Experience

• AISD Board Secretary & District 2 Trustee first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016
• Past Member of the AISD Board's Calendar, HUB, Intergovernmental Relations, Policy, and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Committees
• One of only two trustees on the AISD Board to be designated a Master Trustee by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
• Represents the Austin ISD on the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) and the Steering Committee of the Council of Urban Boards of Education (CUBE)
• Alumnus of Leadership TASB

• Executive Director of the Mexican American School Boards Association, a statewide association of trustees & superintendents dedicated to closing gaps
• Weekly serves as a mentor with the Seedling Foundation, and as a math tutor with Austin Partners in Education
• Member & supporter of all twenty District 2 Parent-Teacher Associations ​

Leadership with Results

• Reversed the privatization of Austin’s public schools
• Led the drafting of the RFP that led to the turnaround of Eastside Memorial High School after 12 years of underperformance 
• Pushed for the District’s first studies on inequities in business practices & student outcomes
• Passed the District’s first balanced budgets in years, for SY15/16 & SY16/17
• Has advocated for continuous raises for AISD employees, despite budget restraints, resulting in a 12% increase for teachers over five years
• Raised the AISD minimum wage to $11.25 in 2013, then again to $13.00 in 2016
• Pushed Austin to become the second ISD in Texas to offer same-sex benefits for all employees​
• Hired the District’s first-ever Latino superintendent​
• Lowered the AISD tax rate three years in a row, so that Austin taxpayers now save $50 for every $100,000 of property value each year from what they paid in 2013

• Helped pass a $489,731,000 bond election for the district in 2013 and a $1,050,984,000 bond election in 2017 
• Spurred conversation on the purchase of land for a high school in Southeast Austin, ending eight years of inaction on the issue
• Represented the interests of the Austin ISD on the dais of the City of Austin Planning Commission for two years
• ​Convened 350 superintendents and trustees from throughout the state of Texas for a two-day conference on closing gaps
• ​Convened elected officials, community members & safety experts to address safety concerns along student walk routes at three schools
• Regularly hosts tours & community conversations at all twenty District 2 schools
• Has raised funds to benefit all 20 PTAs of District 2
• Has raised scholarships for graduates of all five high schools to which District 2 students are tracked

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Dr. Mathias remains grateful to the following organizations for their endorsement of his re-election in 2016. 

Dr. Mathias also remains grateful to the following individuals for their support of his re-election in 2016:

Hon. Lloyd Doggett • Hon. Eddie Rodriguez • Hon. Celia Israel • Hon. Sabino & Lori Rentería • Hon. Allen Kaplan • Hon. Jeffrey Richard • Hon. Guadalupe Sosa • Hon. Rob Reyes • Hon. Carole Keeton • Hon. Glen Maxey • Hon. Jim Powers • Hon. Charlie Baird • Hon. Tim Mahoney • Hon. Annette LoVoi • Hon. Larry Waterhouse • Hon. Richard Franklin • Frances Acuña • Connie Aguero • Chris Aiena • Brian Alford • Adriana Alvarado • Diana Alvarado • Jenny Amor Irizarry-Deleza • Esmeralda Aros • Elma Arriaga-Briones • Estella Arteaga • Mike Austin • Andrea Avalos Villegas • Gabriela Avalos • David Allen Baker • Sofía Barajas • Nadia Barrera de Ramirez • Marichuy Basoria • Bill Bleyle • Rhonda Bly • Christopher Bisett • Mary Botello • Maria Briones • Margaret Bruch • Meghan Buchanan • Melissa Cabello Bishop • James Calderone • Sissy Camacho • Isidro Camarillo • Josie Camarrillo Borrero • Eyna Canales-Zarate • Cindy Canto • Kara Cardona Messer • Mireya Carrillo González • Lupe Casarez • Dianna Dory Castaneda • Jimmy Castaneda • Julia Castaneda • Lauralei Castaneda Kufrin • Rigo Castañeda • Toni Castaneda • Maribel Castelar • Juany Castilla Tellez • Rosario Castillo • Elaine Castro • Betty Chávez • Sandy Chilton • Hiep Chung • Jocelyn Connell • Andy Cox • Diana Coy • Mario & María Cruz • Mirna de Cruz • Louis & Rita Cuevas • Teresa Cuevas Estrada • Donna DeCesare • Devon Degollado • Alex de la Cruz • Michelle Dippel Dahlberg • Travis Donoho • Traci Dunlap • Dr. Mercedes de Uriarte • Michelle Edwards • Arturo Elizondo Cordova • Lilie Elizondo-Limas • Gabriel Estrada & Laura Sheridan • Roxanne Evans • Michael Figueroa • Paul Flores • Monte Franzetti • Martha Fredritz Weinandy • Miguel Fuentes • John Fuller • Leticia Gaitán • Alberto García • Chato & Lilly García • Montserrat Garibay • Felipe Garza • Larry Gase • Billy Giffin • Rosa Gil • Joaquín Gloria • Christina Gomez Kerbow • Magali Gomez • Michael Gomes • César González • Saúl González • María T. Govea • Margarita Guerrero • Rebecca Guerrero Castillo • Sylvia Guevara • Stacy Guidry • Fabián Guzmán • Monica Guzman & Carl Webb • Yadira Guzman Zumaya • Donna Hagey • Laura Haley • Mark Hall • Most Rev. Rob Hall • James Gordon Haney • Jamie Haynes • Kathy Hemminger • Jeremy & Lyn Hendricks • Anaís Hernández • Irma Hernández • Jonathan Hernandez • Jorge & Deyanira Hernandez • Julia Hernandez • Chris Herrera • Marco Huerta • Deborah Hurtado de Velázquez • Manuel Jimenez • Jennifer Johnson • Most Rev. William Johnson • Richard Jung • Francisco Lara • Jessica Leal • Dinora Leyva • Zach Lindsey • Adrian Lopez • Annette Lopez • Cynthia Lopez Rodriguez • Isabel López Aguilar • Jaime López • Luz María López • James Lovett • Benny Lozano • Carlos Lozano • Eloysa Lozano • Evaline Lu • Marie Luna • Albers Magary • Vincent Maldonado • Debra A. Martinez • Francisco Javier Martínez • Jaime Martínez • Lynett Martinez • Patsy Martinez • Rudy Martinez • Veronica Martinez • David & Rose Mathias • Joey & Erin Mathias • Jeffrey Mathias • Diana C. Mayo • Bob McKenzieSullivan • Mark McKim • Lizette Melendez • Luisana Mendez • Pablo Mendoza García • Michelle Mendoza Leal • Ana Mier • Jessica Montez Ibarra • Angela Moreno • Jaime Moreno • Frances Morey • Amit Motwani • Marcy Muñoz • Jim Murphy • Sandy Niño • Shirley Nolan Mitchell • Cindy Noland • Tom Nuckols • Erika Núñez • Víctor Ramón Pascual • Irma Pedraza • Sara Pedrosa • Elsa Perales • Andrea Perez • Cynthia & Manuel Perez • Gloria Estefany Pérez • Juanita Perez • Darci Piel • Rolando Piña • Betty Portuondo • Gabby Qintana • Jill Ramirez • Joe Ramirez • Lisa Raspberry • Martin Rather • John Rayner • Toni Rayner • Mia Reyes • Steven D. Rivas • Kelly Rivera • Pete Rivera • Jose Rios • Betty Rodriguez • Isidro & Priscilla Rodriguez • María Rodríguez Zuvieta • Ricardo Rodriguez • Alvino Rosales, Jr. • Mayra Rosales • Juanita Rosas • Santos J. “Buddy” Ruiz • Rebecca Saenz • Angélica Salazar • Christina Salazar • Gloria Salazar • Phoenix Salazar • Victoria Salinas • Jessica Sandoval • Alfredo Santos c/s • Sam Sargent • Laura Sheridan • David Shine • Gloria Sifuentes • Deb Sorrells • Sylvia Stern • Christopher Tarango • Alawan Thomas • Jeff Thompson • Rosie Tovar • Vincent Tovar & Stacey Smith • Jason Soileau • Lana Stone • Jude Sunday • Caroline Sweet • Blanca Tello • Roger Temme • Jack Terry • David Thomas • Walter Timberlake • Mary Tolentino • Yvonne Torrez • Annavelia Urrutia • Cynthia Valadez, Sr. • Jessica Vaquera • Peggy Vasquez • Albert Vázquez • Eric Vázquez • Dora Vega • Chito Vela • Deebie Velazquez • Deborah Vera • Luis & Jana Versalles • Maru Victoria • Juan Villa • Stephen Gerard Villanueva • Bren Villarreal • Paula Viruegas • Kathryn Whitley • Alice Belle Williams • W.T. Bill Williams • Dawn Williams • Erica Williams • Griselda Zamora • Ken Zarifis • Nina Zavala • Michael Zocholl