DR. CATHY MINCBERG 
Employment History
President and CEO
The Center for Reform of School Systems Houston, Texas - 2011-present
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
KC Distance Learning - Portland, Oregon - 2009-present
Chief Operations Officer
Portland Public Schools - Portland, Oregon - 2005-2009
Founder and President
The Center for School District Effectiveness - 2004-2005
Chief Business Officer
Houston Independent School District – Houston, Texas - 2000-2004
Director of Community Engagement
Houston Independent School District – Houston, Texas -1997-2000
Field Services Coordinator for School Boardmember Training
Region IV Service Center – Houston, Texas - 1996-1997
Director of Human Resources
Flagship Properties Corporation – Houston, Texas - 1994-1996
Publisher and Owner
The Quorum Report, a non-partisan newsletter on
state politics - 1989 - 1998
Fort Bend Independent School District – Houston, Texas
Educational Consultant - 1981
Houston Independent School District – Houston, Texas
Biology Teacher, Lamar Senior High School - 1975 - 1979
Substitute Teacher – all levels
Austin ISD – Austin, Texas - 1974 - 1975
Elective Office
Houston Independent School District Board of Education
Trustee, District VI - 1982 - 1995
President, 1987 and 1990
Community Service
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston Board of Directors
(1983-2005) and Portland (2005-2010) - 1983 - 2010
Foundation President, 1995 - 1997
President, 1993 - 1995
President, Girls Club, 1984 - 1985
American Leadership Forum - 1988 - Present
President, 1989 - 1991
Director, 1989 - 1991 and 1995 - 1997
Fellow, Class V, 1988
Communities in Schools, Houston Board of Directors - 1995 – 1998
American Jewish Committee Board of Directors - 1990 - 1998
Vice President, 1997
Executive Committee of the Ex-Students’ Association - 1997 - 1999
University of Texas
SPARK Board - 1997 - 1998
NationsBank of Texas, Braes Bayou - 1984 - 1990
Director
Loan Committee Chair, 1986 - 1988
Urban Council of the Texas Association of School Boards - 1986 - 1995
President, 1988 - 1989
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston Board of Directors - 1986 - 1995
Jewish Community Center - 1985 - 1986
Public Affairs Committee Chair
State Board of Education Advisory Committees - 1986 - 1987
Advisory Committee to the State Board of Education on the
“Development of Training Standards for School Board members”
as mandated in the education reform legislation of House Bill 72
Advisory Committee to the State Board of Education
on Long Range Planning
Awards and Recognitions
Outstanding Young Texas Ex
University of Texas - 1990
Distinguished Alumni Awards
University of Houston - College of Education - 1990
Task Force 2000
Honoree, 1990
American Leadership Forum - 1987 - present
Class V, 1987 - 1988
Good Heart Award
B’nai B’rith Women, 1987
Five Outstanding Young Houstonians Award
Houston Chamber of Commerce, 1986
People Worth Watching in 1986
Houston Chronicle, 1986
Outstanding Student
University of Texas, 1973
Friar Society - http://www.friarsociety.org/ (video history)
University of Texas, 1973
Education
Ed. D. in Education Administration - 1985
and Cultural Leadership
University of Houston
Dissertation title
“Development of a Cost Differential Index
Methodology for Special Education by
Instructional Arrangement in the State of
Texas” (became the basis of a portion of school
finance reform in Texas - 1986)
Mid-Mgt. Certificate in Educational Administration - 1979
University of Houston
M.A. in Educational Administration - 1975
University of Texas
B.S. in Education - 1974
University of Texas
(student teaching – Austin ISD
Anderson High School)
Address
4544 Post Oak Place
Houston, Tx 77027
713-682-9888