{"biography":"## Current office and 2026 campaign\nAmber 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 County\u2019s 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.\n\nHuett-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. She\u2019s 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 Medtronic\u2019s Bakken Invitation, an award given to individuals who\u2019ve used their \u201cextra life\u201d to advocate.\n\nHuett-Garcia enjoys traveling, cooking, and exercising when she\u2019s 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.\n\n## Business interests and wealth source\nNo statement of interest filing found as of 2026-04-25. Search the [Tennessee Ethics Commission Statement of Interest Search](https://conflict.app.tn.gov/conflict/search.htm).\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_13","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"tn","title":"County Commissioner District 13"},{"contest":"county_commissioner_district_13","county":"shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"primary","state":"TN","title":"County Commissioner District 13"}],"cf_filings":[{"county":"shelby","displayname":"Huett-Garcia, Amber","documents":[{"datesubmitted":"02/02/26","documentid":"639B6E1E-F004-4A07-AE32-F2136BCF396F","documentname":"Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2025 - REVISED Report","documentnameid":["639B6E1E-F004-4A07-AE32-F2136BCF396F","Huett-Garcia, Amber - CFD Year-End 2025 - REVISED Report"],"documenttype":"2025 CFD","electionname":null},{"datesubmitted":"08/08/25","documentid":"25121B0A-179E-4A4E-9967-A413807CE00F","documentname":"Huett-Garcia, Amber - 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She has a background in education, starting as a teacher at Ross Elementary and later working at Teach for America and the Tennessee Department of Education. She has also held positions in policy advising and non-academic support strategy. Currently, she is the Director of Business Development at Lemonada Media and is actively involved in volunteer work related to obesity care. She has received recognition for her advocacy efforts in this field. Huett-Garcia is married and has a daughter who attends Memphis-Shelby County Schools.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-06","office":"county_school_board_division_8","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","title":"County School Board Division 8"}],"token":"LN1FhCiBD7"}