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Devine ISD trustees elect officers, appoint governance committees

Devine Independent School District Board of Trustees · May 18, 2026

Summary

The Devine Independent School District Board of Trustees elected Nancy Pepper president, Carl Brown vice president and Keri James secretary; the board also approved membership for five governance committees and confirmed committee rosters by a 7–0 vote.

Nancy Pepper was elected president of the Devine Independent School District Board of Trustees by acclamation after a nomination from Trustee Carl Brown; Carl Brown was elected vice president after a nomination by Trustee Alixana Buvinghausen, and Keri James was elected secretary following a nomination from Trustee Chris Davis. Pepper resumed duties as presiding officer after the reorganization.

At the same meeting Trustee Keri James moved, seconded by Alixana Buvinghausen, to appoint members to standing governance committees. The board approved the following rosters by a recorded vote of 7–0: Executive Committee — Nancy Pepper and Superintendent Dr. Todd Grandjean; Facilities Committee — Candace Esparza, Alixana Buvinghausen and Chris Davis; Audit Committee — Nancy Pepper, Keri James and Alixana Buvinghausen; Policy Committee — Candace Esparza, Carl Brown and Britny Stricker; Safety & Security Committee — Britny Stricker, Carl Brown and Chris Davis.

The reorganization and committee appointments were recorded in the minutes as having passed unanimously. The minutes note that the meeting convened at 6:30 p.m. and that board action on officer elections and committee rosters followed a closed-session personnel discussion earlier in the evening.

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