Grace Windbigler serves as the Community-Based Care Operations Director for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. She oversees the state’s contracts for Community-Based Care and manages the transition from traditional foster care to this community driven model. Grace also serves as the interim Director for the Office of Community-Based Care Transition, a state agency independent of, but administratively attached to the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Grace has spent over 20 years managing the business operations and oversight of complex contracts for state agencies in Texas, including the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of Information Resources, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Most recently she served as the Associate Commissioner for Operations in the Family Health Services Department at the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
Grace earned a bachelor’s degree in science from The University of Texas at Austin.