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Joseph J. Beal became LCRA's eighth general manager on Jan. 20, 2000. He serves as chief executive officer of LCRA, a Texas conservation and reclamation district with $875 million in expenses budgeted in fiscal year 2007. It has more than 2,200 employees.
Beal joined LCRA in 1995 to lead its Water Services division, which provides water resources management, flood protection, drought management, agricultural irrigation and water and wastewater utility services.
Prior to joining LCRA, Beal was senior vice president at Espey Huston & Associates, a large engineering and environmental consulting firm in Austin.
Beal earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Texas Tech University in 1968, followed by a master's degree of business administration in municipal finance from The University of Texas at Austin.
Beal served in Vietnam, where he earned a Bronze Star as a company commander in the Army Medical Service Corps. After his tour of duty, Beal returned to Texas in 1970.
Beal and his wife, Nancy, reside in Bastrop, Texas. They have two grown daughters. | 