Full Name:
Craig Eiland
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Melissa; 4 Children: Blake, Tucker, Gray, Delaney
Birth Date:
04/04/1962
Birth Place:
Big Spring, TX
Home City:
Galveston, TX
Religion:
Methodist
JD, Baylor Law School, 1987
BBA, Business Administration, Baylor University, 1984
Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 1994-2014
Speaker Pro Tempore, Texas State House of Representatives, 2009-2012
Former Member, Appropriations Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Federal Economic Stabilization Funding Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Chair, International Insurance Issues Committee, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)
Former Chair, Property and Casualty Committee, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)
Member, Select Committee on Hurricane Ike Devastation
Chair, State/Federal Relations Committee, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)
Former Member, Subcommittee on Article II, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Subcommittee on Hurricane, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Stimulus, Texas State House of Representatives
Vice Chair, Election Contest Committee, 2011
Vice Chair, Insurance Committee, 2011
Member, Seacoast Territory Insurance Committee, 2011
President, National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), 2005
Member, Leadership Institute Class, National Conference of State Legislatures, 1997
Owner, Private Law Practice, Galveston, Houston, Texas, 1992-present
Attorney, 1988-present
Experience, Cattle Rancher
Member, Galveston Island Rotary Club, 1994-present
Member, Dickinson Economic Development
Member, Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Member, Galveston County Bar Association
Member, Hitchcock Chamber of Commerce
Member, La Marque Chamber of Commerce
Member, Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church, Galveston, Texas
Member, Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Texas City Chamber of Commerce
Awards:
American Medical Association, Texas Advocacy Award
ProtectingAmerica.org, American Hero Award
Texas Medical Association, Friend of Medicine Award
Texas Watch, Legislative Superstar Award
The Texas Public Health Association, President's Award
Pets (include names):
Boxer, Stella
Lab, Ace