Biographical Sketch

Rene Truan currently serves as the Executive Director of the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG). Mr. Truan has over 30 years’ experience in state government, 20 of those in Executive Leadership positions. The majority of his career was serving as Deputy Land Commissioner for the General Land Office and Veterans Land Board under 4 different Texas Land Commissioners. In this capacity, Mr. Truan was responsible for overseeing all surface and subsurface activities related to the leasing, sale, development and protection of state lands and minerals. Mr. Truan also served the Texas Inspector General for Health and Human Services as the Management Director responsible for implementing strategies to improve the process of investigating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse cases in Texas. Mr. Truan joined the Board of Geoscientists in March of this year and helped guide the agency and governing board through the 86th legislative session. Mr. Truan attended the University of Texas and Texas State University with degrees in Public Administration and Economics. He is also a graduate of the UT LBJ School’s Executive Development Program and the International Transformative Leadership Program. Mr. Truan has been married for 16 years and lives in Austin with his wife and two daughters.