TWU Regents Elect New Officers

3/3/03

DENTON — The Texas Woman's University Board of Regents elected Linda Loveless Hughes, M.D., chair and presiding officer and Delia Reyes vice-chair and assistant presiding officer during the board's Feb. 28 meeting.

Dr. Hughes, of Dallas, was appointed to the board in 1999 and served as vice-chair and assistant presiding officer from 2001 until her election as chair. She is a graduate of Denton High School, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. She recently was elected the first woman president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Alumni Association.

Dr. Hughes practiced psychiatry in Dallas and Plano for 27 years. She is a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a board examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Ms. Reyes, also appointed to the board in 1999, is president and CEO of Reyes Consulting Corp. of Dallas — which specializes in corporate strategic planning, community development, special segment marketing and recruitment of minorities and women to senior/executive-level positions. She also is CEO of Adrian Information Strategies, a full-service market research and information processing firm in Addison.

The first and only woman to chair the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Ms. Reyes makes public speaking appearances to discuss workforce diversity, women and minority business issues and Hispanic marketing. She was appointed in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission. She was named Hispanic Woman of the Year by the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation of Los Angeles (1995), Texas Businesswoman of the Year by the Texas Association of Minority Business Enterprises (1992) and Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (1991).

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