Sheila Jackson-Lee

US Representative from Texas

A Representative from Texas; born in Queens, Queens County, N.Y., January 12, 1950; graduated from Jamaica High School; B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1972; J.D., University of Virginia Law School, Charlottesville, Va., 1975; lawyer, private practice; staff counsel, United States House Select Committee on Assassinations, 1977-1978; member of the Houston, Tex., city council, 1990-1994; Houston, Tex., municipal judge, 1987-1990; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-present).

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Leadership & Staff

Heather Mizeur Former Staffer: Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, Sheila Jackson-Lee, John Kerry, Marjorie Margolies- Mezvinsky

• Legislative Assistant ('95)

Board Memberships

Houston Grand Opera

• Board Member

Positions

Communities In Schools of Houston Community services for K-12, community college

• Advisory Board

Government Positions

Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

• Chair

Donors

Alan Helfman Car Dealership Owner

• Political Donation · 1,000 USD (Feb 23 '18)

McKinsey & Company Management consulting firm

• Donation ('08)

Sheila Jackson Lee for Congress

• Principal Campaign Committee

Campaign Donors

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Yolanda Cantu Glass artist

• 5 contributions · 12,600 USD (Nov 1 '08→Nov 20 '16)

Arthur Louis Schechter Senior Partner, Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer, and Harris; former US Ambassador to the Bahamas.

• 9 contributions · 12,300 USD (Mar 8 '94→Oct 5 '12) [+1]

• 8 contributions · 11,300 USD ('94→'12)

Karla Jurvetson Psychiatrist; former wife of venture capitalist, Steve Jurvetson

• 3 contributions · 11,600 USD (Jul 31 '21)

Ralph De La Torre former chairman/CEO, Steward Health Care System; cardiac surgeon

• 4 contributions · 8,700 USD (Feb 9 '22)

Drayton McLane Jr Wal Mart Vice Chairman; former owner, Houston Astros MLB baseball team

• 6 contributions · 8,000 USD ('94→'10)

Gopal V Savjani CEO, Ansh Labs

• 3 contributions · 7,800 USD (Aug 29 '19)

John M O'Quinn Houston trial lawyer

• 8 contributions · 7,800 USD ('94→'08)

Alonzo Cantu McAllen Texas developer and founder of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, a sleek physician-owned health care facility in Edinburg. TX

• 3 contributions · 7,500 USD (Nov 1 '08→Mar 30 '13)

Dale Linebarger Attorney - Linebarger Heard Goggan & Blaire

• 3 contributions · 7,200 USD (Nov 1 '08→Oct 13 '16)

Rodney G Ellis Former Texas State Senator, Harris County Commissioner

• 4 contributions · 7,000 USD (Jan 9 '00→Aug 4 '17)

Memberships

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Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus Congressional caucuses (House and Senate) to increase awareness of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in the United States

• Member ('10→?)*

US House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

• Representative (Jan 4 '95→Jan 3 '23)

Democratic Party The U.S. Democratic Party

• Member

Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Subcommittee

• Member

House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law

• Member

Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee

• Member

Africa and Global Health Subcommittee

• Member

Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Subcommittee

• Member

Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism Subcommittee

• Member

House Committee on Homeland Security Congressional oversight for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Member

Family

Erica Lee Carter Daughter of Sheila Jackson-Lee, former HCDE Trustee

• daughter

Schools

The University of Virginia School of Law

• JD (?→'75)

Yale University Private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut - founded in 1701

• BA (?→'72)