Region List

Capital Region

Maria Badgett 
Regional Director
mariabadgett@austin.rr.com
512.918.1456

Terry Alvarez
Regional Director
mtmmc@austin.rr.com
512-255-3021

Nancy Donley,
Regional Director
ndonley@texasdi.org
512-218-4916

The Capital region serves the following counties:
Information to come.

Central Region

Kathy Alloway,
Regional Director
kathy.alloway@boerne-isd.net
830-357-4839

Georgia Hall,
Regional Director
john_georgia@sbcglobal.net

The Central region serves the following counties:
Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Kendall, Kenny, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, La Salle, Mason, Maverick, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, Sutton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Wilson, Zavala

Dallas Region

Lana Jones,
Regional Director
ljones@texasdi.org
972-749-2507

The Dallas Region includes Dallas ISD, Duncanville ISD, Cedar Hill ISD, Lancaster ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

Dal-Rich Region

Gina Felts
Regional Director
ginaf@utdallas.edu
972.883.4297

The Dal-Rich Region includes Richardson ISD, Highland Park ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

East Region

Johnny Wells,
Regional Director
jwells@texasdi.org
903-885-7741

Sandra Coulson,
Regional Director
scoulson@texasdi.org
972-882-7369

The East Region stretches roughly from the Red River on the north (with the exception of the area west of Greenville on the north side of Interstate 30) to Angelina County on the south; west from the Texas-Louisiana border to Interstate 35, Mesquite ISD and Rockwall ISD. All public schools, private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the region’s boundaries may participate in the East Region.

Greater Fort Worth

Mary Jane Conner,
Regional Director
porta@flash.net
817-341-0143

Lori Blakley
Regional Director
lblakley@sbcglobal.net
817.292.4493

The Greater Fort Worth Region includes the following counties: Hill, Runnels, Taylor, Brown, Johnson(west of I-35), Eastland, McCulloch, San Saba, Coleman, Palo Pinto, Comanche, Parker, Jones, Mills, Erath, Shackelford, Concho, Hamilton, Callahan, Somervell, Stephens, and Tarrant(west of I-35). School districts that participate at this time are Mineral Wells ISD, Abilene ISD, Wylie (Abilene) ISD, Weatherford ISD, Northwest ISD, Castleberry ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Mansfield ISD, Red Oak ISD, Brownwood ISD, Midlothian ISD, Venus ISD and Palmer ISD

Gulf Coast Region

George Silaski,
Regional Director
gsilaski@sbcglobal.net
281-256-0388

Kristine Ashmead
Regional Director
Kristine.ashmead@cfisd.net

The Gulf Coast Region extends from Spring on the north to the Gulf of Mexico on the south and Brookshire on the west and Beaumont on the east. School districts that participate at this time are Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Katy ISD, Ft. Bend ISD, Lamar CSD, Stafford ISD, Alief ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

Mid-Cities Region

Charles Compton,
Regional Director
cccompton@texasdi.org
817-561-1807

The Mid-Cities Region includes Arlington ISD, Birdville ISD, Carroll ISD, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Grand Prairie ISD, HEB ISD, Irving ISD, Keller ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

NEXT Region

Barbara Barker,
Regional Director
bjbarker1@juno.com
972-727-0370 extension 202

John Stromp,
Regional Director
jstromp1@swbell.net
214-316-0300

The NEXT Region includes Garland ISD, Plano ISD, McKinney ISD, Lovejoy ISD, Community ISD, Bonham ISD, Bell ISD, Frisco ISD, Allen ISD, Heath ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

North Harris Region

Katherine Upton,
Regional Director
kjupton@sbcglobal.net
281-357-3150 X 204
Evening- 281-259-4770

Anthony Louden
Regional Director
alouden@aldine.k12.tx.us
713-302-3369

The North Harris Region includes Aldine ISD, Huffman ISD, Humble ISD, Klein ISD, Spring ISD, Tomball ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

Northwest Plains Region

De'Lila Holder,
Regional Director
dholder@lubbockisd.org
806-766-1052

Ian Wells
Regional Director
iangarrettwells@yahoo.com
903.348.2125

The Northwest Plains Region includes the entire panhandle of Texas down to Midland-Odessa area. Included are all Independent School Districts, private schools, parochial schools, home schools, and other organizations located within the boundaries of the above counties.

SaYes West Region

Leslie Akins,
Regional Director
lakins@texasdi.org
915-434-4326

The SaYes West Region includes Socorro ISD, El Paso ISD, Ysleta ISD, Clint ISD, Canutillo ISD, Anthony ISD, Tomillo ISD, Dell City ISD, Sierra Blanca ISD, San Elizario ISD, Ft. Hancock ISD, Alpine ISD, Balmorhea ISD, Culberson County – Allamoore ISD, Ft. Davis ISD, Ft. Stockton ISD, Iraan-Sheffield ISD, Marathon ISD, Marfa ISD, Monahans-Wickett-Pyote ISD, Pecos Barstow-Toyah ISD, Presido ISD, Terlingua CSD, Terrell County ISD, Valentine ISD, San Vicente ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

South Border Bridge Region

Cynthia Aguilar,
Regional Director
caguilar@esconett.org
956-984-6157

Daniel Avila
Regional Director
DIisGr8@sbcglobal.net
956.463.5658

Brownsville ISD, Donna ISD, Edcouch-Elsa ISD, Edinburg CISD, Harlingen CISD, Hidalgo ISD, La Feria ISD. La Joya ISD, La Villa ISD, Laredo ISD, Lasara ISD, Los Fresnos CISD, Lyford CISD, McAllen ID, Mercedes ISD, Mirando City ISD, Mission CISD, Monte Alto ISD, Point Isabel ISD, Progresso ISD, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD, Raymondville ISD, Rio Grande City CISD, Rio Hondo ISD, Roma ISD, San Benito CISD, San Isidro ISD, Santa Perlita ISD, Santa Maria ISD, Santa Rosa ISD, Sharyland ISD, South Texas ISD, United ISD, Valley View ISD, Weslaco ISD, Zapata ISD, and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts.

South Coastal Bend Region

Dr. Kim Bissell
Regional Director
KEBissell@ccisd.us
361.994.3651

The South Coastal Bend region consists of the following 16 counties: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Dewitt, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, and Victoria counties.

Southeast 6 Region

Cathy Patrick
Regional Director
ckpatrick@texasdi.org
832-725-9957

Suzanne Rippetoe
Regional Director
srippetoe@texasdi.org
832-257-643

The SE6 region serves the areas of Brazos Valley to the southern Piney Woods area, including the following counties: Milam, Burleson, Washington, Austin, Robertson, Brazos, Leon, Madison, Grimes, Houston, Walker, Montgomery, Trinity, San Jacinto, Liberty, Tyler, Hardin, Jasper, and Newton. Any public or private schools, parochial schools, home schools, and other organizations located within the counties listed above are welcome to join us!

Trinity Valley North Central Region

Robin Napier
Regional Director
napierr@lisd.net
972.350.3698

Margaret O'Connor,
Regional Director
MargaretOC@aol.com
973-242-4306

The TVNC region incompasses the following counties in the north central region of Texas – Hardeman, Ford, Knox, Haskell, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Wichita, Archer, Young, Clay, Jack, Montague, Wise, Cooke, Denton and a portion of Dallas County. School districts that participate at this time include Vernon ISD, Wichita Falls ISD, Jacksboro ISD, Perin-Whitt ISD, individual schools within Coppell ISD, Denton ISD, Lewisville ISD, Carrolton-Farmers Branch ISD and the private schools, parochial schools, home schools and other organizations located within the school district boundaries of the above school districts