Allison Bush has passionately served her community through volunteer work and her career for more than 25 years. Professionally, she spent 20 years in the classroom as a teacher, counselor, and administrator. In these roles, she educated students, managed staff, collaborated with boards, fundraised, developed marketing plans, and creatively found ways to win while working under pressure. Allison moved to the Hays CISD community four years ago, and quickly became involved in several community organizations. She is a member of the Johnson High School Athletic Boosters, PTO, and Hays CISD Education Foundation. Although her son Dane graduated last year, she remains very much involved and is an educational advocate for HCISD. As a volunteer, Allison's time has been focused on community education programs that empower young people to promote self-confidence and awareness. Allison serves on the Hays CISD and the Kaufman ISD Education Foundation Board and volunteers as a TEA surrogate parent to help special needs foster kids with academic challenges. She has also served as the President of the Texas Association of Partners in Education, a Bastrop County CPS Board member, PTA Region President, and a St. David's Ethics Committee member. Allison points to serving as an Executive Director for a public-school education foundation as one of the most profound employment opportunities. She was hired to restructure a non-functioning board with just a 70k budget. During her tenure, she reinvigorated the organization through community outreach, soliciting new grants, cultivating donors, adding new board members, and hiring staff. Most importantly, during her employment, the foundation funded over $4 million to educators and students. She has leveraged that success in her current role as an Election Coordinator for Gallagher Construction Services. Still leaning on her passion for education, Allison works tirelessly to assist school districts across the state of Texas to prepare for their bond elections through careful planning and organization, while working closely with school leaders in all aspects of their marketing, communication, and data analytics strategies. As a volunteer and leader in her community, Allison believes that giving back to others helps her develop new skills, discover new passions, and gain new insights about herself and her community. Over the past 25 years, Allison has raised more than $30 million dollars for the non-profits she has worked with, and she hopes to continue to support her community for many years to come. Even with her dedication and accomplishments, if you ask Allison what she is most proud of, she will say, without a doubt, being a mother to her son.