Bhuchar Elected to Statewide Association Board

For Immediate Release: October 15, 2009
Contact: Barbara Williams, 800.580.8272, ext. 6418 

(Austin) – The Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) has elected Sonal Bhuchar
of Fort Bend ISD to a two-year term on the TASB Board of Directors, representing TASB
Region 4G. 

Bhuchar has been a member of the Fort Bend ISD (FBISD) Board since May 2006.
During her tenure, she has served as secretary and president. Her involvement with the
district preceded her election to the board. Bhuchar is a member of the FBISD School
Health Advisory Committee and the Fort Bend Education Foundation, where she was
secretary in 2005 and chaired the Districtwide Diversity Initiative in 2006–08. She is a past
member of the Community Relations and Partnerships Advisory Board and the Gifted and
Talented Parent Advisory Committee. She has chaired and collaborated on various FBISD
projects, including WATCH, a health education initiative. In addition, she was responsible
for spearheading the first Legislative Agenda and Student Leadership Program in FBISD
under the auspices of the Board.

Her volunteer activities extend into the community as well. Bhuchar is on the board
of directors for the Sugar Land Exchange Club and the Child Advocacy Council. She served
on the City of Sugar Land Economic Development Council Board, the Fort Bend County
Medical Society Alliance, the Indian Doctor’s Association Auxiliary, the Indo American
Charity Foundation, and the Texas Medical Association Alliance. In 2001, she was
nominated for the Aeros Woman of the Year award. 

A physical therapist, Bhuchar opened her private practice, Therapeutic Concepts, in
2005. She was born in Bombay, India, and attended St. Xavier’s College and Seth G.S.
Medical College, earning a bachelor’s degree. 

TASB is a nonprofit organization established in 1949 to serve local Texas school
districts. School board members are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the
state. The districts they represent serve more than 4.7 million public school students.