Outstanding Women in Texas Government

The Outstanding Women in Texas Government Awards were created by the State Agency Council in 1984 to honor women who work in state government, who don't hold elected or appointed positions, and who have helped shape Texas by contributing their talents and skills to state service.

Nominated by state agency directors and chosen by an independent selection committee, five to eight Texas women receive the biennial award.

2006 award recipients

• Liza Chen
  Teas Legislative Council
  Outstanding Contributions to Other Women in State Government
• Angela Lucas
  Texas Animal Health Commission
  Outstanding Management Award
• Vicky T. McBride
  Texas Department of Transportation
  Outstanding Professional Development
• Dixie W. McLeod
  Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Division for Rehabilitation Services Outstanding Community Involvement
• Anna Rodriguez
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  Outstanding Leadership

Angela Lucas

Dixie W. McLeod

Anna Rodriguez

Vicky T. McBride

Liza Chen

2006 selection committee

Margarine Beaman, owner, Beaman Accounting and Consulting; part-owner, Beaman Metal Company, Inc.

Ron Oliveira, news anchor, KEYE-TV Austin

Elizabeth Snapp, M.A., M.L.S., director of libraries emeritus and adjunct professor in history and government, Texas Woman’s University