Williams Elected to State Association Board

For release: October 8, 2021
Contact: Denise Schulz, 512.340.2948, denise.schulz@tasb.org
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(Austin) — Terri Williams of North East ISD has been elected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 20, Position E. The election was held during the Association’s 2021 Delegate Assembly on September 25 in Dallas.

Williams, a lifelong San Antonio resident, was elected to the North East ISD (NEISD) Board of Trustees in 2018. She has served on the district’s Bond Steering Committee and as a member of the NEISD Citizens' Bond Advisory Committee. She is a graduate of Leadership North East.

A 30-year economic development professional, she holds a degree in political science from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and a designation as a Certified Economic Developer from the International Economic Development Council. Williams is the associate regional director of the UTSA Institute for Economic Development SBDC Center for Government Contracting.

She has been actively involved in her community, which has earned her a variety of recognitions, including 2017 San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award, 2015 Women in Leadership Award by the San Antonio Business Journal, and 1999 Small Business Advocate of the Year for Minority Enterprise Development Week. She is a graduate of Leadership San Antonio.

TASB is a nonprofit association established in 1949 to serve local Texas school boards. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state. The districts they represent serve more than 5.4 million public school students.