CDF-Texas Advisory Board

Glenda was appointed by Governor Rick Perry as the Chair of the State Health Services Council. The Council is responsible for the management, operations, policies and rules for public health, mental health and substance abuse programs in Texas.

Glenda has a wealth of experience in health and human services policy development. She was appointed by the Governor in 2002 to serve on the nine-member Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation board of directors. She also is a member of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Board of Visitors Executive Committee, founder of the Blanton Davis Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and has served on the Board of the Nueces County Hospital District and the Coastal Bend Community Foundation.

She received a bachelor’s degree from Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri.