The Board of Directors provides a regular meeting place where business and education leaders discuss significant issues and consider how TBEC can help shape the future direction of public education in Texas.

 

The large and diverse membership on the Board helps develop a broad statewide consensus for change and many of its recommendations have become state education policy. The Board meets four times a year and is led by Business and Education Co-Chairs.

Dr. Jesus Chavez
Superintendent

Round Rock ISD
TBEC Board Co-Chairman

Mr. Jack Lowe
CEO and Chairman

TDIndustries

TBEC Board Co-Chairman

Karen Bessette
President

Texas Elementary Principals and

Supervisors Association

Mr. James Calaway
President & CEO
Center for Houston's Future
Mr. Apolonio Borrego, Jr.
Community Banking President
Wells Fargo Bank Texas, NA
Kay Waggoner
President

Texas Association of School

Administrators

David Ellis
President

Texas Association of

Secondary School Principals

Mr. David Rastellini
President
TASBO
Dr. Don Brown
Executive Director

College for All Texans Foundation

 

Mr. Luis de la Garza
President & CEO
Texen Power Company, LLC

Dr. Blandina Cardenas

President

University of Texas -

Pan American

Dr. Pat Forgione
Superintendent
Austin ISD
Mr. Jeff Galt
Dr. Jeanne Gerlach
Associate Vice President for K-16 Initiatives
The University of Texas at Arlington
Dr. Annette T. Griffin
Superintendent
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD
Ms. Joanie Haley
Executive Director
Robert and Janice McNair Foundation
Mr. Michael Hinojosa
Superintendent
Dallas ISD
Ms. Karen Shepherd
2006 Secondary Teacher of the Year
Plano Senior High School
Mr. Preston Johnson, Jr.
Senior Vice President
CenterPoint Energy
Mr. James Ketelsen
Chairman
Project GRAD
Dr. Darv Winick
President
Winick & Associates
Dr. Robert K. Wimpelberg
Dean, College of Education
University of Houston
Mr. Sandy Kress
Partner
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld
Mr. Joe Krier
President
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Ron Lehman
Commissioner Representing Employers
Texas Workforce Commission
Ms. Sheryl Lindemann
2005 Tx. Secondary Teacher of the Year
Hirschi High School
Ms. Katie Reed
President
Texas Association of School Boards
Mr. James Lowder
President
Evstar Technologies, Inc.
Mr. Mike Hudson
President

National Center for Educational

Accountability

Mr. Cesar Maldonado
Managing Principal
MGM Engineering
Mr. Don McAdams
Executive Director
CRSS
Dr. Bill McKinney
Region IV Education Service Center
Insert Company Here
Ms. Cynthia Lewis
2006 Elementary Teacher of the Year
Whittier Elementary School
Ms. Elaine Mendoza
President & CEO
Conceptual Mindworks, Inc.
Dr. Leonard Merrell
Superintendent
Katy ISD
Ms. Michelle Humphreys
President
Texas PTA
Dr. Richard Middleton
Superintendent
North East ISD
Mr. Roger Miller
Executive Director, External Relationships
Texas State Technical College System
Mr. Lynn M. Moak
Partner
Moak, Casey & Associates, LLP
Mr. Hector Montenegro
Superintendent
Ysleta ISD

Dr. Melody Johnson

Superintendent
Fort Worth ISD
Dr. Mike Moses
CEO
Westmark Systems, LLC
Dr. Steve Murdock
State Demographer
Institute for Demographic & Socioeconomic Research
Dr. Shirley Neeley
Commissioner
Texas Education Agency
Hon. Jim Nelson
Executive Director
AVID
Dr. Ruben E. Olivarez
UT at Austin
Dr. Doug Otto
Superintendent
Plano ISD
Mr. Gary Keep
CEO
SHW Group Architects
Dr. Raymund A. Paredes
Commissioner of Higher Education
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Mr. Robert F. Pence
President & CEO
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Ms. Tegwin Pulley
Vice President
Texas Instruments
Dr. Jake Schrum
President
Southwestern University
Mr. Peter Schulmeyer
Director, Strategy & Marketing
Freescale
Ms. Milli Christner
President
Tx. Assn. Of Partners in Education
Mr. Jeffrey Bricker, AIA
Senior Vice President
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Mr. David Russell

Vice President, External Affairs,

S/W Region

Verizon
Mr. Rod Schroder
Superintendent
Amarillo ISD
Dr. Edwin R. Sharpe
Vice Chancellor for Educational Alignment
University of Texas System
Ms. Sandra K. Shoemaker
Vice President-Program Management
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Mr. Lauro Solis
Manager, Community Affairs
American Electric Power
Mr. Robert S. Stewart
Senior Vice President
Centex Corporation
Mr. Bruce E. Street, Jr.
Street Investment Company
Dr. Carrol A. "Butch" Thomas
Superintendent
Beaumont ISD
Mr. J. David Thompson, III
Partner
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP
Mr. Frank Thompson, Jr.
Chairman
Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board
Dr. Julian Trevino
President
Comidamex, Inc.
Mr. Tom Trotter, III

Director Corporate Community

Relations North America Operations

IBM
Dr. James Veitenheimer
Superintendent
Keller ISD
Ms. Gloria Voutos
2004 Tx. Elementary Teacher of the Year
Spring Valley Elementary School
Ms. Carri Baker Wells
Director of Operations
Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson
Mr. Stephen Mark Hazlewood
Director of Texas Government Affairs
Dow Chemical
Mr. Gerald W. McElvy
Deputy Manager, Public Affairs and President
ExxonMobil Foundation
ExxonMobil Corporation
Mr. Donald R. Haragan
President Emeritus and Professor
Texas Tech University
Mr. Vernon Stockton
President, Community & External Affairs Division
Washington Mutual Bank

 

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