To the Citizens of Tarrant County,

As the chief elected officer of Tarrant County, I preside over the Tarrant County Commissioners Court. I am honored to represent all of the citizens of Texas' third most populous county. Tarrant County is home to 1.8 million people. It is an ideal place to live, work and raise a family. As County Judge, I will do the most I can to ensure that North Texans enjoy the highest quality of life. Our great county offers many services and I urge you to take advantage of them. All of us in Tarrant County are here to serve you, the public. If there are ways to improve what we do, please let us know. To learn about your county, visit our Tarrant County web site at www.tarrantcounty.com, visit our sub-courthouses in each of the commissioners' precincts or stop by the County Administration Building at 100 E. Weatherford Street in downtown Fort Worth. During business hours, the front door is always open. Come on in.

Sincerely,

{B. Glen Whitley Signature}

B. Glen Whitley

Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley

Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley, a civic leader and certified public accountant, was born in Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from Grand Prairie High School in 1971 and earned a Bachelor's of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1976. He began his career at Ernst & Ernst and co-founded the Whitley Penn accounting firm with offices in Fort Worth and Dallas in 1983. He was elected Tarrant County Commissioner in 1996, representing the northeast portion of our county, and then Tarrant County Judge in 2006.

Judge Whitley presides over the Tarrant County Commissioners Court in the center of the Metroplex, the nation's fourth largest urban area. He is a regional and state leader on matters regarding efficiently run government, transportation, sustainable communities, air quality and youth and children's issues. Judge Whitley has served on school and hospital boards and on regional and state committees. He will become the National Association of Counties President in July and is currently chair of the North Texas' regional metropolitan planning organization. Judge Whitley is also the vice chairman of the North Central Texas Council of Governments. He is a past president of the Texas Conference of Urban Counties and the Fort Worth Chapter of Certified Public Accountants. Glen and his wife, Brenda, live in Hurst, Texas, have three grown children, a grandson and two granddaughters.