Shelley Sweatt

Regent, Board of Regents

Shelley Sweatt, Ed.D., is the president and CEO of The Priddy Foundation and president of The Priddy Foundation Board of Trustees. She is a member of the Texas Woman’s University Board of Regents and previously served as a member of the Midwestern State University Board of Regents.

Prior to retiring from education, she held numerous positions within the Burkburnett Independent School District, including high school chemistry teacher, high school assistant principal and executive director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. She is an honorary life member of Texas Association of School Administrators, a member of Exponent Philanthropy, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Philanthropy Roundtable and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Wichita Falls.

She currently serves as a board member for organizations including the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce, Texas Rural Funders and Philanthropy Southwest, where she also serves as past chairwoman of the Professional Learning Committee and co-chair of the Annual Conference Planning Committee.

Sweatt earned a bachelor’s degree in education from TTU, a master’s degree in educational supervision from Texas Woman’s University, along with her superintendency certification, and a doctorate in educational administration from the University of North Texas. She and her husband, Greg, who also graduated from TTU with a degree in engineering technology, have a daughter, Merrill, a third-generation Red Raider, who graduated from TTU with a degree in interior design in 2009.