Gov. Perry Appoints Barth to School Land Board

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced the appointment of Todd Barth of Houston to the School Land Board. The board supervises the management, leasing, and sale of public school lands.

Barth is president of Bowers Properties. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and serves on the capital campaign committee for St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System. Barth is a trustee of the Neuhaus Education Center and serves on the alumni board of the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

A graduate of the University of Rochester in New York, he received a law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law and a MBA from Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

His term will expire Aug. 29, 2005.

This appointment requires Senate approval.