Mayor - Joe Herring, Jr.

Term

May 2024 - 2026

Joe Herring Jr. is a Kerrville native, and a Tivy High School and University of Texas at Austin graduate.

He is married to his college sweetheart, Carolyn, and they have two grown children.

Joe is the General Manager of Herring Printing Company. He writes a weekly column for the Kerr County Lead.

Other community involvement activities include:
Mayor, City of Kerrville, 1992-94. As mayor, instrumental in projects that
1) rebuilt the downtown area;
2) helped build a riverwalk;
3) implemented a curbside recycling program; and
4) helped establish Kerrville as a Texas Main Street City.

• Member, Kerrville City Council, 1990-94
• Member, Kerrville Public Utility Board, 1992-94
• President, Kerrville Kiwanis Club, 1992-93
• President, Kerrville Old Town (merchant group), 1994-95
• Member, Kerr County Historical Commission, Chair 2003
• Past Member, Kerrville Main Street Advisory Board
• Past Board Member, Arcadia Theatre Restoration Group
• Past Board Member, Riverside Nature Center Association
• Civic Leadership Award, Kerr County League of Women Voters, 1995
• Community Builder Award, Kerrville Masonic Lodge, 1996
• Reader's Choice Best Columnist, Kerrville Daily Times, 1996, 2003
• Board Member, Texas Lyceum 1996 - 2002
• Community Historian Award, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1998
• Member, Advisory Board, Any Baby Can, Inc., 2000-2005
• Chair, Kerrville Special Events Committee, 2000-2005
• Member, Board of Directors, Playhouse 2000, 2000-2012
• Chair, Church Council, Trinity Baptist Church, 2001-2002
• President, Symphony of the Hills Association, 2002-2005
• Member, Board of Directors, Kerrville Folk Festival, 2003-2006
• Member, Board of Directors, Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, 2005-2011
• Chair, Board of Directors, Kerrville Area Chamber of Commerce, 2009-2010
• Chair, Kerr County Sesquicentennial Celebration, 2006
• Citizenship Award, Sons of the American Revolution, 2006
• Kerrville Daily Times "Bill Dozier" Citizen of the Year, 2010