Trustee Cindy Bauge Memorial

Cynthia Wise Bauge passed April 2020. Cindy was born in Ottumwa, Iowa. She was raised in Des Moines and graduated from Roosevelt High School. Later she attended Iowa State University. She met husband Harry Bauge in the 10th grade and they fell in love on their first date. In 1976, Harry and Cindy moved to Plano to found Grant Sales, Inc., a carwash distributorship. They worked side by side growing the business until Harry retired in 1992 to pursue other endeavors. With Cindy at the helm, Grant Sales grew to provide sales and service in Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The Company was recognized as Texas Family Business of the Year by the Baylor University Hankamer School of Business in 1998.

In addition to leading the team at Grant Sales, Cindy was a dedicated volunteer to various Boards and Commissions throughout Plano and Collin County including Plano Planning & Zoning Commission, Plano Tax Abatement Committee, Plano Increment Financing Committee, and Plano Economic Development Board. She was elected to the Collin College Board of Trustees in 1998 and served twelve years as a Trustee, as well as, Secretary of the Board. In addition, she was a founding member of the Collin College Foundation and served on its Executive Committee; as the Collin College Board Facilities and Construction Committee Chairman. In 1986, the Plano Chamber of Commerce awarded Cindy the inaugural Athena Award & named her Business Woman of the Year and she was also named one of the 21 Leaders for the 21st Century by Collin County Business.