Texas Border Business
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Leslie Bingham, and three more to the Joint Interim Committee to Study Land Banks. The Governor has designated Leslie Bingham as the committee’s presiding officer. Their terms of appointment will expire on September 1, 2023, when state law provides that the committee is abolished. Created by the 87th Texas Legislature, the committee is tasked with studying the powers of land banks to acquire and dispose of real property, the impact of land banks affordable housing, the funding mechanisms of land banks, and more.
Leslie Bingham of Brownsville is Chief Executive Officer of the Valley Baptist Medical Center Brownsville, where she oversees the operations of the hospital and its related entities in the community. She previously served from 2013 to 2021 on the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs, including as Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman. Bingham is a board member of the Counsel for South Texas Economic Progress and the Valley Initiative for Development and Advancement. She also serves on the College of Business and College of Health Care Professions advisory committees for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Bingham is a former board member of the San Benito Chamber of Commerce and a former Chair of the McAllen and San Benito Rosary Club. Bingham received a Bachelor of Arts in Education and a Masters in Educational Psychology from the University of Mississippi and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
