Carol Mims Galloway was elected to the Board of Education in December 2007 for her third nonconsecutive term. In 1991, Galloway was elected and served two terms as an HISD board member. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, she was chosen by her colleagues to serve as secretary.

Galloway is the first African-American woman to represent District II, and in 1999, she was also the first African-American woman to represent District B on the Houston City Council where she served three terms.

Galloway's commitment to education includes roles as PTA president, a member of the Houston Area Urban League Education Committee, and a member of the Texas Education Agency Advisory Committee for Technology. She was appointed by U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee to the National Commission for... Full Bio...

Carol Mims Galloway was elected to the Board of Education in December 2007 for her third nonconsecutive term. In 1991, Galloway was elected and served two terms as an HISD board member. In 2008, 2009, and 2010, she was chosen by her colleagues to serve as secretary.

Galloway is the first African-American woman to represent District II, and in 1999, she was also the first African-American woman to represent District B on the Houston City Council where she served three terms.

Galloway's commitment to education includes roles as PTA president, a member of the Houston Area Urban League Education Committee, and a member of the Texas Education Agency Advisory Committee for Technology. She was appointed by U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee to the National Commission for African-American Education as the representative for the 18th Congressional District.

Galloway has held the position of president of the NAACP Houston Branch, and she has served on the Communities in Schools board and Northeast YMCA board. Former Mayor Kathy Whitmire appointed Galloway as the affirmative-action commissioner and Kashmere Gardens redevelopment commissioner for the City of Houston.

Galloway is a member of numerous organizations, including the National Congress of Black Women, Inc.; National Women of Achievement; Top Ladies of Distinction, Inc.; National Council of Negro Women; American Leadership Forum-Class X; Harris County Black Democrats; Harris County Black Caucus; Labor Council for Latin American Advancement; Northeast Concerned Citizen League; and Kashmere Gardens Baptist Church.

Galloway's awards and honors include UNCF Distinguished Lou Rawls Parade of Stars Leadership Award, National NAACP Benjamin Hook Keeper of the Flame Award, and Top Lady of the Year 1995.

Galloway was previously employed as a representative with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, the AFL-CIO, and the Houston Federation of Teachers.

A native Houstonian, Galloway attended Phillis Wheatley High School, San Jacinto Junior College, and the University of Houston. She has been married for more than 50 years to Albertus Galloway Sr. They have one son, two daughters, eight grandchildren, and two great grandsons. Close...