Background
Powell, M. Elaine was born on April 18, 1954 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Grover Cleveland and Marie (Clarchick) Powell.
Powell, M. Elaine was born on April 18, 1954 in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Grover Cleveland and Marie (Clarchick) Powell.
Bachelor in History and Economics, Denison University, Granville, Ohio, 1976. Master of Arts in International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University, 1978. Postgraduate, American University at Cairo, 1978.
Finance analyst, Arabian American Oil Corporation, Houston, 1978-1979; finance analyst, Arabian American Oil Corporation, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1979-1981; budget analyst, Office of Governor of Texas, Austin, 1981-1984; director division, Office of Governor of Texas, Austin, 1984-1987; telecommunications analyst, Public Utility Commission, Austin, 1987-1990; executive director, Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission, Austin, since 1990.
Candidate Board Employees Retirement Systems, Austin, 1989. Delegate United States/Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics/Hungary Emerging Leaders Program, Budapest, 1989. Participant Leadership Texas, 1988, Leadership American, 1992.
Board directors Austin Women's Center, 1984-1986. Member Executive Women in Texas Government (president-elect 1991, president 1992), Women in Public Sector (vice president 1989-1990, president 1990-1991), American Center for International Leadership, Texas Photographic Society (board directors 1987-1988, secretary 1989, Austin Society Public Administration, Employee Involvement Association (Lone Star chapter treasurer 1991, president 1992), Leadership Texas Alumnae Association (board directors 1989-1991), Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Women and Their Work, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Beta Phi (alumnae co-chair 1988-1989).
Married Jeffrey E.T. Bohm, June 6, 1981.