Arcilia Acosta

Ms. Arcilia Acosta of Dallas was appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System on April 13, 2021. She currently serves as vice chairwoman of the Audit Committee. Her term expires on Jan. 31, 2027.

Acosta is the president and CEO of CARCON Industries and Construction and the founder and CEO of Southwestern Testing Laboratories (STL) Engineers. She is a celebrated 30-year business veteran, entrepreneur, nationally recognized speaker, philanthropist, and mother.

Acosta has held board-level positions with some of Texas’ most successful corporations. From 2013 until it was acquired in 2019, she served as a member of the Board of Directors of Legacy Texas Financial Group, N.A., a bank holding company with an asset size of more than $9 billion. In 2018, Acosta joined the board of ONE Gas Inc., a stand-alone, 100% regulated, publicly-traded natural gas utility and one of the largest natural gas utilities in the U.S.