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2023 LOCAL VOTER GUIDE
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COMPILED BY JACK DOWLING
Candidates were asked to keep responses under 75 words, answer the questions provided and avoid attacking opponents. Answers may have been edited or cut to adhere to those guidelines, or for style and clarity.
Fort Bend ISD board of trustees, Position 1
Fort Bend ISD board of trustees, Position 5
ANGIE HANAN
ROLLY U. DEMEZA
Occupation: educational consultant Experience: 28 months as FBISD trustee, Position 1 (as of March 2023); active school and community volunteer; mom of a high school junior who has attended FBISD since kindergarten; master of education in curriculum and instruction; career-educator; Texas certi cations for principal, elementary English and self-contained for grades 1-8, reading specialist, legacy master reading teacher, gifted and talented, and English as a second language 281-460-0330
Candidate did not respond to questionnaire by press time.
ALLISON DREW
OSCAR SAENZ
Occupation: enterprise data architect, psychiatric nurse Experience: experienced former trustee; former FBISD Leader- ship-Texas Association of School Boards; Wall Street Quant well- versed in markets, nancial expenditure and recapture; enterprise data architect that provides plans for detection of ine ciencies and growth at the whole system level; 30 years FBISD community: read- ing buddy/multilingual ( ve languages), athletics, CTE and ne arts 832-376-7768 • www.vote5allison.com
Occupation: principal for engineering rm Experience: For 23 years, I’ve helped Texas ISDs adjust policies, set up operations, and manage $2.6 billion in bond programs; set up teams and systems that ensured proper management of over 300 contracts and 400 school facilities; ensured the community was informed by acting as the day-to-day interface with the school district, Oversight Committee, board of trustees and community. As a member of the Texas State Guard, we collaborated with school districts to set up emergency shelters for the community.
832-377-6565 • www.oscar4 isd.com
ANGEL HICKS
Occupation: master teacher Experience: nine years as FBISD educator with experience in growing students in two low-performing schools in the district; parent of three with two children that still attend FBISD schools and one that graduated from high school last year in spring 2022; business background with a BBA in accounting and currently pursuing masters of education in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in learning, technology and design 281-875-9857
Fort Bend ISD board of trustees, Position 4
CHERYL BUFORD
Occupation: president, Signature Impact Consulting (career advis- ing and team building) Experience: teacher for 10 years; U.S. Department of Education associate director of program analysis and evaluation; policy advisor and advocate, advocate for STEM; education policy committee member for Governor Youngkin’s campaign; Rice Center associate, evaluated university career development public programs; Social Capital Valuations vice president, advising nonpro ts on ROI of their e orts
SONYA JONES
713-303-4888 • www.cherylbuford.com
Occupation: educator Experience: For 14 years, I’ve worked in higher education as an academic advisor and public school teacher. Leveraged the use of multiple teaching/training delivery methods. Facilitated student a airs programs/activities with higher education institutions. Addi- tionally, as a member of the board of directors for Fort Bend County [Municipal Utility District No. 131], I’ve collaborated with residents to ensure public health and nancial stability of the district. 281-915-8984 • www.sonya4kids.com
SHIRLEY ROSE GILLIAM
Candidate did not respond to questionnaire by press time.
DENETTA R. WILLIAMS
Candidate did not respond to questionnaire by press time.
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SUGAR LAND MISSOURI CITY EDITION • APRIL 2023
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