Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page*

CARLOS A. TRUAN, JR.

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Austin, Texas 78731

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SUMMARY

Highly experienced government affairs professional with more than 20 years of state and federal lobby experience representing both public and private interests before legislative and regulatory branches of government of local, state and federal government, providing comprehensive advocacy services on a bi-partisan basis over a broad range of public policy issues

• An expert in public policy process, as well as an accomplished business strategist and tactical government relations professional, with a history of achievement providing consult to leading companies in diverse industries traverse through the ever-increasing maze of both legislative and regulatory challenges.

• Background includes repeated successes at achieving short- and long-term growth goals, driving a company’s top and bottom lines, gaining a strategic advantage over the competition while protecting and enhancing brand image and reputation.

• Extensive experience in analyzing and drafting legislation, creating persuasive spoken and written messages on behalf of clients, and skilled at developing, as well as delivering public testimony and position statements in support, or defense of a client’s position.

• Adept in building coalitions across diverse interests, designing and executing public advocacy and marketing campaigns, and assisting in the advancement of a clients' image with public officials among elected and appointed government officials and the general public.

• Recognized expertise in developing and implementing effective offensive and defensive strategies in response to proposed and existing public policies in Texas by identifying issues and opportunities that affect a company’s bottom line, analyzing complex legislative and regulatory provisions that may prove detrimental or advance the interests of a client and provide practical business solutions and/or implement proactive strategy to protect their interests.

• Skilled at representing companies before local, state and federal governmental bodies at the Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and before Administrative and Regulatory agencies on issues related to taxation, energy, local governments, transportation, telecommunications, professional licensure, financial services, healthcare, environment, appropriations, and state procurement.

• Possess strong understanding of state agency operations and maintains an extensive network of contacts among key decision-makers among local, state and federally elected officials and their staff.

• Superb organizational and project management skills with an adept ability to manage multiple issues during a legislative session.

Truan Group, LLC, Austin, Texas 1997 - present

Principal/Lead Lobbyist

Owner of an independent, bi-partisan contract lobby firm based in Austin, Texas, which specializes in providing bi- partisan public affairs contract consultation services in the areas of legislative and regulatory advocacy to public and private sector clients from throughout the United States. Firm is highly experienced representing a wide variety of clients conducting business in Texas, which includes corporate clients, non-profit organizations, local governmental entities, hospitals, trade associations and individuals each with a wide spectrum of public policy advocacy, business development agendas, state/federal regulatory legislative/regulatory issues, strategic marketing/communication campaigns, issue management/project coordination, PAC management, research, coalition and relationship-building and human resources.

Representative List of Clients: Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Driscoll Children’s Hospital/Foundation, Port of Corpus Christi Authority, Greater Houston Transportation Company (Yellow Cab), TAG Limousine Services, Green-N-Go Taxi, Southwestern Bell Telephone (AT&T), Comcast, Henry S. Miller Companies, Tickets.com, Global Spectrum, Coastal Corporation (El Paso Corp.), Universal Healthcare, Institute of Pain Management, American Yellow Cab, First Union

(Wachovia), Viva Gaming and Resorts, Texas Treasure Casino Cruises, Trump Organization (M. Cohen), County of El Paso, Smithsonian Institution, Texas Association of Retail Optical Companies, Amusement and Music Operators of Texas, Landmark Organization/Faulkner USA, Texas Paint Council, Texas Beverage Association, San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Sam Kane Beef Processors, Texas Retail Optical Association, National Hemp Industries Association, CBD American Shaman, Industrial Hemp Farms. (complete list available upon request) Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page 2 Port of Corpus Christi 1997-2008

Corpus Christi, Texas

Contract Lobbyist

Provided contract lobbying to the Corpus Christi Port Authority on a wide variety of issues related to energy, trade, environmental regulation, business development, utilities, transportation, taxation, military-related issues related to its status as a “Strategic Military Port” in the region. Worked closely with congressional delegations, state and local officials, executive branch of the state, numerous state and national port associations, and provided representation of client before both state and federal agencies. (A list of all related issues worked on available upon request, 100% success rate all sessions).

Driscoll Children’s Hospital/Driscoll Foundation 1997-2007 Tertiary care regional referral center and pediatric care hospital located throughout the South Texas region, comprised of pediatric specialists in more than 32 medical specialties and 13 surgical specialties. Areas of work included: Managed Care, Medicaid/CHIP funding, Medicaid fraud, pediatric pharmacology, prompt pay, emergency ambulatory services, rural health, telemedicine, pediatric immunization, obesity, reimbursement Senator A.R. “Babe” Schwartz 1997-1999

Lobbyist

Contract Lobbyist/Lobby Assistant

Provided legislative research, tracked legislation, drafting/filing of legislation, developed public testimony, relationship management, association management, ethics reporting, committee monitoring, amendment drafting, legislative research, and fundraising. Clients: Texas Retail Optical Association, Ted Regnier (Fireman’s Insurance), Texas Association of Beverage Licenses Servicer’s, National Association of Theater Owners (NATO), George Mitchell

(Mitchell Energy), Landry’s Restaurants

Texas Stakeholders, Inc. (State Representative Phillip Cates) 1997-1998 Austin, Texas

Contract Lobbyist

Provided contract consulting services to select clients of the firm, this included development of corporate Communication campaigns, state agency representation, relationship-building services and business development. Key clients: Texas Regional Properties, Texas Paint Council, GATX Dallas Cowboys Football Club 1997-1998

Irving, Texas

Contract Lobbyist

Recruited by the Dallas Cowboys Football Club and Mr. Jerry Jones to assist in the passage of what was termed

“Stadium Legislation”, which allowed for the creation of “special purpose” local taxation districts for public/private partnerships to construct sports stadiums such as “Cowboy Stadium” in Arlington, Texas. Texas General Land Office Austin, Texas 1991- 1997 Oil Spill Prevention and Response Program

Director of External Affairs 1996-1997

• Served as liaison between program and external state stakeholder groups, industry trade associations, environmental organizations, state/federal agencies, state colleges/universities and the general public. Key trade associations within the oil and gas industries in Texas.

• Developed and directed all public affairs activities throughout the state and worked closely with key natural resource agencies both at the state and federal level regulatory agencies and natural resources agencies.

• Monitored and tracked all state and federal legislation and provided expert testimony in public hearings as well as developed public testimony for land commissioner and key staff on program developments..

• Point of contact with all media outlets, developed press releases, situation updates and was primary spokesperson on major spill events.

• Worked closely with the Texas Legislature and other natural resource agencies on issues related to rule making and enforcement and investigatory actions.

Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page 3 Director of State Field Operations 1991-1996

Recruited by then- Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro specifically to provide program management and development in the establishment of the first oil spill program in Texas, as a result of passage of Senate Bill 14 by Senator Carl Parker during the 72nd Legislative Session, which established an oil spill prevention and response program mandated to regulate the oil and gas industries along the Texas coast and provided dedicated funding at a rate of three cents per/bbl. transferred over coastal waters.

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• Responsible for day-to-day management all regional field personnel in the state and led the development of all personnel policy and procedures within the program, guided all investigatory procedures, implemented all training for staff, provided oversight of all procurement, and served as agency incident commander on spills of significance.

• Served numerous planning and coordination committees both intra- and inter-agency committees related to the development of numerous oil spill-related special projects such as the Statewide Response Planning Committee, Discharge Cleanup Organization Program, Facility Drill and Certification Program, Oil Spill Penalty Assessment Program, Oil Spill Research and Development Program, 1-800 Spill Reporting Call Center, Bilge Water Reclamation Program, GIS Mapping Coordination Committee, Natural Resource Damage Assessment Committee, State Remote Sensing and Trajectory Modeling Program, and the Texas Automated Buoy Tracing Program

• Agency representative on Governor’s State Emergency Team for catastrophic incidents and natural disasters.

• Managed $25 million annual operating budget including all procurement of response equipment, development of special response-related development programs, marketing programs, and implementation of spill-related research and development program in conjunction with Texas colleges and universities. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Austin, Texas 1990 – 1991 John Sharp

Local Government Division

Senior Policy Analyst

• Provided educational and technical tax-related research to local government officials and the general public on tax related issues related to sales, use, severance, occupancy, franchise taxes and assisted with economic development related issues.

• Assisted local government officials on economic development opportunities, and promoted “best practices” methodologies through field-based educational tax seminars and workshops,

• Monitored legislative hearings, tracked legislation and prepared legislative analysis and developed legislative briefs for Senior Tax Policy Analyst and Comptroller.

• Authored articles for statewide agency publication Fiscal Notes on new business trends in Texas and tax policy developments associated with local governmental entities. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Austin, Texas 1988-1990 Bob Bullock

Personnel Division

Agency Recruiter/Special Projects Manager

• Developed new “career ladders” for all agency employees, implemented new policy and procedures, and designed operational guidelines based on LEAN principles for each division and offices located throughout the United States.

• Responsible for developing agency wide recruitment and retention program targeted toward specific information technology fields related to the data migration portion of the Uniform State Accounting System (USAS) project and development of the Texas Integrated Eligibility System (TIES) under Texas Department of Health and Human Services.

• Developed new human resources policies, procedures and plans including initiating business reorganization plans which resulted in consolidation of agency personnel thus improving efficiencies and providing a significant reduction in costs to the agency.

• Conducted generalist duties including development of job postings, interviews with prospective applicants, employee evaluations and EEO compliance.

• Responsible for revising agency Policy and Procedures and Federal Compliance Standards • Development and managed agency internship program and evaluated participants performance.

• Represented Comptroller at public speaking events, career fair events.

• Drafted speech’s for State Comptroller for specific events related to agency operations. Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page 4 ADDITIONAL WORK HISTORY

Texas General Land Office – Consulting Engineer, “The Village Project”, Texas Dept. of Transportation ROW, commercial land development, real estate.

The Argee Corporation (Greens Holdings) – Project Engineer, construction of the Texas A&M Biosciences Building, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas project cost: $50m EDUCATION

Academic

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Bachelor of Science

Construction Science 1988

Professional

University of Texas, Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs Austin, Texas Governor’s Center for Management Development – Governor Appointee (George W. Bush)

-Excellence in Leadership Program, completed

-Management Development Program, completed -Organizational Development Program, completed

-Senior Management Program, completed

-Executive Development Program, completed

SELECTED HONORS/AFFILIATIONS

- Travis County Court Appointed Advocates (CASA) – Board of Directors, 4 years

- National Conference of State Legislatures (NSCL) - annual sponsor/member

- Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) - annual sponsor/member

- Texas Association of Mexican-American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC)

- Texas Hispanic Lobby Association - member

- Texas Mexican American Legislative Caucus – annual sponsor

- Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission – Board of Directors, 3 years

- Travis County Big Brother/Big Sisters – Volunteer Coordinator 2 years

- Member of the Governor’s State Emergency Response Team (SERT) – (1 of 4 members) 3 years

- Selected to attend the Governor’s Executive Management and Development Program

- Member of the Texas Hispanic Lobby Association

- “New Horizons” Summer Engineering Program, Texas A&M University – Mentor

- Served as an administrative assistant the Texas A&M Board of Regents.

- Beta Theta Phi Fraternity, Epsilon Eta Chapter – Founding Member

- Aggie Cowboys, Texas A&M University

KEY LEGISLATIVE ASSOCIATE WORK EXPERIENCE:

State Senator A.R. “Babe” Schwartz – lobby assistant (2 legislative sessions) Retired Senator from Galveston, Texas

Provided legislative research, bill tracking, amendment drafting State Representative Neil T. “Buddy” Jones (HillCo) – lobby associate (2 legislative sessions) Retired State Representative from Hillsboro, Texas Provided direct lobbying services in tandem with Representative Jones. State Representative Phil Cates (Texas Stakeholders)– lobby associate (1 legislative session) Retired State Representative from Amarillo, Texas

Provided direct lobbying services in tandem with Representative Cates. Attorney General Jim Mattox – lobby assistant

Retired Attorney General

Provided direct lobbying on public/private development partnership legislation with municipalities allowing for design-build delivery system of construction project delivery. Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page 5 PUBLICATIONS:

“El Paso County hires new lobbyist Carlos Truan, Jr.” El Paso Times

“Report: Senator’s son lobbying against bill” – Austin American-Statesman

”SBOE investment procedures under fire, “hired guns” kill bill” – Austin American-Statesman

“Kinship of Lawmakers, lobbyists make Austin an ethical minefield” – The Wall Street Journal KEY LEGISLATIVE SUCCESSES:

• Successfully advocated for the utilization of Design-Build project delivery system on state funded construction projects throughout Texas, and successfully amended this legislation to include Texas Ports.

Client: Port of Corpus Christi

• Provided successful legislative strategy to force the Texas Pilots Association to lower the exorbitant pilotage fees imposed on the only casino cruise ship in Texas. Successfully reduced annual costs by

$1.2 million per year and the first time the Texas Pilots Association has amended a rate fee. The first time this governor-appointed, senate-confirmed group has ever lost an issue. Client: Texas Treasure Casino Cruises

• Successfully defended the redemption industry for 5consecutive sessions following efforts by the Governor to eliminate 8-liner amusement redemption machines in Texas. Client: Amusement and Music Operators of Texas

• Successfully advocated for passage of HB 92 by Representative Brimer establishing a financing mechanism develop special stadium taxation districts for the construction and development of sports venues and stadiums.

Client: Dallas Cowboys Football Club

• Successfully advocated against measures to change investment policy for state’s Permanent School Fund (PSF) and changes to the state’s funding formulas. Client: Morgan Keegan, First Union (Wachovia)

• Successfully advocated to secure $25 million from the Texas Department of Transportation for the development of the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor, an intermodal cargo facility adjacent to the La Quinta Trade Gateway, the largest foreign trade zone in the United States. Client: Port of Corpus Christi

• Assisted in the defeat of legislative measures to undermine the Texas Optometry Act, which created a wall of separation between the interests of optical corporations and that of the optometrists. Client: Texas Association of Retail Optical Companies Lens Crafters/Luxottica

• Successfully secured funding for the Alemeda Theater in San Antonio, Texas. This was a historical landmark located in downtown San Antonio and potential sight for the Smithsonian Hispanic Heritage Museum, funding provided for initial restoration and creation of a special taxation district. Client: Kell, Munoz Architects, Smithsonian Institute

• Assisted in rule development allowing for oil field waste non-hazardous E&P waste material to be for other purposes under DMS-11000 under the Texas Railroad Commission guidelines and revised TxDot Type D specifications to allow for waste material to utilized as a “road base” material expanding TxDOT Code 3157 to include cutting and waste oil material. A first for both agencies creating the first engineered recycled road base material in the state. Client: US Liquids of Louisiana

• Successfully negotiated permitting process for a new cold storage facility with the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. This facility was a 100,000 sq-ft refrigerated warehouse strategically located to service the cold an flash freeze needs of markets from throughout the world. Secured funding and facilitated all planning and permitting for the facility. Client: Port of Corpus Christi

• Successfully advocated for the defeat of legislation intended to ban the sale of Delta8 THC in the State of Texas and attempt to impose felony charges for the sale and use. Client: National Hemp Industries Association

• Successfully defeated proposed legislation that would have permitted the Port of Corpus Christi to construct a fuel loading terminal near sensitive ecosystems near Port Aransas and threatened businesses and the environment. Proposed project: $1.5B Client: Port Aransas Conservancy (PAC)

Professional Resume for Carlos A. Truan, Jr. Page 6 TESTIMONIALS:

“Carlos was very instrumental to our legislative accomplishments during the 75th Legislative Session.” Mr. Jud W. Heflin, Director of Business and Legislative Affairs Dallas Cowboys Football Club/Jerral “Jerry” Jones

“Carlos’ extensive experience and knowledge of the legislative and regulatory process was an asset to the Port of Corpus Christi.”

Mrs. Nelda Olivo, Manager of Governmental Affairs

Port of Corpus Christi

“Carlos has always effectively worked on behalf of his clients and represented them tirelessly with a success ratio that exceeds most. His representation has never been dependent on any party lines and has been able to attract votes on either side of the aisle on behalf of his client’s issues. I trust him implicitly”

Mr. Jerry Kane

Texas Health and Human Services Council - Chairman Sam Kane Beef Processors - CEO

“Carlos’ expertise in the legislative process is unparalleled; he has the ability to bridge alliances with both sides of the political aisle.”

Dr. Michael A. Mauger - President

Chiropractor Professionals Inc.

“Carlos is well respected in the Texas Lobby, as someone who consistently demonstrated the highest level of competency as an effective advocate on behalf of his client’s interests.” State Representative Aaron Pena – District 40 (Edinburg) Texas House Committee on Technology (Chairman)

Vice-Chairman of Criminal Jurisprudence

“His more than 15 years of lobbying and legislative experience and his ability to clearly communicate his clients’ needs to key members; has earned him a reputation of someone who delivers results” State Representative Richard Pena Raymond – District 42 (Laredo) Chairman of Health Services Committee

House Committee on State Affairs

“He is a respected and skilled government relations and business development professional, who has provided legislative and regulatory advocacy services to a variety of public-sector and private-sector clients. He knows the policy development and state-level legislative practices and procedures as well as anyone I know.”

State Representative Elliott Naishtat – District 49 (Austin) Vice Chairman of Public Health

“Over the years, as a state representative and now I embark on a new chapter in my public service career as a State Senator, I have always valued Carlos' insight and professionalism. Ihave observed his efforts in representing and advocating for countless clients interested in getting their voices heard and issues addressed in a meaningful way in the halls of the Texas Capitol. He is a respected and skilled government relations and business development professional who has provided legislative and regulatory advocacy services to a variety of public-sector and private clients.” State Senator Jose Menedez – District 26 (San Antonio) Senate Committee on Local Government (Chairman)

Senate Committee on Business and Commerce

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