| Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza first assumed office as District Clerk in Travis County, Texas on January 1, 1991 and is in her fifth term of office. This office files 20,000 civil/family cases and 16,041 criminal cases each year, has a staff of over 90 employees and an annual budget of over $3.7 million.
In 1972, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, and earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Antioch College in 1974.
Prior to becoming an elected official, she was Director of the Voter Registration Division of the Travis County Tax Office from 1982-1989.
In 1999, she was elected President of the County & District Clerk’s Association of Texas and selected District Clerk of the Year in 2004. She serves on the Supreme Court’s Joint Committee on Information Technology and chairs its e-filing subcommittee.
Her office’s Internet jury impaneling website, I-Jury, was named one of the top 10 court websites of 2008 and has been recognized by the Texas Association of Counties and Government Technology magazine as a best practice. The District Clerk’s office was recognized this summer by the Texas Association of Counties for best use of technology for her pioneering work in electronic issuance of process documents and electronic service of expunction filings.
A Leadership Austin Alumna, Amalia has served on the Board of Directors of the Austin Museum of Art, the Austin History Center Association and the Austin Public Library Foundation, and BCRC. She chaired the Texas Commission for Women in 1991-1992. She currently serves on the board of the Austin Lyric Opera. |
Amalia Rodriguez-Mendoza
Curriculum Vitae
Employment:
1991-present Travis County District Clerk
1982-1989 Director of Voter Registration, Travis County Tax Office
1974-1981 Executive Director, SER Job Bank
Education:
1972 Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas
1974 Masters in Education, Antioch College
Civic leadership positions (past and present)
- Governor’s Commission for Women (Chair)
- Judicial Committee on Information Technology (Chair, E-Filing Subcommittee)
- County & District Clerks’ Association of Texas (former President)
- Austin Crime Stoppers
- Austin History Center Association (former President)
- Austin Lyric Opera
- Austin Museum of Art
- Breast Cancer Resource Center (former Vice President)
- City of Austin Human Rights Commission
- Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (former Vice President)
- International Women’s Year Conference (delegate)
- KLRU-TV Hispanic Advisory Committee
- La Noche de Opera
- LaTina Foundation
- La Pena Arts Organization
- Leadership Austin (alumnus)
- Leadership Texas (alumnus, Committee of the Board)
- Leadership America (alumnus)
- Literacy Austin
- Lone Star Girl Scout Council
- Mexican American Business and Professional Women’s Association (former President)
- Mexican American Cultural Center Task Force
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Pan American Round Table
- SafePlace
Honors and Awards:
- Austin Ballet Guild, Women on their Toes
- Austin American Statesman, Fortunate 500
- District Clerk of the Year
- Texas Association of Counties Leadership Foundation, Best Practices Innovation Award,
- “Travis County Juror Friendly Systems (I-Jury)”
- Center for Digital Government, Best Application Serving the Public (I-Jury)
- Lone Star Girls Council, Women of Distinction
- MABPWA, Women of Vision
- Texas LULAC, Outstanding Hispanic Women
- Texas Women’s Political Caucus, Good Gal Award
- Sojourner Trust Organization, Mary McCloud Bethune Award for Public Service
- Hispanic Business Magazine, 100 most influential Hispanics in the U.S.
- University YWCA, Outstanding Achievement Award in Government Service
- National Network of Hispanic Women, Outstanding Woman in Public Service
- Justice Served, Top 10 County Websites (I-Jury)
- Executive Women International recognition
- Austin Capital City Business and Professional Women recognition
- Outstanding Young Women of America
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