Beaman Floyd, Director

Director Beaman Floyd comes to the Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions (TCAIS) with 20 years of legislative experience. His broad experience in Texas governmental affairs includes work on such issues as insurance reform, workers' compensation, health care benefits, public education reform, higher education, local government issues, retirement issues, church/state issues, and other public policy matters.

Mr. Floyd's extensive knowledge base ranges from issues facing Texas' personal lines insurers to state tax policy. He provides TCAIS with valuable insight into the policy-making process, its rules and procedures, and help shape the organization’s legislative strategy. For TCAIS, Floyd successfully builds coalitions of interested parties to pursue legislative and regulatory change.

Mr. Floyd has extensive experience wth state and national media. His expertise and opinions are often sought by newspaper, television and radio reporters. He has made presentations to newspaper editorial boards across the state of Texas.

As a proud member of the Texas lobbying community, Mr. Floyd works to improve both the practices and understanding of his profession. He is a charter member of the Public Advoacy Association of Texas and assists PAAT in the development of programs to enhance the professionalism of lobbying.

Mr. Floyd has received a bachelor of arts in history and Russian studies at Louisiana State University, and a master's degree in theological studies with an emphasis in theology in church history at Austin Prebyterian Theological Seminary.

Mr. Floyd is an Austin native and a sixth-generation Texan. He is a veteran of the United States Army. He lives in Austin with his wife Carlen, a high school government teacher, and his two daughters, Katie and Anna.