Staff

Clint Winters
Team Leader

Academic Background: Bachelor of Arts in Economics, St. Edward's University; Masters in Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs.

Areas of Expertise: Public safety and transportation issues

Key Projects: Texas Performance Reviews, including reviews of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation and the Texas Prison Industry

Clint Winters has 18 years of experience in policy analysis and the state and federal legislative processes. He is presently a member of the Comptroller's Research and Policy Development Division and is co-team leader for the Comptroller's upcoming review of the Texas Department of Transportation. As a member of the Texas Performance Review (TPR) team, Winters led teams on numerous projects, including the Comptroller's 1995 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation review New Models of Care; the public safety chapters of two major TPR statewide reviews; and the 1999 Texas Prison Industry Review.

From 1991 to 1995, Winters worked at the Governor's Office as a policy analyst responsible for tracking transportation, local government and other general government issues. In the latter 1980s, he was a policy analyst for the State Treasury, providing analysis for executive staff on policy issues including economic development, infrastructure finance, natural resources, state and local government organization and tax policy. From 1981 to 1985, he was employed by the Comptroller's office as an economist, working in areas such as water supply, economics, government organization and transportation.

Winters has developed and taught courses at St. Edward's University as an adjunct professor, including Political Science.

Ann Berasley

Academic Background: Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing, Texas A&M University; Master of Business Administration, Texas A&M University.

Areas of Expertise: performance review, financial management, local government

Key Projects: Texas Performance Review, local government assistance

Ann Berasley has more than 10 years of experience in reviewing state and local government organizations and programs. At the Comptroller's office, Berasley served as team leader for the cross-government team contributing to the Texas Performance Review's Disturbing the Peace report, and for reviews of the Public Utility Commission, Texas Workforce Commission, and state criminal justice training programs. Berasley also served as project manager for a financial management review of El Paso County.

During her tenure at the Sunset Advisory Commission, Berasley led reviews of the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, General Services Commission, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the Public Utility Commission, as well as a review of private prisons in Texas.