Board of Trustees

District 5

Board President Ruth Ann Few had served as an educator for 27 years. She is currently employed with TDECU Real Estate and serves as President of the Brazosport Federation of Teachers and in 2007, Few was elected to serve on the Brazosport ISD Board of Trustees. 

Of her beliefs on education, Ruth Ann Few said, “Education is the foundation of our country. Our nation cannot thrive or survive without educating our children and our citizens. Texas schools have been the center of communities and they should continue to be the focal point. I have spent my life in education as a student, a teacher, a school counselor, a wife and mother of teachers and as a school board member. Education should be important in Brazosport. It should be excellent and a source of pride to our community.”

Ruth Ann Few is married to Bill Few who is the choir director at Brazoswood High School. Few has two children and two grandchildren. Ruth Ann is a "source of pride" for her family and the BISD community.

District 3

Board Vice President Joel Welch has served on the BISD Board of Trustees for 8 consecutive years. He has lived in BISD his entire life. He graduated from Brazoswood High School. His wife of 24 years graduated from Brazosport High. Their son also graduated from Brazoswood and he now attends Brazosport College. Their 17-year-old daughter is a senior at Brazoswood.

Welch works for a local Petro-Chemical company as a Planning Specialist in the Supply Chain group where he sets the production rates and manages the flow of material for several plants along the Gulf Coast. Over the years he has volunteered as coach for many of the youth sports with which his children have been involved.

As a "product of BISD," Joel Welch serves on the board to ensure we keep producing fine BISD citizens. We thank you for your service!

District 4

Ron Damian was elected to the Brazosport ISD Board of Trustees in 2004. In addition to his full time job as a Senior Civil Engineering Specialist at Dow Chemical Company, Mr. Damian volunteers as a PTO member at both Freeport Intermediate and Brazosport High schools AND he assists in coaching for the Freeport Soccer Club.

Of the mission of public education, Ron Damain said “It is all about student success!” He believes a sound public education is the foundation whereby all students are provided the requisite tools and skills they will need to advance to the next level. At this higher level, BISD alumni will make positive contributions to their communities as well as accomplish their personal goals. He adds, “I have realized that any success that I have experienced has been partly due to individuals, inside and outside of education, that cared enough about me to provide me with positive guidance. Therefore, I have chosen to continue that work for today’s students to the best of my ability.”

Ron Damian has lived in BISD all his life. He is married to Mariza Damian and has raised five children, all of whom are products of the Brazosport ISD school system. As a product of and producer at BISD, Mr. Damian is a valuable contributing member of the BISD team!

District 2

Jay Grable was elected to the school board of District 2 in May of 2003. He is a teacher in Angleton. Grable has been married to his wife, Pam, for nineteen years. They have two children. The family has lived in BISD for 33 years. Jay Gable is a great asset to the BISD team!

District 7

Mason Howard was elected to the school board in May of 2011.

Mason P. Howard of precinct 7 explains why he chose to run for BISD board. "I was born here and grew up here. I wanted my children to experience the schools that I attended Stephen F. Austin Elementary, Freeport Intermediate and Brazosport High School (‘87). My parents grew up here and graduated from Brazosport High School in 1963. My grandmother graduated from Freeport High School in the 40's. My family is from here… I have a vested interest in BISD. The Brazosport area is a great place to live, work, and rear a family."

Mason Howard has lived in BISD for 38 years and 20 of those years he has been married to wife, Paulette. Mason and Paulette have two children: Michael Paul who is 19 and Robin Lindsey Viola who is 12.

Mason Howard is a contractor who has been in business for himself since 1999. His company's name is Mason Builder's, which specializes in remodeling and additions.

BISD is an even better "place to live, work, and rear a family" because of Mason P. Howard's service to our community.

District 6

Jim Koch serves on the school board for District 6. His 33-year teaching career started in 1977 at Brazosport High School. In 1981 he began three decades of teaching service at Brazoswood where he was named Head Band Director in 1984.

Jim Koch moved to BISD to teach and serve. Though retired from teaching, he continues to serve BISD on the school board because, in his words, "The future belongs to our young people and we have a responsibility to provide them with the foundation necessary to be productive and successful citizens in our world. Our school district must prepare students to be lifelong learners and active contributors in their communities. I believe quality education is the result of highly motivated students and a well-prepared and inspired staff. I also believe that having active and supportive parents will truly enhance our educational process." 

Koch has been married 24 years to Kaelyn with whom he has two sons. Jim and Kaelyn's son Kelby (21) attends Indiana University and son Kelton (19) attends Northwestern University. Both attended BISD from kindergarten to high school graduation. 

BISD has been "truly enhance[d]" by Jim Koch's teaching and volunteering service.

Mr. Matt Williams was appointed to the board in December and was officially sworn in to office on January 3, 2012. He has lived in BISD for over five decades. "This is where I grew up... [BISD is] a great place to raise a family," Williams boasts.

He and his wife of thirty years, Teresa, have three children –ages 26, 21 and 18. Their children went through BISD, but the year of their graduations were inferior according to the slogan of Matt Williams’ senior class: "We're the best Bucs under heaven, we're the seniors '77!"

Williams is currently employed as a Global Business Supply Chain Planner for Dow Chemical Company in the Performance Plastics Division. He also donates his financial expertise by facilitating "Discovering Financial Peace" at BrazosPointe Fellowship.

Williams chose to serve on the school board because "It is our responsibility to ensure that each student has the opportunity for a quality education through the combined efforts of our teachers, administrators and the student's family. This education is the cornerstone from which [all BISD students] will build a lifetime of achievements and success." We thank you, Matt Williams for being an integral part of this "cornerstone."