Chad Rudy

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Chad Rudy

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

Frisco Independent School District, Place 3

Successor: Stephanie Elad

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Education

Graduate

Rice University, University of Oklahoma

Personal

Profession

Financial Advisor

Contact

Personal website

Chad Rudy was a member of the Frisco Independent School District in Texas, representing Place 3. Rudy left office on June 13, 2022.

Rudy ran for re-election to the Frisco Independent School District to represent Place 3 in Texas. Rudy won in the general election on May 4, 2019.

Biography

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Rudy earned master's degrees from Rice University and the University of Oklahoma. His career experience includes working as a certified financial planner and serving as the executive vice president for Retirement Investment Advisors, Inc., a financial services firm.

Elections

2019

See also: Frisco Independent School District, Texas, elections (2019)

General election

General election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 3

Incumbent Chad Rudy defeated Muniraj Janagarajan in the general election for Frisco Independent School District, Place 3 on May 4, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chad Rudy (Nonpartisan)	63.0	5,986
	Submit photo	Muniraj Janagarajan (Nonpartisan)	37.0	3,509

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 9,495
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2016

See also:Frisco Independent School District elections (2016)

The Frisco ISD board of trustees election on May 7, 2016, featured both board incumbents and newcomers. Place 1 incumbent Bryan Dodson and Place 3 incumbent Chad Rudy were the sole candidates to file in their races. The Place 2 incumbent did not seek re-election, and challengers Steven Noskin, Phil Ramirez, and Anjali Shirvaikar faced each other in the election. Both Dodson and Rudy won their unopposed re-election bids, and Noskin defeated Shirvaikar and Ramirez to win the Place 2 seat.

Results

Frisco Independent School District, Place 3 General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Chad Rudy Incumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	4,349
Total Votes		4,349
Source: Collin County, "Election Summary Report," accessed July 20, 2016

2015

See also: Frisco Independent School District elections (2015)

The general election on May 9, 2015, in the Frisco Independent School District featured three seats up for election. Place 7 incumbent John Hoxie defeated two challengers, Carlos Gallardo and Rajesh Singh, to retain his seat. In the Place 6 race, incumbent John Classe, who previously represented Place 3, ran unopposed and won re-election to the board. Incumbent Chris Todd did not file for re-election in Place 6. There were three challengers for the one-year term in Place 3: Srikanth Gurrapu, Bryan Powell and Chad Rudy. Rudy won election to the board.

Results

Frisco Independent School District, Place 3 General Election, 1-year term, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Chad Rudy	46.6%	2,107
	Nonpartisan	Bryan Powell	39.3%	1,775
	Nonpartisan	Srikanth Gurrapu	14.1%	635
Total Votes				4,517
Source: Collins County, Texas, "Election Summary Report," accessed June 16, 2015 & Denton County Elections Administrator, "Official Election Results," accessed June 16, 2015

Endorsements

Rudy was endorsed by Collin County Commissioner Susan Fletcher, Frisco Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Jeff Cheney, outgoing Frisco ISD board member Chris Todd and Frisco City Councilmembers Scott Johnson, John Keating, Tim Nelson and Will Sowell.

Campaign themes

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2015

Dallas Morning News voter guide

Rudy participated in a candidate questionnaire administered by The Dallas Morning News. The full questionnaire can be found here. Select questions and his answers are below:

“	Why are you running for this office? "My wife, Amy, and I are both public school graduates, and she is also a former elementary school teacher. We have always been proud to support public education and Frisco ISD in particular. I have been involved in the Frisco community since we moved here in 2008 – but, thanks to my year of service on the FISD Bond Committee in 2014, I was able to gain a complex understanding and perspective on the multi-faceted challenges that are faced by a fast-growth district such as Frisco ISD. I realized that I was fulfilled by the opportunity to bring my financial and fiduciary skills to the table in the district that is educating my three daughters. I am pleased with the success of Frisco ISD to date; it is an award-winning district that is arguably one of the best in the nation by any measure. When this seat opened up, I was encouraged by several community leaders (all of whose opinion I held in high esteem) to consider taking the next step in my FISD service. I want to contribute my community experience, leadership training and financial background to help FISD continue to grow in excellence." Why should voters choose you over your opponent? "I have two opponents for this race, and I am sure they are both supporters of our community. Still, serving as a school board trustee is an enormous responsibility -- one that requires an extensive time commitment, broad knowledge of the community, and demonstrated commitment to the values that helped Frisco ISD achieve its current success. I believe that my length of time in the district and my resume of civic involvement is singular in this race, and demonstrates that I am able to handle the rigors of the position. Additionally, many of the challenges facing Frisco will be financial in nature, and will be tied to how to best manage a fast-growing organization with multiple constituencies. Prior to my career in the Financial Services industry, I worked for two Fortune 100 companies (Exxon and Compaq), worked as Director for the 11th largest private company in Houston, and started and ran my own successful company before selling after 8 years. My formal education and professional career, in addition to my civic resume, are ideally suited for this position." If elected, what two issues should be given the most attention and resources during your term in office? "Place 3 is only a one-year term, which will be up for re-election in May 2016. As a result, there will be a targeted window for the Place 3 trustee to have impact. The Frisco ISD administration and board have their work cut out in June 2015: to manage outcomes of the 84th Texas Legislative Session, where, as of this date, legislators do not appear likely to restore the $5.4 billion in school funding cuts which were made in 2011, nor to renew the tax compression relief that was promised for fast-growth districts like FISD. I stand ready to help solve what is possibly going to be a critical funding shortfall to FISD for the immediate future. Additionally, there are financial concerns in the medium-term; the Supreme Court of Texas is currently hearing the lawsuit filed by 600 Texas school districts regarding the constitutionality of our current public education funding process, and it will be late summer at the earliest before there is an outcome, at which point it is likely that the Governor and/or State Legislature will take additional action. As a wealth manager in the private sector, I feel confident that I have resources and training that will be particularly relevant to legislative funding challenges. The other issue where I intend to have an immediate impact is in supporting and overseeing the execution of the $775 million bond package that was passed in May 2014 by the voters. I am extremely familiar with all projects and proposals in the bond program, through my service on the Bond Committee. I hope to assist the FISD administration in their continued fiscal stewardship of public facilities funding, and also serve as a voice to the Board of Trustees for the community’s questions and concerns about the program." If you are not an incumbent trustee, have you attended any school board meetings? If so, what have you learned from them about how a board member can be effective? "I have indeed attended FISD board meetings. One of the things that stands out to me was how much work is done in the hours, days and weeks leading up to that monthly meeting. What the public sees in that 2nd Monday of the month is just one small piece of how much time is invested by the trustees: in meetings with teachers, families, students, administrators, as well as at community events, and required ongoing state and local training. I also believe that Frisco ISD trustees have been so successful because they recognize their role as a governing board, and stay at that 30,000-foot leadership level rather than getting involved in the day-to-day business of individual classrooms and campuses. The FISD Board has a long history of hiring top-quality principals and teachers, giving them the tools they need to work, and then getting out of the way. This is what successful management looks like in business too, and I plan to bring that collaborative governance approach to the boardroom." As you look around the country, what innovative ideas would you recommend for improving classroom performance? "I would actually suggest the opposite: that schools around the country would benefit to visit Frisco ISD and see what we are doing right, then take that back to their own community. Our teachers get rewarded through the FISD community foundation with grants to help bring bright ideas into the classroom each year, from programs like using cooking to help teach life skills to improving literacy to combining music with technology to increase student engagement. FISD is visited all the time by school officials from around the world, who want to tour our state-of-the-art Career & Technical Education Center, or see the Safety Town experiential environment for elementary school kids, a partnership between FISD and the City of Frisco. They come to see the S.A.F.E.R. program, which was one of the first of its kind in the country – a partnership between FISD and our public safety departments which provides extensive real-time information to all first responders in case of a campus emergency. Frisco ISD is already the global capital for campus and classroom innovation, and we have to just keep it going." Should teacher and principal pay be linked to school performance? "My wife has two degrees in education and has been a public school teacher, so I understand first-hand that no one educator is solely responsible for the performance of a school campus. Federal incentive programs forced on Texas by the US Department of Education proposed that we could use more tests to measure teachers and then judge them accordingly; yet, very few education experts would tell you today that those were a success. Even at this moment, the Texas Legislature is considering multiple bills attempting to redefine how schools should be measured. If the Texas education community still doesn’t have a great handle on how best to measure a school’s relative success, I think it’s premature to say that individual salaries should be tied to a metric we haven’t defined." Do you support or oppose charter schools in your school district? "In Frisco ISD, this has been a market-driven outcome: families move here especially for the excellent public schools, and there is almost no demand for educational alternatives. As a trustee, if I started to see demand from FISD families for charter schools, I would take that as an indicator that something in our flagship public education product wasn’t working and needed to be fixed. I don’t envision any point where Frisco ISD parents no longer believe in the system and begin to ask for third-party charter school options. I do believe there are charter schools in Texas which are doing great things for their students and families, especially in the case where they can provide an improved educational option for economically disadvantaged students." What resources are lacking in schools in your trustee district? "I’m sure any educator you asked would like to see the State Legislature restore the funding cuts from 2011, especially since the Texas Comptroller’s office has identified a $18 billion surplus for the next biennium. Our transportation funding policies aren’t adequate, due to an outdated formula: we currently receive only $1.25 per mile in reimbursement from the state, a rate set decades ago and which doesn’t take into account fuel and equipment costs in 2015. The actual cost of busing is nearly 4 times the reimbursement amount. With transportation funds from the state that are reimbursed to account for actual modern-day costs, FISD could then afford to review the 2-mile free busing limit." What is the most crucial issue facing this district that the school board and superintendent aren’t addressing, and how would you recommend this issue be addressed? "I have met with every current Frisco ISD trustee, and several past trustees, as well as the FISD Superintendent, Dr. Jeremy Lyon, and talked to them all in depth about FISD’s past, present and future. I don’t believe there is a crucial issue which our administrators and trustees aren’t addressing. Of course, part of the 2015 Strategic Plan effort which is now underway is an effort to do exactly that: anticipate and identify the needs of all our stakeholders, and be prepared to respond with plans and resources. Frisco ISD has always been known for its quickness to look at the horizon, and anticipate what’s coming so that we are prepared. If anything, I think that Frisco ISD could consider how well our state and Congressional representatives have carried the district’s needs to Austin and DC, and whether there is room to strengthen our organizational voice and partnerships in those environments. Frisco ISD is a model public education agency and I would like to see us held up as a shining example to the state and nation -- rather than considered a one-size-fits-all target for excessive regulation and ill-fitting policy. Rezoning is and will continue to be a significant issue in Frisco. All three of my daughters have been rezoned to a new school, and will almost certainly get rezoned at least once more in the future, so my family understands the hassle and upheaval. Largely, though, I believe that Frisco ISD handles rezoning with as much integrity and equity as is possible. We are now serving 50,000 students a day, and I feel confident that there is never a child who is rezoned for any reason other than that it is the best solution available at the time. As the fastest-growing district in the country, FISD continues to deliver a superior educational product on every campus in the face of constant transition and evolution. I hope to contribute to that continued success."	”
—Chad Rudy's questionnaire responses (2015)

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