Feb. 24, 2025—Teresa Hull, CFISD chief of staff, was named the 2025 Outstanding Woman in Education by the North Harris County American Association of University Women (NHC-AAUW) on Feb. 22 at Shirley Acres.

Hull was recognized alongside the Outstanding Woman in Community Service Honoree, Spring Interfaith Council Co-Chair Nancy Agafitei. The keynote speaker for the event was United States Magistrate Judge Yvonne Ho.

A recognized state leader in public education, Hull has served in her current role as chief of staff in CFISD for 14 years. Her multi-faceted role in CFISD has displayed her skills as an expert in conflict resolution, sound judgment and solid decision-making grounded by a knowledge of public education and school board policy.

Hull is in her 37^th year in education. Her education career began in 1987 as a middle school social studies teacher, a role she held in two districts before arriving to CFISD in 1993. She taught at two middle schools—Cook and Bleyl—before being promoted to academic achievement specialist at Langham Creek High School in 1995. She was promoted to assistant principal and eventually director of instruction. In 2005, she was named the director of curriculum and instruction for high school. She returned to the campus level to serve as principal of Hamilton Middle School before returning to central office as an assistant superintendent over human resources. In 2011, Hull was promoted to chief of staff.

Hull has taken on a variety of critical roles, demonstrating leadership skills for learning. She organized long-range planning committees for two major bond referendums in 2014 and 2019—resulting in $3 billion in essential bond funds passed by the community. In 2018, she developed a safety & security committee following orders from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the wake of a school shooting in Santa Fe ISD. The committee developed a multi-layered Safety & Security Action Plan that has helped CFISD become a statewide leader in K-12 safety. In the spring of 2020, she spearheaded a reopening committee that allowed all campuses to successfully reopen amid the COVID-19 pandemic and never close—while instituting numerous protocols using guidance from the CDC and local hospitals. In 2021, she led a comprehensive study and helped develop a plan using the student growth progress measurement in order to develop a Teacher Incentive Allotment plan that was accepted by the Texas Education Agency on its first submission. 

Hull earned her Bachelor of Science in Education from Lamar University, and her Master of Education from Prairie View A&M University. Active in the community, she serves on several boards.

“Thank you to the North Harris County Chapter of the American Association of University Women for this tremendous honor,” Hull said. “It has been a career highlight to serve and lead in a school district with a reputation of excellence and success.”

At the luncheon, AAUW also awarded a grant to the Carpenter Center for “Creating and SOARing with Makerspaces in STEM.” Carpenter Center teacher Michelle Wooten, who wrote the grant, attended the event to accept it.

AAUW is a nationwide, nonpartisan network of more than 170,000 members and supporters with branches in every congressional district, state and U.S. territory. The AAUW North Harris County Branch (TX 7107) began in 1973 and was chartered in 1974 with 89 members.