GAC Chairman Dr. Fred Farias brings THECB Commissioner Dr. Harrison Keller to the RGV

McALLEN, Texas – When he assumed the role of chairman of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in June, McAllen resident Fred Farias, III, said he would bring key stakeholders to the Rio Grande Valley. It has not taken him long to deliver. On Wednesday, Aug. 11, Farias will welcome Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Harrison Keller at a breakfast hosted by the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Farias, an optometrist, chairs the McAllen Chamber’s Government Affairs Council. He was appointed chair of THECB in June by Gov. Greg Abbott. “We are now in a leadership position so that we can hopefully make a big difference down here in the Valley and South Texas. As you know, being the chair of any state agency is a big deal because we are able to get stakeholders down here,” Farias told the Rio Grande Guardian, earlier this summer. Asked about the visit of…