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US Vote SmartHome » 2021-11-02 election » The Woodlands » Woodlands Township Position 5 » Shelley Sekula-Gibbs |
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| Party | Republican |
| Website | DrShelley4Township.com |
| Born | 06-22-1953 |
| Education | Doctor of Medicine UTMB |
| Occupation | Dermatologist, licensed but retired |
| Religion | Catholic |
| Marital | Married |
| Children | 2 |
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
A fifth-generation Texan, Dr. Shelley Sekula-Gibbs is currently standing for re-election to a third term on The Woodlands Township Board. Her platform is to keep The Woodlands wonderful and make it even better for future generations. Dr. Shelley strives to put residents’ concerns at the forefront of board decision. Fully funding public safety, maintaining sound fiscal policy, and protecting the natural beauty of The Woodlands are some of her key priorities.
Dr. Shelley is an experienced, conservative leader. She served three terms on the Houston City Council, where she worked to improve healthcare access for uninsured and underinsured people through the creation of community clinics called Federally Qualified Health Centers. She collaborated with local leaders to grow the number of FQHCs in the Houston area from one to eleven. These FQHCs have launched dozens of satellite clinics that offer healthcare to even more disadvantaged people.
In 2006, Dr. Sekula-Gibbs won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives. She recalls a particular highlight of her brief term was speaking in the well of the House asking colleagues to support the “Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act”. This Bill would have prohibited abortions after a baby can feel pain or 20 weeks post conception. The House finally passed a similar bill, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” in 2013 and multiple times since then. However, the Senate has never had the requisite 60 votes to defeat a filibuster. Unrestricted late term abortions continue in many states.
Dr. Sekula-Gibbs believes her life has been blessed. She graduated summa cum laude from Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio with a degree in chemistry; earned a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; and completed residencies in family practice and dermatology at the University of Florida and Baylor College of Medicine, respectively. After managing her private dermatology practice for 30 years, she retired to The Woodlands with her husband, Robert, to be close to their grandchildren.
