Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Gov. Rick Perry has appointed John B. Walker of Houston
to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents for a term to expire Jan. 31 
2015. Walker is a member of the National Petroleum Council past chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America and a past board member of the Natural Gas Council Houston Producers Forum and Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners.
He is also an advisory board member of the Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business a member of the Spring Branch Hispanic Task Force and past board chairman of the Sam Houston Area Council Boy Scouts of America.
He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
Walker received a bachelors degree from Texas Tech University and a Master of Business Administration from New York University. He is president and CEO of EnerVest Ltd.
