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DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 3rd the Rotary Club of Houston lunch speake
r at Tony's Restaurant\, 3755 Richmond Rd is Kevin Lilly who leads the TAB
C (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission). Since 1935 their charter has incl
uded keeping organized crime out of Texas. I’m sure our speaker will tel
l us about a recent event in Houston that might be surprising. Interesting
activities are happening here. What about organized human trafficking?
Kevin J. Lilly Kevin J. Lilly has served as Chairman of the Texas Alcoh
olic Beverage Commission since 2017. He was a Founding Partner of Avalon
Advisors\, the largest privately owned wealth management firm in Texas. I
n 2023\, Avalon merged with CI Financial\, the nation’s largest independ
ent wealth advisory firm\, now known as Corient. Mr. Lilly currently serv
es as Vice Chairman of Corient. Prior to founding Avalon in 2001\, Lilly s
pent 11 years in the investment banking industry\, beginning his career i
n the Sales and Trading division of Goldman Sachs. Lilly worked for Goldma
n Sachs both in New York and Houston. Lilly was commissioned as a Lieutena
nt (Cavalry) in the U.S. Army via ROTC at The University of Texas at Aust
in. He served as a tank platoon leader and tank battalion staff officer an
d had one overseas deployment. Lilly left federal service as a Captain. H
e was appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry in 2009 to serve as a Regent of
the Texas State University System\, serving on the Finance and Audit Comm
ittee\, as well as serving as Chairman of the Texas State University Syste
m Foundation Board until 2015. Lilly has published articles on project fin
ance and military tactics. In addition\, Lilly has served as a board membe
r and trustee for several organizations\, including the Houston Symphony\
, Houston Museum of Natural Science\, the National World War II Museum in
New Orleans\, Houston Methodist Hospital Academic Institute\, and Strake
Jesuit College Preparatory in Houston. He currently serves as a Colonel i
n the Texas State Guard and commanded the 8th Regiment during Hurricane H
arvey. Lilly currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Southwestern Un
iversity in Georgetown. He has a bachelor's degree\, BBA\, from the Unive
rsity of Texas’ McCombs School and a master's degree\, MBA\, from South
ern Methodist University’s Cox School of Business. He resides in Houston
and is married with three children. Lilly’s term as Chairman is set
to expire on Nov. 15\, 2027
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SUMMARY:Kevin J. Lilly\, Chairman\, TABC
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:On Thursday\, April 3rd the Rot
ary Club of Houston lunch speaker at Tony'\;s Restaurant\, 3755 Richmon
d Rd is Kevin Lilly who leads the TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commissio
n). Since 1935 their charter has included keeping organized crime out of T
exas. I&rsquo\;m sure our speaker will tell us about a recent event in Hou
ston that might be surprising. Interesting \;activities are happening
here. What about organized human trafficking? \;
\n\
n
\nKevin J. Lilly
\n\nKevin J. Lilly has served as Chairman of th
e Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission since 2017. He \;was a Founding Partner of Avalon Advisors\, the
largest privately owned wealth management firm in \;Texas. In 2023\, Avalon merged with CI Financial\
, the nation&rsquo\;s largest independent wealth advisory \;fir
m\, now known as Corient. Mr. Lilly currently serves as Vice Chairman of C
orient.
\n\n
\nPrior to founding Avalon in 2001\, L
illy spent 11 years in the investment banking industry\, beginning \;<
/span>his career in the Sales and Trading division of Goldman Sachs. Lilly
worked for Goldman Sachs both
\n\nin New York and Houst
on.
\n\n\nLilly was commissioned as a Lieut
enant (Cavalry) in the U.S. Army via ROTC at The University of Texas \
;at Austin. He served as a tank
platoon leader and tank battalion staff officer and had one overseas \
;deployment. Lilly left federal
service as a Captain. He was appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry in 2009&nb
sp\;to serve as a Regent of the
Texas State University System\, serving on the Finance and Audit \;Committee\, as well as serving as Chairman of the Texas State Universi
ty System Foundation Board until 2015. Lilly has published articles on pro
ject finance and military tactics.
\n\n
\nIn additi
on\, Lilly has served as a board member and trustee for several organizati
ons\, including the \;Houston Symphony\, Houston Museum of Natu
ral Science\, the National World War II Museum in New \;Orleans\, Houston Methodist Hospital Academic Institu
te\, and Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in \;Houston. He currently serves as a Colonel in the Texas
State Guard and commanded the 8th \;Regiment during Hurricane Harvey. \;Lilly currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Southw
estern University in Georgetown. He has a \;bachelor'\;s degree\, BBA\, from the University of Texa
s&rsquo\; McCombs School and a master'\;s degree\, MBA\, \;<
span style="font-kerning: none\;">from Southern Methodist University&rsquo
\;s Cox School of Business. He resides in Houston and is married \;with three children.
\n\n \;
\n\nLilly&rsquo\;s term as Chairman
is set to expire on Nov. 15\, 2027
\n\n \;
\n
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