DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) announced, at the 2024 Delegate Assembly in San Antonio, that Dripping Springs ISD Board Vice President Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick has been named a 2024-25 officer for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) as first vice president for the organization.

Hetrick is in her fourth term on the DSISD Board of Trustees, currently serving a second year as vice president after serving two years as president. She is a 2017 Leadership TASB graduate and Master Trustee.

Active in the Dripping Springs community, Hetrick also serves on the Dripping Springs Education Foundation Board, as president of the Foster Village Board and as co-founder and vice president of Patriots’ Hall of Dripping Springs, according to a news release. She was also honored by the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce with the Hometown Hero award in 2020.

Hetrick holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Texas-Pan American (now The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), a master’s in public administration and certificate in nonprofit management from Auburn University at Montgomery and a doctorate in public administration and public policy from Auburn University. Her professional experience includes working as an adjunct professor for Auburn University at Montgomery, Troy University and Austin Community College. In 2014, she founded a nonprofit consulting business.

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