Governance
The TASB Board of Directors ensures the association is aligned with member needs and priorities.
TASB is member-led by six officers and a Board of Directors made up of school board trustees from districts in every educational service center (ESC) region across the state plus one representative for ESC boards. Elected at the annual Delegate Assembly, the board convenes at least four times a year to provide accountability, accessibility, responsive decision-making, and financial oversight to ensure alignment with member needs and priorities.
All Active Members have a voice in the overall direction of the Association by participating in the annual Delegate Assembly. This annual membership meeting, held during the TASA | TASB Convention, is where members elect officers and directors, adopt the TASB Advocacy Agenda, and vote on Association business, like amending the bylaws. Each local school board and education service center board selects a delegate to attend the Assembly. The TASB Board is then responsible for translating these decisions into items that can be acted upon by TASB's staff and the members themselves.
TASB Board Officers
Rolinda Schmidt
Rolinda Schmidt has served on the Kerrville ISD Board of Trustees since 1996, holding various officer positions, including president, vice president, and secretary.
Schmidt is actively involved in local youth education programs, including the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club, Rotary Club Foreign Exchange Student Program, Head Start, and the Kerrville ISD sixth-grade outdoor education program. In 2014, she was named Families & Literacy’s Champion of Education.
Schmidt has a bachelor’s degree in social services from San Jose State University. She is a managing partner in her family-owned and family-operated commercial real estate development and management company.
She is a graduate of the Leadership TASB program and a member of the School Board Advocacy Network.
Tony Hopkins
Hopkins has served on the Friendswood ISD Board since 2008 and is currently the board president.
He is president of Four Creeks Investments LLC, an independent energy consulting and investment firm, and also vice president of Modular Plant Solutions LLC. Hopkins earned a bachelor’s degree at Lamar University and a master’s degree at Rice University.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Mary Jane Hetrick
Hetrick is in her third term on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees, currently serving as president.
Her professional experience includes working as an adjunct professor for Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM), Troy University, and Austin Community College. In 2014, she founded a nonprofit consulting business. Hetrick received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas Pan American (now UT Rio Grande Valley), a master’s degree in public administration, a certificate in nonprofit management from AUM, and a doctorate in public administration and public policy from Auburn University.
She is a 2017 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Dan Micciche
Micciche was elected to the Dallas ISD Board in 2012. He served as board president from 2016 to 2018 and is currently first vice president.
He recently retired from the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. Micciche received his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University in New York and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas and by Texas Monthly as a Super Lawyer.
Sylvia Sánchez Garza
Sánchez Garza has served on the South Texas ISD Board since 2008. She is currently the board secretary.
She has a doctorate in leadership studies from Our Lady of the Lake University’s School of Business and Leadership, a master’s degree in educational administration from Lamar University, a master of fine arts in creative writing, and a bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Texas Pan American. Sánchez Garza and her husband own B.I.C. Development and Garco Ranch Communities. She is an author and her book Cascarones has won several literary awards.
Sánchez Garza is a 2012 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Armando Rodriguez
Rodriguez is serving his fifth term on the Canutillo ISD Board, where his fellow trustees have elected him as president, vice president, and secretary.
Professionally, he is the business development manager of Hellas Construction Inc. Rodriguez has the distinction of being one of the youngest people ever to be elected to office in El Paso County. A graduate of Canutillo High School and The University of Texas at El Paso, Rodriguez is one of the founding members of the Canutillo Alumni Foundation for Education — the only organization specifically designed to award scholarships to Canutillo graduates.
He currently serves on the board of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials and has also served as president of the Mexican American School Boards Association and president of the Far West Texas School Boards Association.
Rodriguez is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
TASB Board of Directors
Alison Busse Savage
Born and raised in Lyford, Busse Savage is a proud graduate of Lyford High School. She joined the Lyford CISD Board in 2013.
After attending Texas A&M University in Kingsville, she began working in various telecommunications roles and now serves as a senior manager for Realpage Technology Serivces, where she oversees new multifamily development and implementation.
Busse Savage is active in her community, serving as president of the Willacy County Livestock Show and Fair, a committee member of the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo, and as a member of Relay Life, The Algodon Club, and the Lyford FFA Alumni Association.
She is a graduate of Leadership TASB and a Master Trustee.
Sylvia Sánchez Garza
Sánchez Garza has served on the South Texas ISD Board since 2008. She is currently the board secretary.
She has a doctorate in leadership studies from Our Lady of the Lake University’s School of Business and Leadership, a master’s degree in educational administration from Lamar University, a master of fine arts in creative writing, and a bachelor’s degree in English from The University of Texas Pan American. Sánchez Garza and her husband own B.I.C. Development and Garco Ranch Communities. She is an author and her book Cascarones has won several literary awards.
Sánchez Garza is a 2012 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Moises Alfaro
Alfaro has been a board member for Mathis ISD since 2015. He is currently the board secretary.
He is a former educator, having served as a teacher in Pasadena ISD and a teacher, assistant principal, associate principal, and principal in Mathis ISD. Currently, he works as a health, safety, and environmental manager for Brown & Root Industrial Services at the Celanese Chemical Plant in Bishop. Alfaro also works part time for the Region 2 ESC as a field supervisor for Crossroads, an adult education program.
Alfaro earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in educational administration and a doctorate in educational leadership from Texas A&M University-Kingsville.
Margaret Pruett
Pruett was elected to the Victoria ISD School Board in 2016 and currently serves as the board secretary. She has worked in Victoria ISD, first as a permanent substitute teacher and later as a bilingual kindergarten/first-grade teacher’s assistant. Currently, Pruett is a legal assistant at Anderson, Smith, Null & Stofer, LLP.
In 2013, she graduated with honors from the Commonwealth Funeral Institute in Houston.
Rose Avalos
Avalos has served on the Aldine ISD board since 2006 and is currently the assistant secretary.
Avalos served as an educator in Aldine ISD for 33 years. During her tenure, she was a teacher, counselor, program director, assistant principal, and middle and high school principal. She was named the district’s Principal of the Year in 2002 and 2003. Avalos currently serves as an educational consultant for the Region 4 ESC.
She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in education from Sam Houston State University.
Darlene Breaux
Breaux was elected to the Alief ISD Board in 2017. Currently, she serves as board vice president and chair of the policy committee.
She has held a variety of roles in education: teacher, reading specialist, dyslexia and intervention coordinator, campus principal, and director of special populations. Since 2016, she has served as director of the Research and Evaluation Institute at the Harris County Department of Education.
Breaux holds a bachelor’s from Texas Southern University, a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and a doctorate in organizational leadership from Abilene Christian University.
Vacant Position
This position is currently vacant.
Angela Lemond Flowers
Lemond Flowers was appointed to the Houston ISD board in 2023 and serves as secretary,
She has worked in education for 25 years, including as a teacher and administrator. She currently teaches high school English. During her professional career, Lemond Flowers has served as director of alumni leadership development for Teach For America and as executive director of Writers in Schools.
Lemond Flowers earned a bachelor’s in English literature from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s in educational leadership from Columbia University.
Rebecca Fox
Fox served on the Katy ISD Board 2004-19 and was reelected to the board in 2021.
She works part-time as a motivational speaker and parent educator. She volunteers in schools across the district through KEYS mentoring, Junior Achievement, Promise-to-Read, and a variety of other programs. Fox attended Southeastern Louisiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in consumer and family science.
Fox is a 2007 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee. She also is a member of the School Board Advocacy Network.
Vacant Position
This position is currently vacant.
Angie Hanan
Hanan was first elected to the Fort Bend ISD (FBISD) Board in 2020 and was reelected in May 2023.
She earned a bachelor’s from Oklahoma State University and completed graduate work at the University of Houston. Hanan taught in Houston-area school districts for six years before joining FBISD in 1997. In 2006, she started an educational consulting business, focused on teacher training, instructional coaching, and program improvement.
Hanan currently serves on the executive board of Destination Imagination (Gulf Coast Region) and on the board for the Fort Bend Association of Parents for Academic Excellence (PACE).
Nicholas Phillips
Phillips is the president of the Nederland ISD Board and has served on the board for more than 11 years.
He is the principal at West Brook High School in Beaumont ISD and previously served the district as principal and associate principal at Marshall Middle School. Before moving into administrative roles, he spent seven years teaching world geography and U.S. history in Beaumont and Port Arthur ISDs. Phillips earned bachelor’s and master's degrees from Lamar University.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Beth Whittington
Whittington was elected to the New Caney ISD Board in 2016 and currently serves as assistant secretary for the board.
Since 2012, she has served as a lawyer for Valence Operating Company. Whittington has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma and her Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma.
Vacant Position
This position is currently vacant.
Tony Raymond
Raymond is president of the Sabine ISD Board of Trustees, a position he has held since 2016. He was elected to his local board in 2004.
He is employed with Ubeo Business Services.
Thomas Darden
Darden has served on the Cooper ISD Board since 2002 and currently serves as the board president.
Darden is a systems engineering manager for L3Harris, a defense contractor in Greenville, where he has worked for more than 35 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington.
Darden is a 2007 Leadership TASB graduate.
Mark Lukert
Lukert joined the Wichita Falls ISD Board in 2018.
He has been an educator for more than 40 years and spent 21 years as an elementary school principal. Currently, he is a national trainer, speaker, and leadership coach for the John Maxwell Team. He also presents keynote addresses for various organizations and conducts teambuilding workshops across the nation.
Tricia Ikard
Ikard is secretary of the Maypearl ISD Board and has been a trustee for 15 years.
She earned an associate degree in business administration from Southwestern Assemblies of God University. After graduating, she began her business career at a family-owned oil and gas corporation in Dallas. Ikard retired in December 2017 after 33 years in corporate financial management. She and her husband own a business, where she handles the day-to-day operations.
She has served on the TASB Legislative Advisory Council for Region 10 and as her board’s delegate at the TASB Delegate Assembly.
Linda Gooch
Gooch has served on the Sunnyvale ISD board for more than 25 years and currently serves as vice president.
She is vice president for Morgan Stanley. Gooch has been active in many district and civic organizations, including the Alumni Association, Sunnyvale Education Foundation, and the Raider Pride Booster Club.
She is a member of TASB’s School Board Advocacy Network.
Dan Micciche
Micciche was elected to the Dallas ISD Board in 2012. He served as board president from 2016 to 2018 and is currently first vice president.
He recently retired from the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. Micciche received his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University in New York and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. He has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas and by Texas Monthly as a Super Lawyer.
Kevin A. Carbó
Carbó was elected to the Mesquite ISD Board in 1996.
He recently retired from the City of Dallas, where he was a manager in the Aviation Department. Carbó graduated from Colegio San Antonio in Puerto Rico. He earned his bachelor of business administration in finance from Dallas Baptist University in 1995 and received his master of business administration from the University of Dallas in 1999.
Dynette Davis
In 2020, Davis was elected to the Frisco ISD Board, where she is currently serving her second year as board president.
She is the founder and CEO of Dymensions Educational Consulting LLC and has more than 20 years of experience in the field of education. She is currently a doctoral candidate in higher educational leadership at Concordia University.
She serves on the boards of the Texas Health Community Impact Leadership Council and Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County and is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and the Omega Alpha Omega Chapter in Frisco.
Julie Cole
Cole has been a trustee on the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD Board since 2013 and is currently serving as secretary.
She has been employed at Fidelity Investments since 2016 as part of the customer knowledge and strategic insights group, leading the interaction analytics team for personal investing.
Cole is a 2018 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Quinton "Q" Phillips
Phillips has served on Fort Worth ISD Board since 2019 and is first vice president.
He is a professor in the Criminal Justice Department of Texas Christian University. Phillips earned a bachelor’s degree in social work from Prairie View A&M University. He is also a graduate of Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University where he received a master’s degree in theological studies.
Justin Chapa
Chapa has served on the Arlington ISD Board since 2017 and currently serves as the board’s vice president.
He is counsel in the Dallas office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Chapa spent his undergraduate years at Harvard University, earning a bachelor’s degree in government. Upon graduating, he joined Teach for America and taught 12th grade government and economics classes at Rivera High School in Brownsville. He then pursued his Juris Doctorate at Stanford Law School, where he concurrently earned a master’s degree in education.
Steven Newcom
Newcom has served on the Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Board for 28 years and is currently the board secretary.
Now retired, he owned and operated his own accounting firm in the community for 37 years. Newcom is a Baylor University graduate and a certified public accountant.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Keri Roberts
Roberts was elected to the Goldthwaite CISD Board in 2013 and is in her sixth year serving as president.
A Goldthwaite High School graduate, she received a bachelor’s in agricultural development from Texas A&M University. She continued her education at The University of Texas, where she obtained her Doctor of Jurisprudence. Roberts served nine years as the as the Mills County prosecutor. She is currently a private practice attorney.
Roberts is a board member for the Center of Life Resources and a member of the Texas Bar Association and the Brown County Bar Association.
Lynn Boswell
Boswell began her service on the Austin ISD Board in 2020.
She is an award-winning broadcast journalist, with experience as a New York-based producer for NBC News and a series producer for KLRU-TV, Austin’s PBS station. Boswell earned degrees in journalism and Latin American studies from Southern Methodist University and her Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law.
Mary Jane Hetrick
Hetrick is in her third term on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees, currently serving as president.
Her professional experience includes working as an adjunct professor for Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM), Troy University, and Austin Community College. In 2014, she founded a nonprofit consulting business. Hetrick received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas Pan American (now UT Rio Grande Valley), a master’s degree in public administration, a certificate in nonprofit management from AUM, and a doctorate in public administration and public policy from Auburn University.
She is a 2017 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Bryan Holubec
Holubec joined the Thrall ISD Board in 2011 and is currently serving as president.
He graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s in construction science and accepted a commission into the U.S. Marine Corps in May 1988. His active-duty service as a combat engineer ended in December 1992. Holubec is currently a consultant in the real estate development industry.
Holubec is an active member of the Central Texas School Boards Association, where he is vice-president of small districts, and is a charter member and organizer of the Thrall Community Education Foundation. He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Greg Welch
Welch has served on Clyde CISD Board since 1998.
He works as a manufacturing plant manager for Ludlum Measurements Inc., where he has been employed since 2002. Welch attended Angelo State University and went on to work as a machinist and production manager at Froman Manufacturing Inc.
Raymond P. Meza
Meza is serving his third term on the San Felipe Del Rio CISD Board and currently serves as board president.
His experience in education includes serving as a kindergarten and sixth grade teacher, a middle school principal, and school board trustee.
Cindy Spanel
Spanel has been on the Highland Park ISD-Potter County Board since 2004, serving as secretary for six years and vice president for four years.
Currently semiretired, Spanel is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. She served from 1974 to 1977, with an honorable discharge, disabled veteran. She earned an associate of applied science degree from Amarillo College.
She is a 2010 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Carlos Bentancourt
Bentancourt has served on the Slaton ISD Board of Trustees for 27 years and is board president.
He is currently employed at Associated Supply Company. Bentancourt attended South Plains College and has been involved in music ministry for 40 years.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Steve Brown
Brown began serving on the ECISD Board after he retired from the district in 2011.
He dedicated 35 years to ECISD as a teacher and administrator. He received his doctorate in education administration, master’s degree in guidance and counseling, and bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas Tech University. He also earned a master’s degree in education administration from Sul Ross State University.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee. Brown also is a trustee on the TASB Risk Management Fund Board.
Marlene Bullard
Bullard joined the Tornillo ISD Board of Trustees in 2012 and is currently the board president. She is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
She earned her bachelor’s in English and sociology from Austin College and her master’s in educational leadership from the University of New Mexico. She began her education career in Bonham ISD and has also taught in Tornillo ISD. In 2005, she moved to Fabens ISD, where she is currently an assistant principal.
Bullard is active in the Far West Texas School Boards Association, El Paso Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents, El Paso chapter of Texas Council of Women School Executives, and Raise Your Hand Texas Teacher Advisory Group.
Ginger Friesenhahn
Friesenhahn joined the East Central ISD Board in 2021.
Professionally, Friesenhahn has focused on early child development. Her family owns and operates a childcare center, which was established in 1985.
Carol Harle
Harle was elected to the Northside ISD-Bexar County board in 2013.
She was a teacher and administrator and currently serves as an educational consultant and school improvement coach for several school districts. She teaches in the College of Education for The University of Texas at San Antonio. Harle earned her master’s in education from Texas State University and her doctorate in curriculum studies from The University of Texas at Austin.
Harle is a 2018 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
Rich Sena
Sena was elected to the Boerne ISD Board of Trustees in 2014.
He had a career in advertising sales and then opened his own insurance agency, specializing in health insurance for small businesses. Sena graduated from Colgate University with a degree in political science and international relations.
He is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.
David Sublasky
Sublasky is president of the Texas Association of Education Service Centers (TAESC) and has served for 23 years. His service to Texas public education began as a school board member for Fabens ISD. He served 22 years on the board, with 11 years as president. During his local tenure, he was elected to the TASB Board, serving from 1992 to 1998. He is a TASB past president.
Sublasky is a Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee. He was part of the charter class in 1992.
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