Background
Seymour, Barbara Laverne was born on July 9, 1953 in Columbia, South Carolina. Daughter of Leroy Semon and Barbara Lucile (Youngblood) Seymour.
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Barbara Laverne Seymour
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science, South Carolina. State College, 1975; Juris Doctor, Georgetown University, 1979; Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1985.
Career
Tax attorney, Texaco Inc., White Plains, New York, 1979-1980;
tax attorney, Texaco Inc., Houston, 1980-1998;
executive assistant Office of the Chief Financial Officer-General Counsel,, Equilon Enterprises LLC, Houston, since 1998. Member Internal Revenue Service Commissioner's Advisory Group, 1995-1997. Member Simplified Tax and Wage Reporting Sys.
Working Group, 1994-1997. Loaned executive for task force to audit Texas Employment Commission by Governor of Texas, 1987-1988.
Achievements
Membership
Troop leader Girl Scouts United States, White Plains, 1979-1980, assistant troop leader, Houston, 1981-1982. Board directors Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation Texas, Houston, 1986-1992, treasurer, 1986-1988, president, 1988-1990, chair 25th anniversary gala, 1996. Volunteer allocation panel United Way of the Texas GulfCoast.
Member Black Executive Exch. program National Urban League since 1980. Board directors, Executive Committee Houston Area Urban League, since 1995, 3d vice president, since 1998, chair 1997 Equal Opportunity Day Dinner. Assistant treasurer Sheila Jackson Lee for Congress, 1995-1997.
Member American Bar Association (environmental tax committee, employment tax committee), Houston Black Women Lawyers Association (secretary 1981-1982, treasurer 1982-1983), Houston Business Forum (board directors 1983, 87-90, treasurer 1988-1989, secretary 1989-1990), National Bar Association (committee chairman 1982-1983), South Carolina. Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Harvard University Business School Black Alumni Association (historian 1985-1986), Black Law Alumni Council of Georgetown University Law Center, W.J. Durham Society, The Links, Inc. (vice president Houston chapter since 1996, chair 1995 Cotillion), Alpha Kappa Alpha.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Roman Catholic -
Political Party
Democrat
Awards
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Named One of 50 Outstanding Young Leaders of the Future, Ebony Magazine, 1983. Recipient Distinguished Business Alumnus award South Carolina. State College, 1991, Eagle award National Eagle Leadership Institute, 1995. Selected for LeadershipHouston, Leadership American, 1990. Finalist Five Outstanding Young Houstonians award Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1988, one of 10 Foremost Fashionables in Houston, Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1994.Named One of 50 Outstanding Young Leaders of the Future, Ebony Magazine, 1983. Recipient Distinguished Business Alumnus award South Carolina. State College, 1991, Eagle award National Eagle Leadership Institute, 1995.
Selected for LeadershipHouston, Leadership American, 1990. Finalist Five Outstanding Young Houstonians award Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1988, one of 10 Foremost Fashionables in Houston, Alpha Kappa Alpha, 1994.