Marketing Consultants
Our marketing team serves as the first point of contact with members, collaborating with subject matter experts across TASB to meet your risk management needs.
Our marketing team is strategically positioned across the state to deliver personal services to members year-round. The team serves as the first point of contact with members, collaborating with subject matter experts across TASB to meet your risk management needs.
About Jackie
Jacqueline (Jackie) Arriola Spencer joined TASB Risk Management Services as a marketing consultant in May 2019. She came to the Fund after working as a sales and marketing representative in the TASB Business Services division for six years.
Counties served:
Andrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Dawson, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Fisher, Gaines, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Jones, Loving, Kimble, Martin, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Nolan, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Runnels, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Taylor, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, and Winkler
About Rosa
Rosa Brown is a senior marketing consultant with an extensive background in the property/casualty insurance field and has been at TASB since 2000. Brown previously worked as a school district employee with experience in finance.
Counties served:
Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Walker, Waller, and Wharton, plus Brazos ISD.
About Heide
Heide Gaden joined TASB in April 2011 as a marketing consultant. She began her insurance career in 1988, and has an extensive background in risk management, employee benefits, and supplemental insurance.
Counties served:
Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell, Falls, Freestone, Gregg, Hamilton, Harrison, Henderson, Hill, Lampasas, McLennan, Mills, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Van Zandt
About Marissa
Marissa Gonzales has worked as a TASB Risk Management Services marketing consultant since 2017. She joined TASB in 2011 and previously served as a risk solutions consultant as well as a licensed property and casualty adjuster.
Counties served:
Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coleman, Colorado, Fayette, Gonzalez, Guadalupe, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, Lee, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Milam, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson, plus Dripping Springs ISD
About Jennifer
Jennifer Jones is a senior marketing consultant who joined TASB in March 2010. She began her career in claims and insurance in 1991, having worked as a risk manager in both the retail and hospitality sectors. In 2007, she served as president of the Dallas Fort Worth Risk & Insurance Management Society.
Counties served:
Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Titus, Woods, and Upshur
About Betsi
Betsi Morton is a marketing consultant who joined TASB in 2024. Prior to coming to TASB, she spent seven years as risk and contracts manager for Wichita Falls ISD. She earned her Certified Texas School Business Official certification from TASBO and her Certified School Risk Manager designation from the National Alliance.
Counties served:
Archer, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Knox, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Tarrant, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, and Young
About Adrian
Adrian Peña is a senior marketing consultant who joined TASB in 2004. Prior to coming to TASB, he spent nine years in the dispute resolution arena handling benefit review conferences and benefit contested case hearings before the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation. He is licensed in Texas as a multi-line claims adjuster and is a Certified School Risk Manager.
Counties served:
Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun, Comal, Cameron, Dewitt, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kendall, Kenedy, Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Live Oak, Maverick, McMulllen, Medina, Nueces, Real, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Victoria, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala
About Todd
Todd Shade is director of the marketing and strategic partnerships division. Shade joined TASB in 1996 with more than a decade of sales and management experience in the insurance industry, including an extensive background in workers' compensation and property/casualty coverage.
Counties served:
Bastrop, Blanco, Brazos, Brown, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coleman, Colorado, Fayette, Gonzalez, Guadalupe, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, Lee, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Milam, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and Williamson, plus Dripping Springs ISD
About Elizabeth
Elizabeth York joined TASB in 2000 and is a Certified School Risk Manager. She began her career in the insurance industry in 1996 working with life, health, annuities, and long-term care insurance. York is a former member of the Board of Trustees at Lubbock-Cooper ISD.
Counties served:
Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum