Judith A. Canales

Judith A. Canales was appointed Executive Director by the Southside First Economic Development Council. Canales served under Presidents Clinton and Obama as a federal executive at USDA Farm Service Agency, Rural Development, and HUD. Canales is a Ph.D. student in Leadership Studies at Our Lady of the Lake University. She also has an MPA from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government; MA Urban Studies from Trinity University; Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an A.A. from Southwest Texas Junior College.