Ida Clement Steen
Ida Clement Steen of San Antonio was raised on a South Texas ranch that has been in her family since 1853. She graduated from Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Virginia, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art from Trinity University in San Antonio. She was a teacher and administrator at the Learning About Learning Educational Foundation. She is married to John T. Steen, Jr. and they have three children. Mrs. Steen’s expertise has influenced many civic and charitable organizations throughout Texas.
Mrs. Steen is director of Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc., director of Frost National Bank and Trustee of Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund. She is also sponsor of the Charity Ball Association, president of Club Giraud and a member of the Advisory Council of
San Antonio Academy.
Steen’s past activities include chairman of the 150th Anniversary Celebration of King Ranch, Inc., and chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Antonio Academy; as well as, serving as director of North Frost Bank, co-chairman of the 1988 Cattle Barons Gala benefiting the American Cancer Society and president of Pan-Texas Assembly. Mrs. Steen was a member of the Junior League, trustee of the Ecumenical Center for Religion and Health and trustee and director of the Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital Foundation. She is a past director of the Children’s Hospital Foundation, the Charity Ball Association and Learning About Learning Educational Foundation. Mrs. Steen has been a member of the Advisory Council of the San Antonio Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and past director of the San Antonio Botanical Center Society.
Mrs. Steen was appointed to the Board of Regents by Governor Rick Perry in October of 2005. She serves as chair of the Committee on Academic and Student Affairs and the Campus Art and Aesthetic Improvement Committee. Mrs. Steen is also a member of the Committee on Finance. She serves as the Board’s special liaison to the Bill and Irma Runyon Art Collection Committee, the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research Development Council and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Mrs. Steen has also served as a member of the Policy Review Committee and the Committee on Buildings and Physical Plant and as the special liaison to the Texas Growth Fund Board. Her term expires February 1, 2011.