Tylerite Reappointed to State Commission

AUSTIN — A Tyler man is one of two persons appointed by the governor to the Texas Transportation Commission. for terms to expire February 1, 2019. The commission oversees the Texas Department of Transportation.

Named to the panel, subject to Senate confirmation, is Jeff Austin III of Tyler. Austin is vice chairman of Austin Bank Texas N.A. in Jacksonville. He is also a board member of First State Bank in Athens and Capital Bank in Houston, and past president of First State Bank in Frankston. He is a member of the American Bankers Association Government Relations Committee and Bank CEO Network, and past board member and past chairman of the Texas Bankers Association. He is a member of The University of Texas at Tyler Health Center Development Board, presiding officer of the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority, and a board member and past president of the East Texas Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Austin received a bachelor’s degree and Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Tyler, and is a graduate of the Southern Methodist University Southwestern Graduate and Intermediate schools of Banking and Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.

Also named to the panel is Arlington attorney, businessman, former franchised automobile dealer, and past vice president of Van Tuyl Group, Victor Vandergrif.