Navarro Named to OneStar Foundation
Posted/updated on: August 9, 2015 at 4:55 am
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott has made appointments to the OneStar Foundation. One of those appointed is a Smith County man. The governor has named Andres G. “Andy” Navarro of Tyler to the panel. His term is set to expire on March 15, 2016. The appointment must still be approved by the Texas Senate.
Navarro is Senior System Director and Regional General Counsel of CHRISTUS Health. He is also a member of CHRISTUS Health’s International Operations Team. Previously, he served as the General Counsel for Trinity Mother Frances Health System. Prior to that, Navarro worked at Ramey & Flock as an associate and later named partner of the law firm. He has served as an adjunct professor on health law at the University of Texas at Tyler. Currently, Navarro serves on the Tyler Catholic School Foundation Board. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, American Health Lawyers Association, American Bar Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Navarro served as a Captain from the Texas State Guard’s Texas Medical Rangers for two years and assisted Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
In recognition of his outstanding professional service and notable contributions to the system of justice, he was elected a “Life Fellow” to the Texas State Bar Foundation. He has received the Smith County Outstanding Young Lawyer award, Tyler Junior College Valuable Young Alumni award and the Tyler Chamber of Commerce W.C. Windsor award. Notably, Navarro received the Vatican’s Benemerenti Medal (“Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice”) from then Pope John Paul II for his generous, life-long service to the Roman Catholic Church and community at large. Navarro graduated from Tyler Junior College with an Associate of Arts degree and from Centenary College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business. Following his undergraduate degree, he obtained his law degree from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University.
The governor also appointed to the foundation Yvonne S. “Bonnie” Brown of Raymondville and re-appointed Robert G. “Bob” Wright II of Dallas.
