Diane Patrick (Texas politician)

Last updated

Diane Patrick (born January 9, 1946 [1] ) is a politician from Texas. She currently serves as the District 3 representative on the Tarrant County College District Board of Trustees. [2] Prior to that, she served as a Republican in the Texas House of Representatives for District 94 from 2007 to 2015, and on the Texas State Board of Education from 1992 to 1996. [2] [1]

Contents

Personal life

Patrick earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University with a major in elementary education. [2] She then went on to the University of North Texas where she earned a master's of education and then a Ph.D. in philosophy/educational administration. [2]

With her husband, Ned, she has two children, Craig and Claire. [1] She lives in Arlington, Texas and is a member of the Junior League. [1]

Career

Patrick taught at Texas Christian University and at the College of Education at the University of Texas at Arlington. [2] [1] She was also a teacher in the Birdville, Richardson, and Waco Independent School Districts. [2] [1]

Patrick was formerly director of adult program services at CPC Millwood Hospital in Arlington, and the director of education, in-patient, and adolescent services at Bedford Meadows Hospital. [2]

Charitable works

Patrick has served on a number of boards, including the Texas Center for Educational Research, the Arlington Museum of Art, the Children's Advocacy Network, and the Texas Education Reform Foundation. [2] [1] She was the president of the Center for Professional Development and Technology's executive committee and a county co-chair for March of Dimes. [2] [1]

Public service

From 1981 to 1992, Patrick served on the Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees. [2] [1] From 1992 until 1996, she was on the Texas State Board of Education, and on May 6, 2017, she was elected to the Tarrant County College Board of Trustees. [2] She beat the incumbent, Sean Hayward, in a special election for the District 3 seat with 68% of the vote. [2] She had been appointed to a seat on the board in 2016. [3]

From 2007 until 2015, Patrick was a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 94. [2] [1] To win the seat, she defeated 19 year incumbent Kent Grusendorf, who disparaged her as an "educrat." [4] She opposed school vouchers, while Grusendorf supported them. [5] While in the legislature, Patrick served on the Appropriations, Higher Education, and Rules & Resolutions Committees. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Diane Patrick's Biography". Vote Smart . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Diane Patrick, Ballotpedia , retrieved July 12, 2020
  3. ↑ "Members of the Board". Tarrant County College. October 25, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  4. ↑ Cox, Patrick L.; Phillips, Michael (February 22, 2010). The House Will Come To Order: How the Texas Speaker Became a Power in State and National Politics. University of Texas Press. p. 189. ISBN   978-0-292-78241-9 . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ Maxwell, William; Crain, Ernest (April 2, 2007). Texas Politics Today. Cengage Learning. p. 166. ISBN   978-0-495-41067-6 . Retrieved July 12, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.