Education
Southern Methodist University.
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Matt Shaheen
Edit ProfileHewlett Packard Enterprise Services executive
Career
A native of Virginia, Shaheen received a bachelor"s degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland near the capital city of Richmond, at which he received All Conference honors through the Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a player on the college Yellow Jackets football team Shaheen also holds a master"s degree from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas. Since 2004, he has been a technology and management consulting executive, with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services.
Shaheen is a deacon at the large Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano and directs a Bible study for inmates in the Collin County jail.
Shaheen is the former Precinct 1 commissioner for Collin County, one of four legislative positions in county government which encompasses North Plano, Frisco, Prosper, Celina, and northwestern McKinney. As a county commissioner, he served on the Texas Conference of Urban Counties Policy Committee and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department Advisory Committee.
He has also served on the Plano Community Relations Commission. The district encompasses most of West Plano and parts of North Dallas.
The departing representative, Republican Van Taylor, will succeed state Senator Ken Paxton of McKinney, the incoming Attorney General of Texas.
Religion
God gives us the Holy Spirit, and when we respond, there is no limit to what the grace of God is able to do in a human life.
Politics
Represented in Baptist churches are equally diverse worship styles, cultural mores and approaches to Scriptural interpretation. The resulting challenges and opportunities have made the believers stronger —through fellowship, respect, mutual support and dialog, all based on a belief that unity in Christ involves growth and understanding.
Views
The distinctive feature of the Baptist Churches is that lay people are involved in decision making.
Membership
Then Governor Rick Perry named him to the Texas State Board of Social Workers, for which he was chairman of the board"s Professional Development Committee and a member of the Ethics Committee. He is a member of the Collin County Republican Men"s Club.
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Political Party
Conservative