Board of Directors - At-Large Place 2

Ambika Sharma

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Ambika Sharma
Current role: Entrepreneur and startup founder
Background: B.S., Texas Christian University (per her questionnaire)
Master's degree, University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (per her questionnaire)
Came to Fort Worth from India at 15 (per her questionnaire)
Graduate, North Side High School (per her questionnaire)
Experience: At Elavon, led product strategy for North American enterprise clients (per her questionnaire)
Later worked at Goldman Sachs, SoFi and U.S. Bank's Elavon (per her questionnaire)
After the IMF, worked at the Central Bank of Chile, Deutsche Bank and Barclays (per her questionnaire)
Worked as an analyst at the International Monetary Fund (per her questionnaire)
No elected office previously held or sought (per her questionnaire)
Top priorities: "Return to annual, fair, and uniform appraisals." (per her questionnaire)
"Uphold TAD’s constitutional responsibility to taxpayers." (per her questionnaire)
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: Candidate questionnaire: "I will push TAD to return to annual reappraisals"
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: voteambika.com

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Cary Cheshire
Current role: Self-employed consultant; vice chairman, Tarrant County Republican Party
Background: BA in political science, Texas A&M University (per his questionnaire)
Experience: Ran for Tarrant County College board of trustees (2025); lost (per Fort Worth Report)
Top priorities: "Affordability and transparency. Freeze appraisals, make protesting easier, and provide taxpayers with information about who is responsible for their tax bills." (per his questionnaire)
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: Candidate questionnaire: "Every five years or annually upon a filed request of the property owner."
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: carycheshire.com

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Paul Stockard
Current role: Managing Partner, US Real Estate Partners, LLC
Background: BBA, University of Oklahoma (per his questionnaire)
JD, University of Tulsa College of Law (per his questionnaire)
Lawyer and longtime commercial real estate executive (per Fort Worth Report)
Experience: No elected office previously held (per his questionnaire)
Top priorities: "Transparency between the public and the appraisal process." (per his questionnaire)
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: At a Fort Worth Report forum: "I think we should be appraised every year and have the right to protest 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: Not found

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Marshall Hobbs
Current role: Professional security officer and business owner
Background: Bachelor's in political science, University of Texas at Arlington (1999) (per his questionnaire)
Master of Public Administration, University of Texas at Arlington (2002) (per his questionnaire)
Master's in political science, University of Texas at Arlington (2006) (per his questionnaire)
Has held jobs teaching government and political science at colleges in North Texas (per Fort Worth Report)
Experience: Ran for Fort Worth City Council (2025); lost (per Fort Worth Report)
Top priorities: "fair, defensible property appraisals" (per his questionnaire)
"fiscal responsibility and transparency at TAD." (per his questionnaire)
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: Candidate questionnaire: "I support moving away from automatic annual residential reappraisals"
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: hobbs4us.com