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Moving on from District 1
Monday, January 7, 2019 by Jo Clifton
As Council Member Ora Houston moves on to other adventures, her staff has moved on, too. Beverly Wilson, who served as Houston’s chief of staff for four years, has landed a job as executive assistant to Joel Baker, Austin’s new fire chief. Genoveva Rodriguez, who held the position of constituent liaison as well as chief of communications for Houston, will be doing communications and media work for the recently renamed Office of Police Oversight.
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