2024 Graduations
Texas CPM Program Graduates 78 at the Texas State Capitol on June 3, 2024
By Sue Breland
The Texas Certified Public Manager (CPM) Program Graduation was held on Monday, June 3, 2024, in the Capitol Auditorium at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. A reception for the graduates and their guests was held in the Legislative Conference Room of the Capitol Extension.
Dr. Miha Vindis, Director of the Texas CPM Program welcomed the graduates and their guests and introduced Mr. Barry Bales, Director of Uncharted Leadership USA at Cultivating Leadership, educator, and long-time public servant. Bales delivered the CPM graduation address, challenging the CPM graduates to use all the knowledge and skills they have gained, adopt a leadership mindset, and be the kind of leader that will inspire others to follow.
The Texas CPM Program is a consortium of Texas Universities that operates under the umbrella of Texas State University’s William P. Hobby Center for Public Service. It has been in continuous service since 1995 and across its 29-year history has graduated over 2,500 public and not-for-profit sector employees from the program.
The universities that participated in the June 3, 2024, CPM Graduation are:
University Number of Graduates
Texas A&M International University 11
Texas State University Arlington 18
University of Texas Rio-Grande Valley 30
Texas State University CPM Online Program 30
Texas State University Round Rock/San Marcos 8
Texas Tech University 1
Total 78
The names of the June 3 CPM graduates are shown below.
Texas A&M International University, Peter Haruna, CPM Director
Jorge A. Calderon Jesus Dominguez
Monica C. Flores Joseph W. Neeb
Jose Luis Neira Aliza F. Oliveros
Elizabeth Marie Perez Vanessa Jacqueline Perez
Araceli Elizondo Solis Alberto Torres Jr.
Adelaido Uribe III
Texas State University Arlington, Dr. Howard Balanoff and James Earp, Directors
Robert Bridges Shon Brooks
Jessica Carpenter Jessica Micaela Diaz
Lynsie M. Gomez Shannah Hayley
Paul Henley Kevin Hennessey
Samuel Eli Hunt Megan Lescallett
Nathan Ray Mara Nina Martin
Ashley R. Miller John Norman
Cody Petree Jimmy Rogers
Eleana Alexandra Tuley Kira L. Wauwie
Texas State University Inaugural CPM Online Program, Miha Vindis & Sue Breland, Directors
Trina C. Burkes-Jones, PhD William W. Cox
Whitney S. Craig, DrPH, MPH Erika Martinez
Tricia Mirabelle Michael Rodriguez
Wilmon Conrad Smith Timothy J. Underwood
Pamela Marie Williams Neiman Carrell Young
Texas State University Round Rock/San Marcos, Miha Vindis & Sue Breland, Directors
Erica Berry Michael J. Cassata
Jason James Disher Athena T. Ford
Amanda Hernandez Patricia Meaux
Aspen Navarro Nicole Amber Stautzenberger
Texas Tech University, Kwon Sung, CPM Director
Lorrine Quimiro
University of Texas Rio-Grande Valley, John Milford CPM Director
Miguel Angel Arispe Erica A. Mendoza Balli
William Barton II Alfredo Blanco
Melanie Cano Fernando Cantu
Luis Diaz Kenneth Ennis
Norberto Flores Adolfo E. Garcia
Laura Denise Garcia Lucio Samuel Gutierrez Garcia
Oscar Garcia Edward Gonzalez
Michael A. Gonzalez Melissa L. Gonzalez
Ana Hernandez Laura Hernandez
Federico Lozano Jr. Jose Roberto Maldonado
Jacqueline Moya Carlos J. Olivarez
John Rivas O'Valle Juan Pedraza
Javier Ramirez Daniel Reyna
Ruben Saenz Maribel Salinas
J. Ramon Sanchez Janie Velasquez
For additional information about the William P. Hobby Center for Public Service or the Texas CPM Program, please contact Dr. Howard R. Balanoff, Director of the Hobby Center for Public Service at hb02@txstate.edu and/or Dr. Miha Vindis, Director of the Texas CPM Program at mvindis@txstate.edu
Link to the speaker's address video https://txst.yuja.com/v/cpmgrad20240603bales
