On June 17, 2008, Mark R. Vickery was appointed
executive director of the TCEQ, as approved by the commission on
June 4, 2008.
Vickery had served as the deputy executive director since May 1,
2004.
Vickery previously served as deputy director for the Office of
Permitting, Remediation and Registration (OPRR) of the TCEQ. The
office comprised six divisions: Air Permits; Remediation;
Registration, Review and Reporting; Waste Permits; Water Quality;
and Water Supply. The office also included the Toxicology and Risk
Assessment program of the agency.
Prior to his tenure as OPRR deputy director, Vickery served as
deputy director for the TCEQ’s Office of Compliance and
Enforcement (OCE). The four divisions in this office included Field
Operations, which included sixteen regional offices across the
state. Vickery had served as director of the Field Operations
Division for two years before his promotion to deputy director of
OCE. Other positions held by Vickery include manager of the Waste
Tire Recycling Program and management positions in the
agency’s regulatory enforcement programs.
Vickery is a native Texan and attended Texas Tech University in
Lubbock, Texas, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Geology.
Prior to joining the TCEQ, Vickery worked as an exploration
geologist in Midland, Texas.
He and his wife Tammy have a son and a daughter.
