Gov. Abbott appoints three new regents to Texas Tech System's board

Gov. Greg Abbott has nominated three new regents to serve on the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents following the term expiration of three members of the board.

Clay Cash of Lubbock, Tim Culp of Midland and Shelley Sweatt of Wichita Falls are the newest appointees who will serve until Jan. 31, 2029, pending confirmation, according to the TTU System.

These three appointees cannot start their new roles until the Texas Senate confirms their nomination, which, according to the system, is anticipated to happen before the Board of Regents' next meeting in May.

The three nominees are set to take over vacancies of former regents Michael Lewis, John Steinmetz and John Walker, whose terms expired on Jan. 31 of this year.

"On behalf of the Texas Tech University System, I'd like to congratulate and welcome our three new regents," said Dr. Tedd L. Mitchell, chancellor of the TTU System. "Our system and component universities are experiencing tremendous momentum, and we look forward to each of our new regents joining our system family and collaborating with us to chart a bright future."

Clay C. Cash

Cash, according to the system, is the president of Cash Family Investments and the Cash Family Foundation. He also serves on the Texas Rangers Association Foundation and the Ranching Heritage Association as a board member as well as the Texas Tech Foundation, Inc.

Cash is a 1997 graduate of the Rawls College of Business at Tech, earning his degree in business administration.

Tim G. Culp

Culp is the president of Southwest Royalties, Inc. and Desert Production, Inc., according to the system. He serves as the chairman of the TTFI as well as the First United Methodist Church Midland Team.

Culp is a 1981 graduate from Tech with a degree in accounting, along with his wife, Annette, and three of his four children who also attended and graduated from Tech.

Shelley Sweatt, Ed.D

Sweatt is the president and CEO of The Priddy Foundation and president of The Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees. She also serves as a member of the Texas Woman's University Board of Regents and was a former member of the Midwestern State University Board of Regents — which is the newest component institution within the Tech System.

Sweatt earned her bachelor's degree from Tech and her doctorate at the University of North Texas. Her husband, Greg, and her daughter, Merrill, also graduated from Tech.

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Gov. Abbott appoints three new regents to Texas Tech System's board