Director Candidate Nominees

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James Low
District 6 incumbent

Place of birth: San Saba

College Attended: Southwest Texas State University

Occupation: Retired teacher and rancher

Previous employment: Cherokee Independent School District

Past membership and offices held in organizations: Board of Directors, Texas Sixman Coaches Association

Current membership and offices held in organizations: Deacon, Cherokee Baptist Church; Board of Directors, CTEC.

Professional licenses: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Board Leadership Certified Cooperative Director


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Tim Lehmberg
District 5 incumbent

College attended: Texas A&M University

Occupation: Executive director, Gillespie County Economic Development Commission

Previous employment: Managing partner, Lehmberg Ranch Co.; president, Central Texas Salvage & Recycling; vice president, NationsBank of Texas.

Current membership and offices held in organizations: Central Texas Electric Cooperative, director; Texas Center for Wine and Culinary Arts, secretary and director; Save Our Scenic Hill Country Environment, director; Texas Hill Country Heritage Association, director; Hill Country Dark Sky Reserve, director; Lower Colorado River Authority, ambassador; Gillespie County Airport Advisory Board, vice chair; Gillespie County AgriLife Leadership Advisory Board; City/County Relief Route Task Force; City/County Transportation/Hazard Mitigation Committee; Mason Community Advocates; Fredericksburg ISD Career and Technical Education Advisory Committee; Electric Reliability Council of Texas Regional Planning Group; Harper Community Chamber of Commerce; Former Texas Rangers Association; Sons of the Republic of Texas; Alamo Defenders Descendants Association; First United Methodist Church, Mason.

Past membership and offices held in organizations: CTEC Technology Committee, chair; Central Texas Extra Services Corp., vice president and director; CTEC Compensation and Benefits Committee, chair; CTEC Community and Member Relations Committee, chair; City/County Relief Route Task Force; City Hotel/Conference Center RFP Screening Committee, chair; City Local Labor Task Force; City Affordable Housing Task Force, chair.

Professional licenses: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Director Gold Credentialed Cooperative Director


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Samuel Scott Olguin
District 4 incumbent

College attended: Texas Tech University

Occupation: President, Driftwood 118 Holdings

Professional licenses: National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Certified Credentialed Cooperative Director; Texas Real Estate Commission Real Estate Sales Agent; and Series 7 (general securities representative), Series 24 (general securities principal), and Series 63 (uniform securities agent state law examination) through the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. FINRA is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the U.S.

Previous employment: Rastegar Property Co., managing director of institutional relations; Choice Investment, registered representative and director of institutional services; Gray Capital Corp., founder and president; parent company of Gray Capital Partners, founding partner; Merrill Lynch, registered representative; and Dean Witter Reynolds, registered representative.

Current membership and offices held in organizations: CTEC, director and finance committee and technology committee member; Sunrise Beach Volunteer Fire Department, firefighter, first responder and director; Honor Flight Austin, guardian; the 100 Club of Central Texas, first responder; and Former Texas Rangers Association.

Past membership and offices held in organizations: Texas State Guard, Badge of Honor Memorial Foundation, and Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation.


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