Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has announced his appointment of Lisa Craven, the Comptroller’s Chief of Staff, to the State Water Implementation Fund’s (SWIFT) advisory committee.
The committee will oversee $2 billion in investments and spending by the Texas Water Development Board. In November 2013, Texas voters approved the transfer of these funds from the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund to SWIFT. The constitutional amendment, known as Proposition 6, helps Texas finance projects in the state water plan.
Under state law, Hegar is authorized to designate a person to serve on the committee. The committee is also made up of three state senators and three state representatives.
Craven has over 26 years of state service, having worked in both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. She served as chief of staff for then-Senator Hegar from 2007-2014, worked in the House of Representatives from 1989-2007 and began her career as a Capitol tour guide in 1986. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, with a degree in speech. Craven and her husband, Eric, are the parents of two daughters, Caroline and Elizabeth.