572-1114
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Gregory Hawkins DVM

Region 5-Beeville

3811 N. St. Mary's
Beeville, TX 78102
(361) 358-3234
Fax: (361) 358-0101

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Thomas Lansford DVM

Region 6-Lampasas

1305 South Key Ave., Ste. 207
Lampasas, TX 76550
(512) 556-6277
Fax: (512) 556-6415
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Dr. Pete Fincher DVM

Region 7-Rockdale

130 East Bell St.
Rockdale, TX 76567
(512) 446-2507
Fax: (512) 446-5373
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Tommy Barton DVM

State-Federal Laboratory

2105 Kramer Lane
Austin, TX 78758
(512) 719-0718
Fax: (512) 719-0719

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director of Labs	Dr. Holly Hughes-Garza

Austin Laboratory

4501-B Springdale Road
Austin, TX 78723-9983
(512) 933-0441
Fax: (512) 927-2318

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Supervisor	Rey Molina

Fort Worth Laboratory

8751 Camp Bowie West, Suite 103
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(817) 244-6385
Fax: (817) 560-1721
Contact via Email

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Interim Lab Director	Amy B. Ramage

* Subject to the Texas Sunset Act; will be reviewed in 2019.