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jim hine

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Jim Hine distinguished himself with a 35 year public service career in Texas state government, culminating his career by serving as Commissioner and CEO for three major state agencies in Texas:  The Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, the Texas Department of Human Services, and the Department of Aging and Disability Services.

 

Mr. Hine is the recipient of the Bob Bullock Award for Outstanding Public Stewardship and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Commissioner’s Award for his outstanding contributions toward the prevention, intervention, and treatment of child abuse and neglect. He has been recognized by Texas Lutheran University with their Distinguished Alumni award and has received the Texas Public Employees Association Agency Administrator of the year award. He was also a finalist in the Computerworld Smithsonian Award for Visionary use of Information Technology in the Field of Government and Non-profit Organizations.

 

He has served on several non-profit Boards including Board Chair for the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Foundation; the Center for Public Policy Priorities and the United Ways of Texas.  He has served on the University of Texas Law School’s  Advisory Council on Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Texas Lutheran Board of Regents Audit Committee.

 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas Lutheran University, is a Certified Public Accountant, and is a graduate of the Governor’s Executive Development Program at the University Of Texas LBJ School Of Public Affairs.  He retired from state government on January 31, 2006 and presently is self-employed and owner of Public Policy Solutions, where he has established a consulting, lobby and voluntary advocacy practice that focuses on services to the elderly and children’s services.

 

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