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Joe Straus' Biography

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Full Name:

Joe Straus

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Julie; 2 Children: Sara, Robyn

Birth Date:

09/01/1959

Home City:

San Antonio, TX

BA, Political Science, Vanderbilt University

Member, Management Committee, Bexar County Republican Party, present

Precinct Chairman, Terrell Hills, present

Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, District 121, 2005-2019

Speaker, Texas State House of Representatives, 2008-2019

Won Special Election, Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, February 2005

Campaign Manager, United States Representative Lamar Smith, 1986

Member, National Conference of State Legislatures' Leadership Institute, 2006

Principal, Watson, Mazur, Bennett & Straus, Limited Liability Company, present

Former Assistant to the Commissioner of Customs, United States Department of Commerce

Deputy Director of Business Liaison, United States Department of Commerce, 1989-1991

Member, Advisory Board, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, present

Member, Advisory Board, South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, present

Member, Advisory Board, Southwest School of Art and Craft, present

Member, Board of Directors, San Antonio Zoological Society, present

Member, Board of Directors, Texas Nature Conservancy, present

Member, Board of Directors, Winston School, present

Member, National Financial Partners, present

Member, TexPool Advisory Board, 2000-2004

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