The Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District selected a new general manager at a board meeting July 11.

What happened

According to a previous Community Impact report, LSGCD's previous general manager, Samantha Reiter, resigned from the position June 15. The board said after interviewing five different candidates, they chose Sarah Kouba as the new general manager.

• Kouba was hired under the terms and conditions that were discussed during executive session.
• She is expected to be present at the next board meeting.
• President Jim Spigener said Kouba was part of an organization that played a major role in recovery efforts for the city of Houston after Hurricane Harvey.

What they are saying: “She brings to the table some great experience with different entities and local governments and has demonstrated in her past work performance that she can work with the bureaucracy that exists in many different organizations as well as get people to work together to get the results that work best for the entity that she’s working for," LSGCD Secretary Janice Thigpen said.