White has served as vice-president and is currently president of his local board, where he has been a member four years. A retired rehabilitation counselor and owner of the Edd White Driving Academy, White is a member of the Texas Caucus of Black School Board Members. He has been both a delegate and alternate at TASB s Delegate Assembly and participated in several National School Boards Association programs. TASB was established in 1949 to serve local Texas school districts.
School trustees are the largest group of publicly elected officials in the state.