Full Name:
Sylvester Turner
Gender:
Male
Family:
1 Child: Ashley
Birth Date:
09/27/1954
Birth Place:
Houston, TX
Home City:
Houston, TX
Religion:
Baptist
BA, University of Houston
JD, Harvard Law School, 1980
Mayor, City of Houston, 2016-present
Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 1988-2016
Candidate, Mayor of Houston, 1991, 2002, 2015
Speaker Pro Tempore, Texas State House of Representatives, 2003-2009
Former Member, Business and Industry Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Co-Chair, Harris County Legislative Delegation
Former Vice Chair, House Appropriations Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Member, House State Affairs Committee, Texas State House of Representatives
Former Member, Subcommittee on Current Fiscal Condition, Texas State house of Representatives
Chair, Texas Legislative Black Caucus
Founder/Attorney, Barnes and Turner, 1983-present
Associate Attorney, Fulbright and Jaworski
Seminar Lecturer, South Texas College of Law
Adjunct Professor, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Seminar Lecturer, University of Houston Law School's Continuing Legal Education Program
Member, Acres Home Citizens Chamber of Commerce
Board Member, American Cancer Society
Member, Brookhollow Baptist Church
Member, Coalition for School Improvement
Member, United Negro College Fund