Matt Shaheen
| Matthew F. "Matt" Shaheen | |
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| Texas State Representative for District 66 (Collin County) | |
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Assumed office January 13, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Van Taylor |
| Precinct 1 Commissioner for Collin County, Texas | |
| Succeeded by | Mark Reid |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 Virginia |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Robyn Mathis Shaheen |
| Residence | Plano, Texas |
| Alma mater | Southern Methodist University |
| Occupation | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services executive |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Matthew F. Shaheen, known as Matt Shaheen (born 1965), is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 66 in Plano in Collin County north of Dallas, Texas.
A native of Virginia, Shaheen received a bachelor's degree from Randolph-Macon College in Ashland near the capital city of Richmond, at which he received All Conference honors through the Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a player on the college Yellow Jackets football team. Shaheen also holds a master's degree from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas.
Since 2004, he has been a technology and management consulting executive, with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services.
Shaheen is a deacon at the large Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano and directs a Bible study for inmates in the Collin County jail.
Shaheen is the former Precinct 1 commissioner for Collin County, one of four legislative positions in county government which encompasses North Plano, Frisco, Prosper, Celina, and northwestern McKinney. As a county commissioner, he served on the Texas Conference of Urban Counties Policy Committee and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department Advisory Committee. Then Governor Rick Perry named him to the Texas State Board of Social Workers, for which he was chairman of the board's Professional Development Committee and a member of the Ethics Committee. He has also served on the Plano Community Relations Commission.
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