Council Member Russell C. Jones
In May 2003, Russell C. Jones was elected to a two-year term as Council Member, District Three. He was re-elected in 2005 and 2007 for two-year subsequent terms.
Council Member Jones and his wife, Thelma Holoway Jones, have been residents of Colony Park in First Colony since 1994. They have two daughters and two sons-in-law. They are members of Christ United Methodist Church.
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Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 110
Sugar Land, TX 77487-0110
Telephone: 281-275-2710
Fax: 281-275-2721
Email: rjones@sugarlandtx.gov
EDUCATION
- University of Houston, Bates College of Law
- J.D. Cum Laude, 1979 - Houston, TX
- Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
- M.A., International Economics, German and American Foreign Policy, 1972; Washington, D.C.
- Johns Hopkins University
- B.A., International Economics, 1972; Baltimore, MD
- l'Institut Universitaire d'E'tudes Européennes
- European Foreign Policy and German, 1970; Geneva, Switzerland
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
- Holoway Jones Law Firm, P.L.L.C.
- Attorney
- Fort Bend Title, L.L.C.
- President
- Maui Ocean Investors, L.L.C.
- Principal
- Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council
- Member: 1995 - Present
- Tax Abatement Task Force: 1988
- Fort Bend Business Alliance
- Co-founder: 1987
- Chairman: 1997 - 2003
- Vice-Chairman: 1989 - 1996
- Treasurer: 1987 - 1988
- Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce
- Member: 1984 - Present
- Director: 1989 - 1994
- Division Vice-Chairman: Governmental Relations, 1989
- Chairman: Legislative Agenda Task Force, 1988
- Missouri City Economic Development Committee
- 1986 - 1994
- Missouri City Business Association
- Stafford Business Association
- Houston Chamber of Commerce
- Rose/Rich Chamber of Commerce
- State Bar of Texas
- Member: District 5A Grievance Committee, July 2002 - Present
- Member
- Houston Bar Association
- Member
- Texas Association of Bank Counsel
- Member
- Fort Bend Bar Association
- Member
CIVIC & COMMUNITY
- Oaks at Rio Bend
- Director: 2004 - 2008
- Child Advocates of Fort Bend County
- Director: 1999 - 2006
- Chairman: Strategic Planning Committee, 2003 - 2004
- Committee to Reinvent the Fort Bend Appraisal District
- Chairman: 2001
- Fort Bend Youth Foundation
- Co-founder
- Director: 1996 - 2002
- Fort Bend YMCA
- Director: 1994 - 1998
- Chairman: Strategic Planning Committee, 1996 - 1998
- Oyster Creek Rotary Club
- Member: 1986 - 1998
- President: 1991 - 1992
- Director: Club Services, 1989 - 1990
- Secretary: 1988 - 1989
- Program Chairman: 1987 - 1988
- City of Sugar Land
- Imperial Reinvestment Committee: 2005 – Present
- Municipal Court Liaison: 2003 - 2007
- Intergovernmental Relations Committee: 2003 - 2005, 2008 - Present
- Finance/Audit Committee: 2005 - Present
- Director: Sugar Land Development Corporation, 2005 - Present
- Director: Sugar Land 4B Corporation, 1996 - 1999
- Treasurer: Sugar Land 4B Corporation, 1998 - 1999
- Vice-Chairman: Sugar Land Charter Review Commission, 1995
- Chairman: Sugar Land Charter Review Commission, 1998
- Fort Bend County Investment Advisory Committee
- Member, 2000 - 2006
- Fort Bend County Airport Consultant Selection Committee
- 2000
- Fort Bend Industrial Development Corporation
- Director: 1999 - Present
- President: 2008 - Present
- Fort Bend Subsidence District
- Chairman: 1994 - 1997
- Director: 1992 - 1997
- City of Missouri City
- Commissioner: Missouri City Board of Adjustment, 1992 - 1994
- Chairman: Missouri City Charter Review Commission, 1989, 1992
- Mayor Pro-Tem: City Council, 1981 - 1986
- Councilman: City Council, 1980-1986
- Fort Bend Appraisal District
- Director: 1984 - 1985