Dan Micciche, ’81, Named Secretary-Treasurer of Texas Association of School Boards
New Officers Elected for TASB
The 2023-24 officers for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) were elected during the Association’s 2023 Delegate Assembly, which was held Sept. 30 in Dallas. New TASB President Armando Rodriguez of Canutillo ISD succeeds Immediate Past President Debbie Gillespie. Rolinda Schmidt of Kerrville ISD now serves as president-elect. First vice-president is Tony Hopkins of Friendswood ISD, and second vice-president is Mary Jane Hetrick of Dripping Springs ISD. Dan Micciche of Dallas ISD serves as secretary-treasurer.
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Dan Micciche, Secretary-Treasurer
Micciche was elected to the Dallas ISD Board in 2012 and reelected in 2015 and 2018. He served as board president from 2016 to 2018 and is current first vice-president.
He recently retired from the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld. He joined the firm after his graduation from law school in 1981. During his time with Akin Gump, he 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 received the No Kid Hungry Award from Share Our Strength in 2014 and The Closing the Gap Award from Leadership ISD in 2017.
He received his undergraduate degree from Stony Brook University in New York and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. 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, Texas C-BAR (Community Building through Attorney Resources), and American Foundation for the Blind-Southwest Region. He previously served on the School Finance Task Force of the Greater Dallas Chamber and on 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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