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Vice President of Public Affairs and Diversity. She is responsible for leading the organization’sinitiatives in these critical areas.Ms. Herron earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Texasat Austin in 1988. She successfully completed the Food Industry Management Program at theUniversity of Southern California in 1992, and she completed her Executive M.B.A. form theUniversity of Texas at San Antonio in May 2000.Richard W. Johnson, Jr., M.A.Director, Division of Medical EconomicsTexas Medical AssociationRichard Johnson has been with Texas Medical Association since May 1997. As a member ofsenior management, Mr. Johnson is responsible for leading the TMA Division of MedicalEconomics’ 12 employees and three departments, and the policy development, memberservice, research and advocacy efforts of TMA on medical and socioeconomic issues. Mr.Johnson also serves as staff director for the TMA Council on Socioeconomics.Before coming to TMA, Mr. Johnson was the Chief Executive Officer for the Wyoming MedicalSociety and the Wyoming Medical Political Action Committee from 1984-97. He was Senior VicePresident and Chief Lobbyist for the Wyoming Hospital Association, Inc. from 1982-84, andDeputy Chief Executive Officer of the Wyoming Health Systems Agency, Inc. from 1976-82. Mr.Johnson was also Chief Executive Officer of the American Heart Association, Wyoming Affiliatefrom 1973-76 and Health Policy Analyst for the Office of the Governor/Division of Health andMedical Services for the State of Wyoming from 1972-73.Mr. Johnson received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Wyoming in Laramie andan M.A. in Public Administration with an emphasis in Policy and Finance from the University ofNorthern Colorado in Greeley.Wm. Fred Lucas, M.D.Cypress Creek HospitalFred Lucas has worked in Admission Review Assessment at Cypress Creek PsychiatricHospital since February of 2004. Prior to his work there, he was an Associate/Medical Directorof NHIC. From 1985 to 2002 he was the Chief Executive Officer of Lucas Medical Associates,Inc. There he consulted with health care providers while developing and participating inambulatory healthcare centers and in vitro fertilization labs. Throughout his distinguished career,Dr. Lucas has been involved in medical payments including stints at Blue Cross – Blue Shield inTexas and Indiana and Electronic Data Systems and its subsidiary National Heritage InsuranceCompany.Dr. Lucas received his M.D. from The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center atDallas. He served his internship and residency at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas, Texas with abrief stretch in the U.S. Air Force in between.A-5