Peggy Kemp

An expert in the field of child and family policy, Peggy has contributed to several initiatives at the Meadows Institute, including the mental and behavioral health roadmap and toolkit for schools and leading a team to complete the Region 18 Education Service Center mental health strategic framework. She also completed the brain story certification, served as a facilitator with two groups in central Texas, and supported schools in the Texas Coordinated Access to Recover Emotionally in Schools (CARES) and CARES Training programs The American Red Cross funded. Additionally, she was instrumental in the roll out of education learning communities in Dallas, Tarrant, and Northeast Texas and aided in the completion of school-based assessments in Nueces, El Paso, and Hays counties.

In her current role at the Meadows Institute, Peggy is actively assisting Institute team members in researching, implementing, and utilizing technology and platforms by identifying and championing best practices. She also serves on the Institute’s health equity workgroup and is a member of the women and girls subcommittee.

Prior to returning to school to earn her master’s degree, Peggy worked as a paralegal for a family law attorney specializing in complex child custody and visitation cases, including court appointed cases. Peggy also worked with the Texas Office of the Attorney General in the Elder Law and Public Health Division, prosecuting civil Medicaid fraud cases. Previously, Peggy served on Austin Independent School District’s (AISD’s) School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) and worked with AISD’s Community Schools Initiative. Peggy earned her bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and her Master of Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.