Candidates for State Office
The following members are candidates for the 2025-26 ATPE state officer positions, which will be elected at the 2025 ATPE House of Delegates on July 8 during the ATPE Summit.
ATPE leadership experience:
State vice president, secretary, and treasurer; chair of board Finance Committee; chair of state Leadership and Nomination/Election committees; member of Educator of the Year, Legislative, Membership, and Political Action committees; Region 8 president, secretary, treasurer, and past president; Region 10 secretary; Paris ATPE president, secretary, past president, and campus representative; Cooper Bulldogs ATPE founder and past president; ATPE at the Capitol; inaugural class of Leadership ATPE; membership campaign representative. ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee.
ATPE recognition:
Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis ATPE-PAC honoree; ATPE-PAC Statesman
Current position:
Grand Canyon University Student: Doctor of Education in Organizational Leadership; Community ISD Dean of CTE beginning July 1, 2025
Other leadership experience:
District UIL, county spelling bee, and CCMR coordinator; districtwide action and District of Innovation committee member; secondary campus needs assessment resource officer; professional learning communities trainee; district board goals planning member; secondary academic advisor, mentor teacher, administrator mentor; CHAMPion mentor; YoungLife Lamar County mentor, Paris Downtown Food Pantry past president and board member; Lamar County United Way campaign chair; Paris Debutante Scholarship Committee member; Teacher of the Year nominee; STAAR/EOC testing coordinator; 2024 Texas Teacher of the Year selection committee member; Mesquite ISD Excellence in Teaching Incentive Program; student council sponsor, cheer coach/sponsor; political campaign volunteer; conference turn-around trainer: TCWSE, Texas ASCD, TASBE, TASSP; principal and superintendent certification
Years in ATPE:
15
Years in education:
15
VICE PRESIDENT
Eliseo (Eli) Rodriguez
Region 4, Cypress-Fairbanks ATPE
ATPE leadership experience:
State secretary and treasurer; chair of board Finance Committee; board liaison to ATPE Political Action Committee; Region 4 director, president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and past president; chair of board Membership & Volunteer and Advocacy committees; Cypress-Fairbanks ATPE president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and past president; Mesquite ATPE secretary, treasurer, and president-elect; chair of the Educator of the Year Committee; member of the state Bylaws, Resolutions, Advocacy, Nomination/Election, and Executive Director Search committees; campus rep; ATPE Summit presenter. ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee.
ATPE recognition:
President of a Local Unit of the Year award-winning local unit; ATPE-PAC Statesman; Ann and Bill Crockett Advocacy Award winner; Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis ATPE-PAC honoree
Current position:
Sixth grade English/language arts educator in Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Other leadership experience:
Cypress Assistance Ministry GED teacher and CAM ESL substitute; Prince of Peace usher
Years in ATPE:
31
Years in education:
41
SECRETARY
Teresa Millard
Region 7, Woden ATPE
ATPE leadership experience:
State treasurer; chair, Board Finance Committee; member, Board Finance, Membership & Volunteer, and Policy committees; member, state Educator of the Year and Leader of the Year committees; member of Ad Hoc Committee on Association Structure; Region 7 director, president, vice president, secretary and past president; Woden ATPE president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and past president; ATPE at the Capitol attendee; ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee.
ATPE recognition:
2021-22 Campus Representative of the Year; Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis ATPE-PAC honoree; ATPE-PAC Statesman
Current position:
PreK3 (prekindergarten for 3-year-olds) teacher and bus driver in Woden ISD
Other leadership experience:
Woden ISD District Advisory Committee; South Nacogdoches County Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) secretary and treasurer; South Nacogdoches County VFD Representative, Deep East Texas Regional Advisory Council; Nacogdoches Farmers Market board secretary; market manager, Nacogdoches Farmers Market.
Years in ATPE:
20
Years in education:
20
TREASURER
Stephanie Stoebe
Region 13, Round Rock ATPE
ATPE leadership experience:
Region 13 ATPE director, president, vice president, and secretary; member, Board Finance Committee and Team Red strategy committee; chair, Public Information and Resolutions committees; member, Leader Development and Membership committees; member, 2019-20 Leadership ATPE cohort; Round Rock ATPE campus representative for 10-plus years; ATPE Summit and professional learning presenter. ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee. One of two mentors in the 2013 ATPE Teacher Support Program, a pilot program that offered three tiers of in-person and online mentoring to teachers new to the classroom or their content area or grade level.
ATPE recognition:
2014 ATPE Secondary Teacher of the Year; Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis ATPE-PAC honoree; president of Davy Crockett Fundraising Challenge-winning region.
Current position:
Fourth grade teacher, Round Rock ISD
Other leadership experience:
U.S. Army Veteran. Served four years as a German, French, Slovak, and Korean Interrogator. Education director for the Tom Green County Probation Department, helping young people on probation earn their GED. National Board Certified Teacher. 2012 Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year; 2012 Angelo State University Distinguished Scholar Award; 2017 Round Rock ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year; 2020 National Veterans Commendation. TEA Leadership Fellowship; National Writing Project Consultant; Teach Plus Texas Fellowship; and National Alliance for Equity in Education Partner. Have testified before Texas legislative committees.
Years in ATPE:
16
Years in education:
20, including four years of out-of-state teaching in Arizona and Georgia
TREASURER
Twila Figueroa
Region 1, McAllen ATPE
ATPE leadership experience:
Region 1 ATPE director, president, vice president, and treasurer; member, Board Finance Committee and Team Red strategy committee; McAllen ATPE president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, and campus representative; chair, Legislative, Minority & Diverse Population Recruitment, Nomination/Election, Political Action, and Public Information committees; member, Educator of the Year and Resolutions committees. ATPE Member Advocate Program (ATPE-MAP) State-Level Advocate/Capitol Expedition attendee.
ATPE recognition:
President of Local Unit of the Year award-winning local unit. Member, ATPE-PAC Hall of Fame; ATPE-PAC Stephen F. Austin and William B. Travis honoree; ATPE-PAC Statesman; president of Davy Crockett Fundraising Challenge Award-winning region and local unit.
Current position:
Special education self-contained Life Skills teacher
Other leadership experience:
Chair, McAllen ISD Joint Professional Consultation Committee; chair, McAllen ISD Band Booster Council. Student council and science club sponsor. Chair of the McAllen ISD Football Concessions Committee. Has testified before Texas legislative committees.
Years in ATPE:
40
Years in education:
40
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