Published: 08-05-08
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Andres Alcantar of Pflugerville to the Texas Workforce Commission for a term to expire Feb. 1 2013. The commission oversees and provides workforce development services to employers and job seekers throughout the state.
Alcantar is deputy director of the governor’s Budget Planning and Policy division which advises the Governor on federal state and local issues and provides executive oversight to state boards and commissions. His focus included workforce business and economic development competitiveness and public and higher education issues. He also served as the office’s liaison to the Texas Workforce Commission and several other state agencies.
He was previously an advisor in Gov. George W. Bush’s Office of Budget and Planning on workforce and health and human service issues and a director for the state Health and Human Services Commission.
Alcantar received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in public administration from Texas Tech University.
