Agencies, Boards and Commissions

Animal Health Commission, Texas*

13 Members - Term: 6 Years

General Information

Agency #: 554 2105 Kramer LaneP.O. Box 12966Austin 78711-2966

(512) 719-0700
Toll Free: (800) 550-8242
(512) 719-0719
Staff Listing
Website
comments@tahc.texas.gov

Members

Office	Office Holder	Hometown / Term Ends
Chair	Coleman Hudgins Locke	Hungerford, 09-06-2021
Commissioner(s)	Brandon Bouma	Plainview, 09-06-2017
	William F. Edmiston, Jr., D.V.M.	Eldorado, 09-09-2019
	Jim Eggleston	Weatherford, 09-06-2021
	Ken Jordan	San Saba, 09-09-2019
	Thomas "Tommy" Kezar	Dripping Springs, 09-06-2017
	Joe L. Leathers	Guthrie, 09-09-2019
	Thomas Eugene Oates	Huntsville, 09-09-2019
	Stephen Selman	Woodway, 09-06-2021
	Leo Vermedahl	Dalhart, 09-06-2017
	Mike Vickers, D.V.M.	Falfurrias, 09-06-2017
	Eric Dean White	Mason, 09-09-2019
	Jay Russell Winter	Lubbock, 09-09-2019

Staff

Office	Office Holder	Phone / Fax
Executive Director	Andy Schwartz, D.V.M.	(512) 719-0704
Asst. Exec. Director Animal Health Programs	T. R. Lansford D.V.M.	(512) 719-0712
Chief of Staff	Larissa Schmidt	(512) 719-0701
State Epidemiologist	Susan Rollo, D.V.M.	(512) 719-0713
Director of Financial and Procurement Services	Steven Luna	(512) 719-0755
Executive Assistant	Amanda Bernhard	(512) 719-0704
Director of Emergency Management	Jeff Turner	(512) 719-0786
Texas State Federal Laboratory Director	Roger Parker D.V.M.	(512) 832-6580
General Counsel	Gene Snelson	(512) 719-0722
Governmental Industry Relations and Asst. General Counsel	Mary Thiel Luedeker	(512) 719-0760

Region 1-Amarillo

3822 Business Park Drive
Amarillo, TX 79110
(806) 354-9335
(806) 354-2809
bwilliams@amarillo.tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	David Finch, D.V.M.

Region 2-Hempstead

1739 13th Street, Suite 28
Hempstead, TX 77445
(979) 921-9481
(979) 921-9992
mmichalke@tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Mark Michalke, D.V.M.

Region 3-Fort Worth

8751 Camp Bowie West, Suite 104
Fort Worth, TX 76116
(817) 244-2597
(817) 560-1721
maxd@ftworth.tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Max Dow, D.V.M.

Region 4-Mt. Pleasant

313 W. Alabama, Suite 1
Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
(903) 572-1966
(903) 572-1114
ghawkins@mtpleasant.tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Hank Hayes, D.V.M.

Region 5-Beeville

1824 S. Washington Street
Beeville, TX 78102
(361) 358-3234
(361) 358-0101

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Brodie Miller, D.V.M.

Region 6-Lampasas

1305 South Key Ave., Ste. 204
Lampasas, TX 76550
(512) 556-6277
(512) 556-6415
thurmanf@lampasas.tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Pete Fincher, D.V.M.

Region 7-Rockdale

130 East Bell St.
Rockdale, TX 76567
(512) 446-2507
(512) 446-5373
deeE@rockdale.tahc.state.tx.us

Office	Office Holder	(512) Phone / Fax
Director	Tommy Barton, D.V.M.

Region 8-Laredo

500 East Mann Road
Laredo, TX 78041
(956) 568-5741
(956) 568-5237

State-Federal Laboratory

8200 Cameron Road, Ste. A186
Austin, TX 78754
(512) 832-6580
(512) 832-6803

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

* Subject to the Texas Sunset Act; will be reviewed in 2021.