Government Market News Staff
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Catherine Bellah and Walter Coppersmith III to the Department of Information Resources (DIR). DIR delivers technology solutions for state and local entities and coordinates, oversees and directs information resources management within the Texas government.
Bellah is the CEO of an operational and strategic consulting firm. She brings more than two decades of legal, operational and executive experience to the role. Bellah has worked at the highest levels of government, previously serving as principal deputy general counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, deputy assistant to the president and deputy White House staff secretary.
She is a member of the state bars of Texas, California and Washington D.C. Bellah holds a Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology from the University of Richmond.
Coppersmith is the current CEO of a custom software development company that builds training and simulation software for the Department of Defense. In addition, he is a member of the state bar associations for both Texas and Maryland, Entrepreneurs’ Organization and is a board member of the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce.
Coppersmith has a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Juris Doctor from Samford University Cumberland School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from The Citadel.
