{"id":173092,"date":"2026-02-20T16:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173092\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T16:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:46:13","slug":"missons-martin-garza-appointed-to-texas-board-of-criminal-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/173092\/","title":{"rendered":"Misson\u2019s Martin Garza Appointed to Texas Board of Criminal Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Governor<\/a>Governor Greg Abbott appointed Martin Garza to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for terms set to expire on February 1, 2031. Image: Image @CityofMissionTX via Facebook. Bgd for illustration purposes<\/p>\n

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Governor Greg Abbott appointed Martin Garza and reappointed Faith Johnson and Sichan Siv to the Texas Board of Criminal Justice for terms set to expire on February 1, 2031. The Board provides confinement, supervision, rehabilitation, and reintegration of the state\u2019s convicted felons.<\/p>\n

Martin Garza\u00a0of Mission is retired. He previously served as chief of police and city manager for the City of Mission, as city manager of the City of Weslaco, and as chief of staff for Hidalgo County Precinct 3. He is the chairman of the Mission Redevelopment Authority\/Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 1. \u00a0Garza received an associate degree in Law Enforcement from Laredo College (formerly known as the Laredo Junior College) and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Police Administration from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UT) (formerly known as UT \u2013 Pan American).<\/p>\n

Faith Johnson\u00a0of Dallas is senior judge of the 363rd Judicial District Court. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Foundation, Dallas Bar Association, and the J.L. Turner Legal Association. Additionally, she is a Board member and the secretary for The Potter\u2019s House of Dallas, Inc., committee member and secretary of the Women\u2019s Leadership Summit, and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Education in Community Counseling from Georgia State University and a Juris Doctor from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law.<\/p>\n

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Sichan Siv\u00a0of San Antonio is a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and is an author. He also served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State. He is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, a trustee with the San Antonio Museum of Art and the World Affairs Council, and a deacon at First Presbyterian Church San Antonio. Siv received a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University.<\/p>\n

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