He and his wife Karen have two children, Julia and Will—both of whom attend Texas A&M University.
Steven Jones, City Manager, City of Lakeway
Steve Jones began his career in municipal government in 1985, and has been the City Manager of Lakeway since April 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and is a member of the Texas City Managers Association.
Steve has served on many boards and committees including serving as the director of an economic development corporation, a steering committee member for the Austin-Travis County regional radio system and communications center, a member of the Texas Municipal League Legislative Committee, and a member of Austin Energy’s Rate Review Public Involvement Committee. He currently serves as a small cities representative to the Austin-Travis County Emergency Services Division.
He currently manages the day-to-day operations of the City of Lakeway under the direction and guidance of the Lakeway Mayor and City Council.
Doug Land is a Broker/Associate at Kuper Sotheby's International Realty and has worked in Real Estate in the Lake Travis area for 22+ years. He has owned and/or managed companies for 18 years. He has a double degree in Computer Systems and Accounting from Oklahoma State University and worked in banking prior to entering Real Estate. He has consulted with LTISD, Fire Department and local municipalities over the years. His wife, Mary, is also a real estate broker and a graduate of University of Texas. He has called Lakeway home since 1992 and is active at the Lakeway Church and the Hills country club.
Keith R. Phillips Assistant Vice President and Senior Economist
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch
Keith Phillips joined the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in January 1984. His areas of concentration include regional economics and economic forecasting. Research Papers in
Economics, which tracks publications in economics, ranks Phillips in the top five percent of economists across the world in terms of the number of distinct publications. Over the past
sixteen years he has been the most accurate forecaster for Texas job growth in the Western Blue Chip Economic Forecast. In August, 1996, Phillips was transferred to the San Antonio branch in an effort to improve the regional economic coverage of the Dallas office and to better serve the needs of the South Texas community. Phillips teaches courses in managerial economics and quantitative analysis in the Executive MBA program at UTSA. He obtained his Ph.D. in economics from Southern Methodist University and holds a B.A. and M.A. in Economics and a Bachelor of Journalism degree in News/Editorial from the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Monty Parker, Council Member - City of Bee Cave, Texas
Community Activities:
City of Bee Cave Council Member,
November 2015 - present
City of Bee Cave Representative - Clean Air Coalition, January 2016 - present
City of Bee Cave Planning and Zoning Commissioner,
May 2014 - November 2015
TxDOT RR620 Feasibility Study Committee Member
Past HOA president / board member of several associations in Austin and New Braunfels, TX
Professional Experience:
Independent Consultant (2012 - present) - specializing in negotiation strategy and execution; logistics analysis, planning, negotiation and execution; high level procurement optimization and fulfillment; project analysis and rationalization; and management and organization evaluation and training.
Director / Vice President Procurement - Commercial Metals Company (“CMC”) a Fortune 350 global metals manufacturing, fabricating, trading and recycling company (2008-2011)
Vice President, Supply Chain Management - CMC (2005-2007)
Vice President, Raw Materials, Procurement, Energy & Logistics - CMC (1988-2004)
Former Board member for 2 national trade associations.
Education:
Degree in Management from Lee College in Baytown, Texas
Personal:
Council Member Parker has been happily married for 40 years, a father to 7 children, grandfather to 16, and great-grandfather to 1. He is a lifelong Texan.