Monthly Luncheon August 2011

First elected to the Texas Legislature in 1990, Senator John Carona is now in his fifth term in the Texas Senate, representing District 16 in Dallas County. Previously, Senator Carona was elected to three terms in the Texas House of Representatives. Senator Carona has distinguished himself in the Texas Legislature as an effective leader in addressing issues such as education, health care, criminal justice, banking and finance, economic development, transportation and homeland security - authoring or sponsoring more than 400 bills that have become law. Senator Carona currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Business and Commerce Committee and as Joint Chairman of the Legislative Oversight Board on Windstorm Insurance. He also serves as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting and the Senate Criminal Justice, Education and Jurisprudence committees.* Previously, he served as Chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee.

Senator Carona has been a resident of Dallas since early childhood. Raised in East Dallas, he graduated from Bryan Adams High School and then went on to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in insurance and real estate from The University of Texas at Austin in 1978. He currently serves as president and CEO of a successful Dallas-based, national realty management firm. Senator Carona is married, a proud father of five children and grandfather to three - so far.