District 8
Amber Huett-Garcia serves as the School Board representative for District 8.
Huett-Garcia began her career as a teacher at Ross Elementary. After teaching, she spent more than seven years at Teach For America, where she had responsibilities ranging from large-scale operations for a teacher training program to corporate and foundation fundraising.
From there, Huett-Garcia served as a policy advisor in Shelby County’s Office of Education 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, managing over $13 billion in K-12 funds for former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
Huett-Garcia is the founder and owner of Amber Huett-Garcia Consulting, focusing on nonprofit operations and capacity building, grant and performance management, and more.
She is a global leader in obesity care as a member of the World Obesity Federation’s Board of Trustees, representing the patient's lived experience. In the United States, Huett-Garcia is 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 its 85,000 members. She is a founding director of the Global Obesity Patient Alliance (GOPA), where she represents the United States to help build capacity in patient advocacy organizations worldwide.
She is a 2018 recipient of Medtronic’s Bakken Invitation, an award given to individuals who have used their “extra life” to advocate.
When she's not working or volunteering, Huett-Garcia enjoys traveling, cooking, listening to live music, and exercising. Her daughter Parker is a proud and thriving student in Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
