Pub. 57 2016-2017 Issue 2

17 WINTER 2016 BRETTGRAHAM Gary Painter of Midland is Sheriff of Midland County and has over 45 years of law enforcement service. He is a lifetime member of the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas and a member of the National Sheriffs’ Association, Western States Sheriffs’ Association, Southwest Border Sheriffs’ Coalition and the Texas Police Association. He is a gubernatorial appointee on the Commission on Jail Standards, president of the Midland County Bail Bond Board, board member of the Attorney General’sHumanTraffickingTask Force, and amember of the Interoperable Communications Board and Law Enforcement Academy Board for the PermianBasin PlanningCommission. Painter received a Bachelor of Science in police administration. Brett Graham Brett Graham and his family have been leaders in the North Texas business community for over 50 years and have affected the lives of countless Texans through their volunteer work for UnitedWay,The Salvation Army, Boy Scouts of America, and the Denison Development Foundation, to name a few of the institutions supported and led by Brett Grahamand his family. In recognition of Graham International’s extraordinary con- tribution to Texas, they were named Baylor University’s small family business of the year in 2013. Brett Graham’s appoint- ment to the Texas Motor Vehicle Board continues his service to Texas and commitment to the greater good. Raymond Palacios Raymond Palacios, TADA’s TIME Magazine Dealer of the Year in 2015, has been a long time industry leader and a passion- ate and dedicated member of the Texas Motor Vehicle Board since 2011. Palacios is president of Bravo Cadillac in El Paso and Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac in Las Cruces. He is a member of the Community en Acción Board, Council on Regional Economic Expansion and Educational Development Board, Borderplex Alliance, and the Capital Bank Executive Board. He is founder and past president of the University of Houston HispanicAlumni Association, past president of theAssociation for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, and a past board member of LeadershipHouston, University ofHoustonAlumni Association, Yucca Council of the Boy Scouts of America and the El Paso Business Bureau. His appointment asChairman byTexasGovernorGregAbbott is well deserved and assures competent leadership on this vital agency for years to come. RAYMOND PALACIOS