Martha Salazar-Zamora
President
Martha Salazar-Zamora is serving as TASA president for the 2024-25 year. Tomball ISD welcomed Salazar-Zamora as superintendent in 2017. In 2023, she was named Texas Superintendent of the Year and an AASA Superintendent of the Year finalist. She has also served on the AASA Executive Committee. This year, she was named the Houston Area Educator of the Year, a Top 40 Women of Distinction in Houston and was recently listed by District Administration nationally as one of the 100 Most Influential Educators. She has worked in education for more than 37 years, serving in several diverse districts across the state, including as deputy superintendent for instruction and administration in Round Rock ISD. Salazar-Zamora received her master’s and doctoral degrees from Texas A&M University. What makes Salazar-Zamora most proud of Tomball is the staff’s dedication to students and commitment to working as a team to the benefit of everyone in the district. She works to cultivate “Team Tomball,” a sense of community and teamwork and a culture of learning in the district that helps benefit individual learners day in and day out. Salazar-Zamora has been a TASA member for more than 20 years, and in that time she has served on the Commissioner’s Cabinet, Executive Committee, Legislative Committee and Central Office Committee and worked with the Texas High Performance Schools Consortium and Future-Ready Superintendents Leadership Network.
Chris Moran
President-Elect
Dr. Christopher Moran is in his 32nd year in public education, currently serving San Angelo ISD. Moran is in his 14th year as a school superintendent. Prior to moving to San Angelo, he served as superintendent in Whitehouse ISD for eight years and Brownsboro ISD for five years. He has worked as a teacher, coach, bus driver, assistant principal and 11 years as a high school principal at Whitehouse and Clear Lake high schools. Moran received his bachelor’s degree from Evangel University, his master’s from The University of Texas at Tyler, and a doctorate from Stephen F. Austin State University. He has also received post-doctoral training through the Lamar University Center for Executive Leadership and the SMU District Leadership Fellows. In San Angelo ISD, Moran leads with a focus on normalizing excellence to engage all students in a relevant and inspiring education that produces future-ready graduates. He and his wife, Christa, have been married 29 years, raising four children and blessed with two grandchildren.
Roosevelt Nivens
Vice President
Since 2021, Dr. Roosevelt Nivens has been the superintendent of Lamar CISD. Before this role, he served as the superintendent of schools in Community ISD. Nivens began his educational career as a teacher in Dallas ISD and subsequently advanced to positions including assistant principal, principal, and assistant superintendent of achievement and organizational management in Lancaster ISD. The son of educators, Nivens holds a bachelor’s degree from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. He earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in education from Texas A&M University-Commerce. Additionally, he has received training from prestigious institutions such as the Harvard Executive Leadership Institute and the Thompson Executive Leadership Institute. In 2019, Nivens was honored as the Region 10 Superintendent of the Year and the National Superintendent of the Year by the National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE). In 2022, he received the Latino Serving Superintendent of the Year award from the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS). As an active TASA member, Nivens has served on the Executive Committee and chaired the Advocacy Committee. He currently holds the position of TASA vice president.
LaTonya Goffney
Past President
Aldine ISD Superintendent Dr. LaTonya Goffney is a visionary whose leadership drives innovation and excellence in education. Prior to serving in Aldine ISD, Goffney began her career as a teacher in Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD in 1999 before eventually leading COCISD as superintendent from 2008 to 2013. In 2013, she was named superintendent of Lufkin ISD. Goffney was the first African American to serve as superintendent in all three districts. Goffney was named Texas Superintendent of the Year by the Texas Association of School Boards in 2017. In 2018, TASA selected her as Texas nominee for AASA National Superintendent of the Year. In 2019, AASA named Goffney a finalist for the 2020 Women in Education Award. In the fall of 2019, Sam Houston State University presented her with the Distinguished Alumni Award. Goffney is active in professional organizations whose partnerships are invaluable to her work as a superintendent. She is the current president of the National Alliance of Black School Educators and the first African American female to serve as TASA president. She serves her community as a proud member of The Texas Spring Cypress Chapter of The Links, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Sorority, Inc., Omicron Tau Omega Chapter, and the Greater Houston Partnership Board of Directors.
