Shelley Sweatt Ed.D.

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Shelley Sweatt, Ed.D. of Wichita Falls is the president and CEO of The Priddy Foundation and president of The Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees. Previously, she has held numerous positions within the Burkburnett Independent School District as a high school chemistry teacher, high school assistant principal, and executive director of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. She is an honorary life member of Texas Association of School Administrators, member of Exponent Philanthropy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, board member of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce, and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Wichita Falls. She is a board member of the Texas Rural Funders Membership Committee and a board member for Philanthropy Southwest, where she also serves as a member and former chair of the Professional Learning Committee and co-chair of the Annual Conference Planning Committee. She is a former board member for River Bend Nature Center and the Appraisal Review Board of Wichita County, former Steering Committee member for Falls Fest, former committee member for the Council for the Advancement of Science Teaching, and member of the Association for Supervision Curriculum Development, Learning Forward, and the First United Methodist Church. Additionally, she is a member of the Texas Woman's University Board of Regents and a former member of the Midwestern State University Board of Regents. Sweatt received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Texas Tech University, a Master of Education in Educational Supervision from Texas Woman’s University, and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of North Texas.