Tarrant Appraisal District
Board of Directors – At-Large Place 1
Phyllis Durbin Grissom
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- Phyllis Durbin Grissom
- Current role
- Client Communications Director, Huckabee Architects
- Background
- BA in journalism, Southern Methodist University (per her questionnaire)
- MEd in counseling and student services, University of North Texas (per her questionnaire)
- Born in Tarrant County (per her questionnaire)
- Family returned to Fort Worth in 1979 after a few early-childhood years near Houston (per her questionnaire)
- Experience
- Executive leadership roles: Northwest ISD PTAs, Tri Delta, City of Fort Worth's Library Advisory Board, North Fort Worth Alliance (per her questionnaire)
- Served six years on the Executive Board of Delta Delta Delta, including four years as chair (per campaign)
- Chaired a $754 million school bond campaign (per campaign)
- No elected office previously held (per her questionnaire)
- Top priorities
- "restore a regular, consistent appraisal process based on current market values" (per her questionnaire)
- Improve "the accuracy and transparency of the initial appraisal." (per her questionnaire)
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: At a Fort Worth Report forum: "I support reviewing property every year."
- Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: No public statement found
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- votephyllis.com
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