Dr. Alice Owen is the Executive Director of the Texas K12 CTO Council, the state chapter of the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN), which supports school district technology leaders throughout Texas. She began this position in 2013 after retiring from a 38-year career education. Her most recent school district position was Division Director of Technology in Irving ISD where she oversaw all aspects of technology operations including infrastructure, information systems, technical services, instructional technology, libraries, and career & technical education (CTE). She managed one of the longest running 1:1 laptop programs in the nation providing laptops to over 12,000 teachers and students 24/7. 

She graduated from Austin College with a B.A in Spanish, M.A in elementary education and a Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in educational administration and political science. She has also been a bilingual teacher, principal, staff development director, adjunct professor, and executive director of the Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA). Throughout her career she gained a wide background in curriculum and instruction, professional development, program evaluation, and project management.

Dr. Owen has served on the CoSN Board, chaired the Certification Governance Committee (CGC), has been Chair of the Texas K-12 CTO Council, and chaired the International Society for Technology in Education's (ISTE) Special Interest Group, SIG 1to1. She was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Technology in Education from TCEA and ISTE's Outstanding Leader for 2012.

Dianne Borreson was the Chief Technology Officer at Hays CISD for the past 21 years.  Prior to that, she served in various other educational and instructional technology roles, for a total of 36 years in education. She graduated from Texas State with a B.A in elementary education and  a M.A in curriculum and instruction, minoring in instructional technology and special education.

Dianne has been active in the Texas CTO organization since its inception in 2001. She has served as an officer and chaired many different committees during that time. She has also served on the Texas Education Agency Information Task Force (ITF Advisory Committee), the TEA LRPT Commitee and the Texas Education Data Security Task Force.  She brings extensive experience working with state and local organizations to provide technology audits, leadership training, bond planning and strategic alignment.  Dianne is passionate about building leadership capacity in others.  She is excited to have the opportunity to help this organization grow.

Frankie Jackson is an education technology strategist serving as a catalyst for performance excellence in K-12 leadership. She served as a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in K-12 for 25 years, working for Goose Creek CISD and Cypress Fairbanks ISD. At the end of 2018 she made a career transition to serve as an independent CTO and education technology leader success advocate. She spent the first 10 years of her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. Quickly moving up in the organization, she served as a Baldrige quality examiner and program manager of the Safety, Reliability and Quality Assurance contracts.

Frankie is deeply committed to the Texas K-12 CTO Council, serving as chair in 2013 and on the board in 2017-2019 as the large district representative. She has led the professional development and then the leadership development committees for the past 4 years. She represented the council as the CTO of the year in 2009 and 2019. She also serves at the national levels on the CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation Advisory Board, SMART Education Network Design (SEND) advisory committee and Policy Committee and as a CoSN Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) trainer. In 2018 she was recognized as CoSN’s volunteer of the year.  Additionally, she served on the TASBO Board of Directors from 2006-2013 and as president in 2012. She works with ASBO as their information technology subject matter expert and with TASBO as their information technology committee chair and vice chair of professional certification.

Frankie holds a B.A. in Computer Information Systems, M.S. in Instructional Technology and Ph.D. in Metaphysics. She is currently working on a new book that focuses on the critical aspects of transformational leadership and managing performance excellence in technology service organization. The book is due to be released in 2020.

Mel Forehand, CEM, CMP is an event management professional with over 25 years of experience.  She is a certified exposition manager and certified meeting professional. She is an active member of the International Association of Exhibitions and Events and Meeting Professionals International.  Mel planned, coordinated and executed the largest foodservice exposition in the Southwest and the second largest in the nation for over 20 years. This event was named one of the Top 250 Tradeshows in the U.S. by Trade Show News Network.  Mel has extensive experience and background in event planning and has received numerous awards for her work.  Her motto is Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail.

Anne Halsey is the Communications Coordinator for the Texas K12 CTO Council, the state chapter of the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN), which supports school district technology leaders throughout Texas. She received her BA from Macalester College and her MFA from New York University. She previously worked as the director of consumer advertising for the Bravo Cable Network and director of media for the Poetry Foundation. She currently serves as a school board trustee in San Marcos, Texas.

Estela Andersen brings a significant amount of professional experience to the TETL team. She has 45 years’ experience supporting various areas of school district administration. For the past 25 years, she has worked in the Hays CISD Technology Department. Her duties have included asset management, budgeting, vendor liaison, technology purchasing and workflow coordination. Mrs. Andersen’s work ethic and extensive experience are a great asset to the organization.