Dan Micciche, ’81, Elected Second Vice-President for the Texas Association of School Boards
New TASB Officers Elected for 2024-2025
The 2024-25 officers for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) were elected during the Association’s 2024 Delegate Assembly, which was held Sept. 28 in San Antonio. New TASB President Rolinda Schmidt of Kerrville ISD succeeds Immediate Past President Armando Rodriguez of Canutillo ISD. Tony Hopkins of Friendswood ISD now serves as president-elect. First vice-president is Mary Jane Hetrick of Dripping Springs ISD, and second vice-president is Dan Micciche of Dallas ISD. Sylvia Sánchez Garza of South Texas ISD serves as secretary-treasurer.
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Dan Micciche, Second Vice-President
Micciche was elected to the Dallas ISD Board in 2012.
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 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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