Agencies, Boards and Commissions

Information Resources, Texas Department of (DIR)*

7 Voting Members - 6 Years; 3 Ex Officio Members

General Information

Agency #: 313 300 W.15th St.,#1300, W.P. Clements BldgP.O. Box 13564Austin, TX 78711-3564

Members

Office	Office Holder	Hometown / Term Ends
Chair	Ben Gatzke	Fort Worth, 02-01-2023
Board Member(s)	Christian Alvarado	Austin, 02-01-2021
	Mike Bell	Spring, 02-01-2023
	Stuart Bernstein	Austin, 02-01-2021
	Stacey Napier	Austin, 02-01-2025
	Jeffrey Tayon	Houston, 02-01-2021
	Kara Thompson	Austin, 02-01-2025
Ex Officio Member(s)	Nancy Clark	Texas Department of Insurance
	Maurice McCreary	Texas Health and Human Services Commission
	Anh Selissen	Texas Department of Transportation

Staff

Office	Office Holder	Phone / Fax
Executive Director	Amanda Crawford	(512) 475-4775
Director of Public Affairs	Robert Armstrong	(512) 936-9851
Int. CIO and Deputy Exec. Director	John Hoffman	(512) 475-0579
General Counsel	Robert Schneider	(512) 463-9884
Chief Financial Officer	Nick Villalpando	(512) 936-2167
Chief Information Security Officer	Nancy Rainosek	(512) 463-1966
Chief Operations Officer	Dale Richardson	(512) 463-7370
Planning and Governance Director	Sally Ward	(512) 463-9003

Notes

State agency whose goal is to promote the efficient use and management of information resources and assist the state leadership in achieving its goals through advice and recommendation on information resources issues.

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