Chris Moran
President
Chris Moran is serving as TASA president for the 2025-26 year. In 2024, he became superintendent of San Angelo ISD. With more than three decades of work in public education, Moran previously served as superintendent in Whitehouse and Brownsboro ISDs. In 2019, he was named the Region 7 Superintendent of the year. He has worked as a teacher, coach, bus driver, assistant principal and principal, all in Whitehouse ISD, the district from which he himself graduated. Moran received his bachelor’s degree from Evangel University, his master’s from The University of Texas at Tyler, and a doctorate from Stephen F. Austin State University. He has also received post-doctoral training through the Lamar University Center for Executive Leadership and the SMU District Leadership Fellows. Moran has served on the TASA Executive Committee since 2021. He has also served on the Commissioner’s Cabinet and enthusiastically advocates for all students.
Roosevelt Nivens
President-Elect
Since 2021, Roosevelt Nivens has served as superintendent of Lamar CISD. Prior to that, he was superintendent of schools in Community ISD. Nivens began his career in education as a teacher in Dallas ISD before working as an assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent of achievement and organizational management in Lancaster ISD. The son of educators, Nivens earned his bachelor’s degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and his master’s and doctoral degrees in education from Texas A&M University-Commerce. He also trained at the Harvard Executive Leadership Institute, the Harrison Williams Collins Executive Leadership Institute and the Thompson Executive Leadership Institute. In 2019, Nivens was named Region 10 Superintendent of the Year and National Superintendent of the Year for the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE). In 2022, he was named Latino Serving Superintendent of the Year by the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS). As a TASA member, he has chaired the Advocacy Committee and the Editorial Advisory Committee.
Jeannie Meza-Chavez
Vice President
Jeannie Meza-Chavez is superintendent of San Elizario ISD, a position she has held since 2017. Now in her 28th year working in education, Meza-Chavez was previously superintendent in Tornillo ISD. She began her career in education as a middle school English and reading teacher in Socorro ISD before moving to San Antonio to help open the Young Women’s Leadership Academy. After returning to the El Paso area, Meza-Chavez became principal at Nolan Richardson Middle School in El Paso ISD, then moved into district administration, working as the human resources director for secondary personnel before stepping into the superintendency in Tornillo. Meza-Chavez earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, her master’s from Sul Ross State University, and her doctorate from New Mexico State University. Recently, Meza-Chavez served as president of the Texas Council of Women School Executives. She has served on numerous TASA committees. As vice president, she chairs the TASA Editorial Advisory Committee.
Martha Salazar-Zamora
Immediate Past President
Tomball ISD welcomed Martha Salazar-Zamora as superintendent in 2017. In 2023, she was named Texas Superintendent of the Year — the first Hispanic female to receive the honor — and she was selected by AASA as one of four finalists for 2024 National Superintendent of the Year. In 2024, Salazar-Zamora was named the Houston Area Educator of the Year, one of the Top 40 Women of Distinction in Houston, and she was listed by “District Administration” magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Educators in the nation. In late 2024, she was also named one of two finalists for AASA’s Women in Leadership Award. She has worked in education for 39 years, serving in several diverse districts across the state, including as deputy superintendent for instruction and administration in Round Rock ISD. Salazar-Zamora received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas A&M University. Salazar-Zamora currently serves as president of the Texas Council of Women School Executives, and she has previously served as president of the Fast Growth School Coalition. She is also a past president and founding member of the Texas Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents.
