Board Calendar

Althea Greene

District 2

Bishop Althea E. Greene is the Chair of the Shelby County Board of Education, elected by her constituents in 2020, after being appointed to serve District II in 2019. She also chairs two committees within the board: Academic Performance and Evaluation Committees.

Bishop Greene was educated in the Memphis City Schools System, received her Bachelor of Science at LeMoyne Owen College, and earned her Master of Art Degree from Tusculum College. Bishop Greene continued her studies and graduated from Tennessee School of Religion with a Bachelor of Theology and a Master of Theological Studies. In addition, she also received a Doctorate in Theology. She retired from Shelby County Schools after thirty- eight years of service and is currently the senior pastor of Real Life Ministries, where she has served for 20 years.

Bishop Greene has received numerous awards that include:

• SWAG Award by Phi Beta Sigma, Tau Lota Sigma Alumni Chapter
• Trailblazer in Education Award (April 15, 2023)
• Charter Champion Award: Local Policy Champion of the Year, 2022, presented by Tennessee Charter School Center
• Women of Worth Award for outstanding and dedicated service to business
• Exceptional Leadership Award, 2023
• Award of Excellence from WMCTV-5 and MATCU.
• Christian Educator of the Millennium sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. Beta Epsilon Omega Chapter.
• Crystal Apple Teacher Award from WMC-TV.

Bishop Greene is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, and other memberships include NAACP, and SCLC. Her passions include teaching, preaching, reading, traveling, shopping, and grilling.

Stephanie Love has lived and been active in North Memphis, Millington and unincorporated areas of Shelby County all of her life. Stephanie Love attended Millington Central High, studied Psychology at The University of Memphis and later became a licensed cosmetologist.

Ms. Love's advocacy began as a parent volunteer in August 2011 at Delano Head Start where she noticed the unacceptable parking accommodations. This motivated her to begin directing traffic to ensure the safety of the children and parents and was able to effectively advocate for an improved parking lot. Because of her passion and willingness to help, Stephanie was elected to serve on the Shelby County Head-start Policy Council where she later became Vice-Chair.

Stephanie Love also served as Vice President of the Frayser Neighborhood Council- a community group that was born out of President Obama’s Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative in 2013. Stephanie was elected to the Frayser Neighborhood Council as a resident on May 4, 2013, and was later selected as Vice President by the group. The Frayser Neighborhood Council has had success in helping to improve the quality of life in Frayser. Some of those successes include effectively advocating Memphis City Council for improvements to Denver Park- a once gang-ridden park taken back by neighbors, getting approval from Memphis City Council for new sidewalks in front of Corning Elementary, stopping a new trailer park development, developed Frayser 2020- a plan to improve quality of life in Frayser and planning of the Frayser Town Center and just recently advocating with fellow Memphians to prevent a landfill from expanding next to an elementary school, and other urban neighborhoods in Shelby County.

Stephanie Love was elected to the Shelby County School Board in 2014 and later re-elected in August of 2016. Stephanie Love currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee.

As a board member and parent of 3 school-aged children, she knows and understands the challenges parents and children face as it relates to the constant changes in education. Stephanie Love believes when parents, school employees, district officials and all elected governing bodies work together more can be accomplished.

Mauricio Calvo

District 5

Mauricio Calvo, appointed by the Shelby County Commission in July 2023, represents District 5 (Cordova) for the Shelby County Board of Education. With MSCS being the largest school district in Tennessee and one of the largest urban districts in the nation, with 200+ schools and over 110,000 students, Board Member Calvo knows that the success of our students is one of the most critical issues impacting Memphis today and tomorrow.

Mexican by birth and Memphian by heart, Mauricio leads Latino Memphis, an organization that ignites and accelerates upward mobility and opportunities for the Latinx community though social and legal services. He knows Shelby County will achieve collective success only when all community members move up. His impact model includes providing direct services, addressing systemic issues, and collaborating with cross-sector partners.

His proudest and most important role is being Anna, Carolina, and Santiago's dad -- three leaders in the making. 

Mauricio understands and lives diversity and representation as a Mexican-American and a member of the LGBTQA+ community. He attributes his passion and interest in many different things to his ADHD, learning that it can be a challenge but also a superpower. Normalizing and embracing these differences has allowed him to hyperfocus on multiple tasks simultaneously.

He serves as a critical friend and thoughtful partner on the Board of UnidosUS, Hope Credit Union, Shelby Farms Conservancy, WeAreMemphis, and many others. Mauricio is also a frequent media contributor on Latinx issues. His academic journey includes CBU, Lipscomb University, Boston College, and Georgetown. He is a Leadership Tennessee alumni, a Mosaic fellow and a graduate of the ProInspire Catalyst Collective.

After 25 years of living in Memphis, Mauricio became a US citizen. As a citizen and as a School Board member, he will continue to use his voice and vote to advocate for others deserving of their version of the American dream.

Mauricio Calvo

District 5

Mauricio Calvo, appointed by the Shelby County Commission in July 2023, represents District 5 (Cordova) for the Shelby County Board of Education. With MSCS being the largest school district in Tennessee and one of the largest urban districts in the nation, with 200+ schools and over 110,000 students, Board Member Calvo knows that the success of our students is one of the most critical issues impacting Memphis today and tomorrow.

Mexican by birth and Memphian by heart, Mauricio leads Latino Memphis, an organization that ignites and accelerates upward mobility and opportunities for the Latinx community though social and legal services. He knows Shelby County will achieve collective success only when all community members move up. His impact model includes providing direct services, addressing systemic issues, and collaborating with cross-sector partners.

His proudest and most important role is being Anna, Carolina, and Santiago's dad -- three leaders in the making. 

Mauricio understands and lives diversity and representation as a Mexican-American and a member of the LGBTQA+ community. He attributes his passion and interest in many different things to his ADHD, learning that it can be a challenge but also a superpower. Normalizing and embracing these differences has allowed him to hyperfocus on multiple tasks simultaneously.

He serves as a critical friend and thoughtful partner on the Board of UnidosUS, Hope Credit Union, Shelby Farms Conservancy, WeAreMemphis, and many others. Mauricio is also a frequent media contributor on Latinx issues. His academic journey includes CBU, Lipscomb University, Boston College, and Georgetown. He is a Leadership Tennessee alumni, a Mosaic fellow and a graduate of the ProInspire Catalyst Collective.

After 25 years of living in Memphis, Mauricio became a US citizen. As a citizen and as a School Board member, he will continue to use his voice and vote to advocate for others deserving of their version of the American dream.

Amber Huett-Garcia

District 8

Amber Huett-Garcia serves as the School Board representative for district 8. She began her career as a teacher at Ross Elementary. After teaching, she spent more than seven years at Teach for America, with responsibilities ranging from large-scale operations for a teacher training program, to corporate and foundation fundraising. From there, Huett-Garcia served in Shelby County’s Office of Education as a policy advisor before working as a senior director of non-academic support strategy for one million K-12 students at the Tennessee Department of Education. She also concentrated on state health, policy, and budget roles, including managing more than $13 billion in K-12 funds for former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.

Huett-Garcia currently serves as the Director of Business Development at Lemonada Media, one of the fastest-growing podcast companies in the country, with 26 shows and growing. She’s passionate about obesity care as an active volunteer and emeritus member of the National Board for the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC). She served nine years, including two years as chair, for over 75,000 members. She is a founding member of the Global Obesity Patient Alliance (GOPA), where she represents the United States. She is a 2018 recipient of Medtronic’s Bakken Invitation, an award given to individuals who’ve used their “extra life” to advocate.

Huett-Garcia enjoys traveling, cooking, and exercising when she’s not working or volunteering. She lives in East Memphis with her husband, Matt, and their daughter, Parker, an elementary student at Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

Kevin D. Woods

District 4

Kevin Woods is the Memphis market president for BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, which serves more than 3.4 million members in the state and across the country.

In this role, Woods builds and supports key relationships with west Tennessee businesses. He also serves as a vital link between the Memphis business community and BlueCross sales and service teams.

Before joining BlueCross, he was executive director of Memphis’ Workforce Investment Network, which assists city and county organizations with recruiting new companies to Memphis and improving employment opportunities for area residents. Prior to that, he was director of career development and education services with New Horizons Computer Training Center in Memphis.

He earned a Master of Science in business administration and Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from the University of Memphis. He is a 2014 graduate of Leadership Memphis Executive Class, a New Memphis Fellow, as well as alum of the 2017-2018 class of Leadership Tennessee (Class V). He currently serves on the Leadership Tennessee Advisory Council.

Woods also serves on numerous boards.

• Shelby County School Board
• Memphis River Parks
• Shelby Farms Conservancy
• The Salvation Army
• United Way of the Mid-South
• Neighborhood Preservation, Inc. (NPI)
• TN Achieves Advisory Board