Governor Abbott Appoints Truncale To Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board
Governor Abbott has appointed Michael Truncale of Beaumont to the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board for a term set to expire February 1, 2021. The board oversees the Texas Tuition Promise Fund and the Texas College Savings Plan.
Michael Truncale is senior partner at Orgain, Bell & Tucker, L.L.P. He is a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, United Kingdom, and past president of the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association. He is also a contributing author and member of the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee and member and past president of the Jefferson County Bar Association and the Michelle F. Mehaffy American Inn of Court. Additionally, he is a member of the Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, board member and past president of the Symphony of Southeast Texas and past member of the Texas State University System Board of Regents and the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law Alumni Advisory Council. Truncale received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Lamar University, Master of Business Administration from the University of North Texas and a Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law.