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January 2, 2020 Inauguration

Gus S. Wortham Center

Mayor Sylvester Turner, the City Controller and the City Council Members will take their oaths of office Thursday January 2, 2020. The Inauguration will take place at the Wortham Center in downtown Houston, 501 Texas Avenue. The event is by invitation however, there is a limited number of tickets available for the public.

To secure tickets to the event, you must go to the box office at 8:00 a.m. Inauguration will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. Tickets are first come, first served. Flash photography is prohibited.

Free parking courtesy of Houston First Corporation in the Theater District Parking Garages.

The Inauguration is produced by the Mayor’s Office of Special Events, under the direction of Susan Christian.

Mayor Turner Announces Houston Inaugural Committee

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has announced the co-chairs and members of the Houston Inaugural Committee.

Co-Chairing the Committee are Cindy Clifford and Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock. They will oversee the planning of events surrounding the inauguration of Mayor Turner, Houston City Councilmembers and the City Controller. The inauguration takes place January 2, 2020.

“I am so grateful that these two talented women have taken on the task of creating our 2020 Houston Inaugural celebration,” said Mayor Turner. “I could not ask for two better co-chairs than Cindy and Elizabeth. And many thanks to the members of the Committee, who are volunteering their time to help.”

Members of the Houston Inaugural Committee are:
Swapnil Agarwal
Willie Alexander
Taseer Badar
Ric Campo
Jianwei Feng, MD, PhD, FACC
Anna James
Argentina James
Al Kashani
Stephen Le, Sr.
Melinda Little
Ira Mitzner
Terry Morales
Tom Morin
Carrin Patman
Adrian Patterson
Muhammed Saeed Shaikh
Ambassador Arthur Schechter
Bob Schultz
Meera Victor
Janice Weaver

Sylvester Turner
Mayor
Sylvester Turner
 

Chris Brown
Controller
Chris Brown
 

Amy Peck
District A
Amy Peck
 

Jerry Davis
District B
Jerry Davis
(holdover*)

Abbie Kamin
District C
Abbie Kamin
 

Carolyn Evans-Shabazz
District D
Carolyn
Evans-Shabazz

Dave Martin
District E
Dave Martin
 

Tiffany Thomas
District F
Tiffany Thomas
 

Greg Travis
District G
Greg Travis
 

Karla Cisneros
District H
Karla Cisneros
 

Robert Gallegos
District I
Robert Gallegos
 

Edward Pollard
District J
Edward Pollard
 

Martha Castex-Tatum
District K
Martha
Castex-Tatum

Mike Knox
At-Large 1
Mike Knox
 

David Robinson
At-Large 2
David Robinson
 

Michael Kubosh
At-Large 3
Michael Kubosh
 

Letitia Plummer
At-Large 4
Letitia Plummer
 

Sallie Alcorn
At-Large 5
Sallie Alcorn
 

* Litigation is pending relating to one of the District B candidate’s qualifications to hold office. Pursuant to Article 16, Sec. 17 of the Texas Constitution and Article V, Sec. 5 of the City of Houston Charter, CM Davis may continue to perform the duties of his office until this litigation is finally resolved and his successor is elected and qualified.