Mercedes Renteria III elected to the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees in May 2021.
Renteria has lived in Baytown for over 56 years and is a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. After graduating from Lee, he attended Lee College and graduated from the University of Houston. Renteria also served in the 82nd Airborne Division, an airborne infantry division of the United States Army specializing in parachute operations. For ten years, he was a teacher and currently works at Chevron Phillips as a process operator technician. Renteria served on the Baytown City Council for fourteen years and has been a Goose Creek CISD board member since 2021. He is the proud father of four sons.
His current term ends in May 2029.