Dan Micciche, ’81, Elected First Vice-President of the Texas Association of School Boards
New TASB Officers Elected for 2025-26
The 2025-26 officers for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) were elected during the Association’s 2025 Delegate Assembly, which was held Sept. 13 in Houston. New TASB President Tony Hopkins of Friendswood ISD succeeds Immediate Past President Rolinda Schmidt of Kerrville ISD. Mary Jane Hetrick of Dripping Springs ISD now serves as president-elect. First vice-president is Dan Micciche of Dallas ISD, and second vice-president is Sylvia Sánchez Garza of South Texas ISD. Justin Chapa of Arlington ISD serves as secretary-treasurer.
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Dan Micciche, First Vice-President
Micciche is partner emeritus at the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. During his time with Akin Gump, Micciche started and chaired a school partnership program with James W. Fannin Elementary School in Dallas. The program won the State Board of Education’s highest award for community partnerships in 2011.
He has received numerous recognitions for his work in public education, including the No Kid Hungry Award from Share Our Strength, The Closing the Gap Award from Leadership ISD, and the Voice of Children Award from Children at Risk.
He received his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University, his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, and his master’s degree in education policy and analysis from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Micciche also holds a master’s degree in public leadership from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
He has been recognized by D Magazine as one of the Best Lawyers in Dallas and by Texas Monthly as a Super Lawyer.
Micciche’s civic and charitable activities include serving on the boards of the American Red Cross Dallas, Greater East Dallas Chamber of Commerce, and Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas. He previously served on the School Finance Task Force of the Greater Dallas Chamber and the State Bar of Texas Board. He was a member of the Comptroller’s Tax Advisory Group under three different comptrollers.
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