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Amber Huett-Garcia
Office history
Amber Huett-Garcia serves as the School Board representative for district 8. She began her career as a teacher at Ross Elementary. After teaching, she spent more than seven years at Teach for America, with responsibilities ranging from large-scale operations for a teacher training program, to corporate and foundation fundraising. From there, Huett-Garcia served in Shelby Countyโs Office of Education as a policy advisor 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, including managing more than $13 billion in K-12 funds for former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
Huett-Garcia currently serves as the Director of Business Development at Lemonada Media, one of the fastest-growing podcast companies in the country, with 26 shows and growing. Sheโs passionate about obesity care as 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 over 75,000 members. She is a founding member of the Global Obesity Patient Alliance (GOPA), where she represents the United States. She is a 2018 recipient of Medtronicโs Bakken Invitation, an award given to individuals whoโve used their โextra lifeโ to advocate.
Huett-Garcia enjoys traveling, cooking, and exercising when sheโs not working or volunteering. She lives in East Memphis with her husband, Matt, and their daughter, Parker, an elementary student at Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Statement of interest (Tennessee Ethics Commission)
No statement of interest filing found as of 2026-04-25. Search the Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search.
Public filings
Candidates and officeholders are required by law to file campaign finance reports and statements of economic interest. The sites below don't support direct links to an individual record โ search by last name on each.
Tennessee โ Shelby County campaign finance (County School Bd., Dist. 8)
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2025 - REVISED Report โ filed 02/02/26
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2024.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2023.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Mid-Year 2024.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Mid-Year 2023.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Mid-Year 2025.pdf โ filed 08/08/25
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD 4th Quarter 2022.pdf โ filed 01/25/23
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD 3rd Quarter 2022.pdf โ filed 10/06/22
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Pre-General 2022.pdf โ filed 07/29/22
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD 2nd Quarter 2022.pdf โ filed 07/08/22
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Pre-Primary 2022.pdf โ filed 04/26/22
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - Appointment of Treasurer 2022.pdf โ filed 04/06/22
Tennessee โ Shelby County campaign finance (Shelby County Commissioner, Dist. 13)
- Huett-Garcia, Amber -CFD - Pre-Primary 2026 โ filed 04/28/26
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD - 1st Quarter 2026 โ filed 04/09/26
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2025 - CC13.pdf โ filed 02/02/26
- Huett-Garcia, Amber - Appointment of Treasurer 2026.pdf โ filed 12/01/25
Tennessee โ campaign finance (search)
- State offices (Governor, US Senate, US Rep, TN Senate, TN House, State Executive Committee) โ Tennessee Registry of Election Finance. Click Search for Candidates and PACs, enter last name “Huett-Garcia”, and submit.
Tennessee โ statement of interest
- Required for state and local officials and candidates โ Tennessee Ethics Commission Conflict of Interest Search. Enter last name “Huett-Garcia”and, if needed, select the applicable position.