Interim CFO
Austin ISD
Katrina Montgomery brings over 30 years of accounting and finance expertise, over two decades of strategic leadership experience and a proven track record as a transformational, people-focused financial leader to Austin ISD. Montgomery excels at cultivating tight-knit, high-performing teams and creating opportunities in underserved communities for students to achieve success.
Montgomery received her B.S. in Accounting from Grambling State University and her MBA from University of Phoenix. She has served Austin ISD for three years as Assistant Superintendent of Finance. Before serving at Austin ISD, she was interim VP of Administration and Finance and Controller at Huston-Tillotson University.
Montgomery is the Vice-President of the Capital Area Texas Association of School Business Officials. She is a board member with the Greater Austin Black Chamber of Commerce. She was also appointed as the Austin Chapter’s Issuer Ambassador for the 27th Annual Women in Public Finance Conference.
Outside of work, Mrs. Montgomery is fiercely committed to her family. She and her husband Michael have two children.
Vouchers, charter schools, increased homestead tax exemption, among others, are causing serious strains for school districts across Texas on both the funding and operating side. How are SDs looking to adapt?