Candidate · State Board of Education, District 4
Tammie Nielsen
What this job does: One of 15 members of the State Board of Education. The board sets what Texas public schools must teach, approves textbooks and other teaching materials, and helps manage the Permanent School Fund, a state investment fund for schools. Only some districts are up this year.
- Current office
- Member, State Board of Education, District 4 (appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, August 2026)
- Occupation
- Advancement director, Sarah's House
- Lives in
- Pasadena
Background
- Appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott on August 24, 2026 to the State Board of Education, District 4, for a term ending December 31, 2026 or when a successor is elected and qualified. source: gov.texas.gov
- Advancement director at Sarah's House; previously communications and volunteer director at The Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc. source: gov.texas.gov
- President of the Pasadena Library Board; member and former board member of the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce; member of the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region. source: gov.texas.gov
- Associate of Applied Sciences from Houston Community College; Leadership Institute for Nonprofit Executives certificate from Rice University. source: gov.texas.gov
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