1. Shelley Ann Sekula-Gibbs was born on June 22,1953 and is an American physician and politician, who serves as a director of The Woodlands, Texas Township board of directors.
23 Facts About Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing in 2006.
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Dr Sekula-Gibbs has the distinction of being the first dermatologist and female physician to serve in the US House of Representatives.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs previously served as a city councilwoman in Houston, Texas from 2002 to 2006.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was born to parents of Czech, German and Polish ancestry.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs later earned her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, and went on to residencies at the University of Florida in family practice, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, specializing in dermatology.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs operated her own dermatology practice in the Clear Lake area of Houston.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs taught at Ben Taub Hospital and served as a clinical assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, both in the Texas Medical Center.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was a part of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library, where she served on the board of directors.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is the first physician to have ever been elected to serve on Houston City Council.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs resigned her seat on the Houston city council on November 8,2006, following her victory in the special election to fill the two-month unexpired term of Tom DeLay.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs faced Democratic ex-congressman Nick Lampson and Libertarian Bob Smither.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs received support of 28 percent of respondents, compared to 36 percent support for Lampson, according to the poll of more than 500 likely voters in the 22nd Congressional District.
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On November 7,2006, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs lost the general election for the seat to Democrat Nick Lampson, but won the special election to fulfill the remainder of former Representative Tom DeLay's term in the final session of the 109th Congress.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs filed for the special election and appeared on the ballot, as did Bob Smither; however, Lampson chose not to file.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was asked if the special election would confuse voters.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs faced Walter C Cooke, an attorney, and Rashmi Gupta.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs said that her focus, as a director, was going to be "flood mitigation, incorporation, traffic and mobility and parks and recreation".
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was sworn in as director on November 20,2019 and was reelected to her second term on November 12,2021.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs has served as alternate chairman of the One Water Task Force and on the Visit The Woodlands board of directors, the Parks and Recreation advisory council, audit, budget, and investment committees.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs successfully lobbied for the creation of the new Upper Watershed position on the San Jacinto Regional Flood Planning Group.
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Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is a member of the North Houston Association Water Committee.
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In 2024, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs was selected to serve on the Houston-Galveston Area Council's link to HGAC Transportation Advisory Committee, where she currently serves as: primary member for the TAC Environmental category; Regional Transportation Subcommittee-alternate member for the Environmental category, and Transportation Air Quality Subcommittee-primary member for the Local Government category.