Gov. Perry Appoints Three to Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Board

Gov. Rick Perry has appointed three members to the Texas Department
of Motor Vehicles Board for terms to expire Feb. 1, 2019. The board
administers and enforces statutes relating to certificates of title and
registration of vehicles, identifying markings on commercial motor vehicles,
motor carrier registration, single state registration, motor transportation
brokers, foreign commercial motor transportation, sale or lease of motor
vehicles, and salvage vehicle dealers.

Luanne Caraway of Kyle is the Hays County tax assessor-collector. She is a
member and past president of the Tax Assessor-Collector Association of
Texas, a member of the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts and Texas
Association of Assessing Officers, a board member of the Texas Association
of Counties, and a past member of the Texas School Assessor Association. She
is also a member of the Calvary Baptist Church Finance Committee, a past
board member of Hays County Crime Stoppers and Central Texas Life Care
Center, and past co-chair of Hays High School Project Graduation.

Robert “Barney” Barnwell III of Magnolia is president of Universal Natural
Gas Inc., and president and board chair of Texas Gas Utility Services. He is
a member of the Texas Gas Association and Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association Air Safety Foundation. He is also president and past board chair
of the Magnolia Parkway Chamber of Commerce, board chair and past president
of the R.S. Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center, and co-founder and past
president of the Samaritan Counseling Center. Barnwell received a law degree
from Louisiana State University. He is reappointed to the board.

Raymond Palacios Jr. of El Paso is president of Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac. He
is a member and past district director of the Texas Automotive Dealers
Association, board member of the Borderplex Alliance, past president of the
El Paso New Car Dealers Association, past vice chair of the General Motors
Minority Dealer Advisory Council, and a past member of the National
Chevrolet Dealer and Hummer Dealer Advisory councils. He is a member of the
Dona Ana Community College and Paul L. Foster School of Medicine Dean’s
Advisory councils, a board member of the Medical Center of the Americas
Foundation and CommUNITY en Acción, and a graduate of Leadership El Paso and
Leadership Houston. He is also a founder and past president of the Mexican
American University of Houston Alumni Association, past president of the
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans, and a past board
member of Leadership Houston, the University of Houston Alumni Association,
Yucca Council Boy Scouts of America, and El Paso Better Business Bureau. He
served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Palacios received a bachelor’s degree from
the University of Houston. He is reappointed to the board.