Kathleen Ligon

Kathleen Ligon joined the Texas Water Development Board in August 2006. She was named Interim Assistant Executive Administrator effective April 1, 2024. She joined the Executive office in 2019 to serve as the agency's lead on implementing flood mitigation planning and funding legislation from the 88th Texas Legislative Session; later she was named Associate Executive Administrator. Previously, Kathleen served as senior policy analyst in Government Relations for three legislative sessions and served as a planner and special assistant to the Deputy Executive Administrator of the agency's planning office. Kathleen has prior public service experience with the Lower Colorado River Authority and the Texas Department of Transportation. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.