She also has served on the FAIR Policy Committee for the National League of Cities since 2003 and on the Intergovernmental Relations Task Force for the Texas Municipal League in 2006.
In March 2008, Mayor Narvaiz was appointed by the Texas Transportation Commission to serve on an advisory committee for the Trans-Texas Corridor. The committee will prepare reports on the effects of corridor development and economic, political, societal and population trends.
She is President and CEO of Core Strategies, Inc., a business she established in June 1997 to provide employment and training opportunities to the I-35 corridor.
Mayor Narvaiz is very active in a wide variety of community organizations. She has volunteered on a number of city-related boards, including the Youth Commission, Economic Development Board, and Convention and Visitors Bureau.
She led the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as president from 1996-98 and sat on its board from 1995-98. She was a member of the board of directors of the San Marcos Chamber of Commerce from 1998-2001.
She has been a leader on numerous other boards of directors and organizations, including the United Way of Hays County, 1998-2003; Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center, 1998-2002; Salute to Educators Banquet, 1997-98; and America’s Promise Youth Summit Fund raising Chair, 1998.
Clifford Narvaiz has also served on the boards of the Texas Association of Business Chambers of Commerce, (San Antonio Chapter Education Chair-1993-96); the Corridor Business Innovation Center Board, 2000-Present; Habitat for Humanity-San Marcos, 1995-96; and as Hays County representative for the Tri-County Human Resources & Occupational Safety Management Association, 1996-2001.
She founded "A Blessing in San Marcos" Thanksgiving Day Feast in 1998 and coordinated the "Salute to America and our Local Heroes" in November 2001. She also coordinated a fund raising event, "Be Bop with the Cops" in 2000 to raise money for the restoration of a historic jail, is a member of Friends of the Playscape, and a past member of Rotary Club.
She actively supports the San Marcos Education Foundation and has contributed to many school-related organizations, including faculty events, SMHS Basketball and Baseball Boosters, Air Force ROTC scholarships, America’s Promise, Sigma Delta Lambda, and 4-H.
She also is involved in supporting the San Marcos Fire Department, American Cancer Society, American Red Cross, Hospice, the Senior Association Building Fund, the Chamber of Commerce Building Fund and Central Texas Medical Center Foundation.
Mayor Narvaiz is the recipient of numerous honors, including the Austin Business Journal “Profiles in Power” Award in 2008; Sam Walton Business Leader Award, the Small Business Person of the Quarter-Chamber of Commerce, Citizen of the Year-San Marcos Area Board of Realtors; Certificate of Appreciation-Youth Summit; Badge of Recognition-San Marcos Police Department; Salute to Women Entrepreneurs; Outstanding Member-Hispanic Chamber; Community Service Award-Hispanic Chamber; the United Way Volunteer of the Year Award, and Woman of Distinction Award, Lone Start Girl Scout Council.
A native of Dayton, Ohio, she moved to San Antonio when she was young. She is married to Mike Narvaiz and they share in the lives of their children and six grandchildren.
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