Marshall Kendrick, Board President
19 years in office, term expires in 2008

Marshall Kendrick is the retired director and general manager of Maleic Anhydride Business for Bayer Corporation. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches. He and wife Denie have two children, both graduates of Sam Rayburn High School. Kendrick is a deacon, Sunday School teacher and member of the finance committee of South Main Baptist Church.

                                       Vickie Morgan, Vice President
22 years in office, term expires in 2008

Vickie Morgan is a homemaker and the mother of three children, two who graduated from Pasadena schools and one currently enrolled at Bondy Intermediate. She has been honored with two Texas Life Memberships (1982, 1988), a National Life Membership (1989), and an Extended Life Membership (1991) from the PTA, was named Leader of the Year by the Girl Scouts of America (1984) and Outstanding Young Woman of America (1983). She currently serves as secretary to a city-appointed Board of Directors for the Pasadena Second Century Corporation, which is a non-profit industrial development corporation. Morgan is actively involved in the Girl Scouts of America, the Parent Teacher Association, and is an active member of South Main Baptist Church, where she serves as Sunday School and Vacation Bible School director and greeter.

Jerry Speer, Secretary
8 years in office, term expires in 2010

Jerry Speer retired in July 2000 after 38 years in education. He was principal of J. Frank Dobie High School from 1986-2000. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and coached football at Pasadena High School. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Central University in Edmond, Okla. and a Master's Degree in Administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He was a math and science teacher for 20 years before entering administration. He has been married for 42 years to his wife, Mary, a retired Pasadena ISD school nurse. They have four daughters, all of whom graduated from Sam Rayburn High School. Speer is a lecturer at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church.

 

Frank Braden, Assistant Secretary
8 years in office, term expires in 2010

Frank Braden retired in 1992 from the Pasadena ISD after serving the district 33 years as a teacher, counselor, director of transportation, secondary school principal, Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Schools and Area Superintendent. Braden served in the U.S. Army and he holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and a Masters of Education degree from the University of Houston. He is a past president of the Pasadena Area Retired School Employees and currently serves as Legislative Chairman. He has been married for 43 years to his wife Pat, a retired math teacher. Braden is an Honorary Life Member in both the Texas and national PTA organizations. The Bradens have two married daughters, both employed in the field of education. Braden has served as chairman of the Deacon Body of the South Main Baptist Church in 1976 and 1993, as well as Sunday School Director and teacher for 35 years.

Fred Roberts, Member
15 years in office, term expires in 2009

Fred Roberts, a lifelong resident of Pasadena, is a self-employed insurance consultant with clients across the state of Texas. He attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos and is a member of NACE No. 114. Roberts is married to wife Vicki, a 1978 graduate of Dobie High School. They have four children, Zachary, Sara, Jacob and Jordan, who have all attended Pasadena schools, with three graduating from Pasadena ISD.

 

                                       Nelda Sullivan, Member
15 years in office, term expires 2009

Nelda Sullivan is assistant vice president and branch manager of Southwest Bank of Texas-Shaver branch. She has 36 years of banking experience, 29 years in management. Her involvement in civic activities includes leadership roles in the Pasadena South Rotary Club, Soroptimist Club International of Pasadena , the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Houston Professional Women and the American Heart Association. In addition, she serves as chairwoman on the Board of Trustees of the Bayshore Medical Center, the Pasadena Police Academy Advisory Board and the Boy Scouts of America. Sullivan was honored as the Citizen of the Year by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce in 1993 and as the 1993 Woman of Excellence by the Houston Federation of Women. She also was awarded a congressional certificate by the 29th Congressional District of the State of Texas for outstanding service to the cities of Houston and Pasadena in 1995. In 1990, she was named Volunteer of the Year by the American Heart Association. Sullivan and her husband Charles, a retiree of Albemarle Corp., have been married for 50 years. She is a mother of three, a grandmother of seven and the great-grandmother of one.

Carmen Orozco, Member
21 years in office, term expires 2009

Carmen Orozco is the retired senior secretary to the East District Area Superintendent of Houston ISD. She attended the University of Houston College of Business Education. She is a founding member of Templo Bautista, SBC, of South Houston, where she serves on the Church Council and was a Sunday School teacher for 36 years. Orozco has been honored with a Texas Life Membership in the PTA, the Herencia USA Prestige Award given by the National Mexican-American Historical Society and Scholarship Fund in 1991 and the Willie Velasquez Award for public service to the community in 1995. She has been married for 42 years to her husband Tony, a retired building contractor. They have four children, all of whom graduated from Pasadena schools. They also have four grandchildren.

Dr. Kirk Lewis, Superintendent

Kirk Lewis was named by the Board of Trustees as Superintendent of the Pasadena Independent School District on April 25, 2006. Lewis assumed his new duties in December following the retirement of longtime superintendent Rick Schneider. As 28-year resident of Pasadena, Lewis graduated in 1972 from Ropes High School, a small farming community near Lubbock. He attended Texas Tech University, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising/Public Relations. He received his Master of Science degree in Education Futures from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 1983. He recently received his doctorate in educational leadership from Lamar University in Beaumont.

Lewis came to Pasadena ISD in 1986 as Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent responsible for communications and policy development and has since worked closely with three different superintendents. He was promoted to Executive Director for Communications and Community Relations in 1995 and to his current position as Deputy Superintendent for Administration, Public Relations and Governmental Affairs in 2001.  He is a deacon at South Main Baptist Church in Pasadena. He and his wife, Robin, have been married 32 years and have two sons, Adam, a teacher at Sam Rayburn High School, and Andrew, an electrical engineer for Dashiell Corporation in Houston.

2006 Board of Trustees and Superintendent Disclosure Statements
2007 Board of Trustees and Superintendent Disclosure Statements
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