Duran Elected to State Association Board
Karla Duran of Northside ISD-Bexar County has been elected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 20, Position B. The election was held during the Association’s 2026 Delegate Assembly on Oct. 9 in Houston.
Duran was elected to the NISD Board in 2023 and currently serves as secretary. Prior to joining the board, she served as an educator in the district.
Duran has also worked in other San Antonio school districts in various leadership roles. She holds a dual master’s in business administration in international business and management, as well as a Ph.D. in organizational leadership.
She is a proud alum of the Texas Tech University School of Education Inaugural Cohort for Educational Leadership Fellowship. Her research sheds light on the digital divide in technology and internet access, particularly impacting rural communities. She is also an alum of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia.
About TASB
TASB is a nonprofit organization 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 approximately 5.4 million public school students.