[1] "Annise Danette Parker was elected mayor of Houston on Saturday, winning her seventh consecutive city election and becoming both the first contender in a generation to defeat the hand-picked candidate of Houston's business establishment and the first openly gay person to lead a major U.S. city." Bradley Olson, "Annise Parker elected Houston's next mayor", Houston Chronicle, 13 December 2009.
Wife: Kathy Hubbard (together since 1990, m. 16-Jan-2014, two adopted children)
University: BA Anthropology and Sociology, Rice University (1978)
Mayor of Houston (1-Jan-2010 to present)
Texas State Official City Controller, Houston (2004-09)
Houston City Council (1998-2004)
Mosbacher Energy Company (18 years)
Girls Incorporated
Holocaust Museum Houston Board of Directors
Houston Zoo Advisory Board
Obama Victory Fund 2012
AKA Annise Danette Parker