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. and Frost National Bank. She is also sponsor of the Charity Ball Association 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 has served as trustee of Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital Foundation Endowment Fund and 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, past director of the San Antonio Botanical Center Society and has served as president of Club Giraud.
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 Campus Art and Aesthetic Improvement and as a member of the Committee on Academic and Student Affairs, the Committee on Finance, the Herman F. & Minnie Belle Heep Texas A&M University Foundation and the Bill and Irma Runyon Art Collection Committee. Her term expires February 1, 2011.
