Danburg, Debra was born on September 25, 1951 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Stanley and Barbara Jean (Walker) D. Bachelor, U. Houston, 1974, Juris Doctor, 1979. Assistant director, lobbyistTexans for European Research Area, 1974-1975.
Attorney private practice, Houston, 1979. Member Texas House of Representatives, 1981, house commission on state affairs, 1991, chairman house commission on elections, 1991. Member Appropriations Committee.
Chair Budget& Oversight for Cultural and History Resources Committee, Appropriations Subcommittee on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Member Appropriations Subcommittee on the State Employee Classification System. Speaker"s appointments Texas Advisory Commision on Intergov.
Rels. and Texas Health & Human Superior vena cava syndrome Coordination. Council, 1992; delegate Democratic National Convention, 1984.
Mayoral appointee City of Houston"s Municipal ArtsCommn., 1991.
Honorary board directors Southwest region American Jewish Congress. Member Leadership American, Texas county Family Violence. Ex-officio director San Jacinto River Association 1992.
Speaker"s appointments Elections Advisory Committee, State Artist Committee, Select Committee on Rules.
Member of faculty in residence, new leadership program Center American Women in Politics, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers, 1994. Member 3rd Conference Jewish Parliamentarians in Israel, 1993.
Speaker Jewish Women"s Leadership Conference in Israel, 1994. Named Outstanding feminist Now, 1975, best legislator Houston magazine, 1981, Volunteer of Year.KS/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Foundation, 1984, Outstanding Houston Professional Woman by Federation of Houston Professional Women, 1988, Texas Recreation and Park Society Legislator of Year, 1987, Friend of Psychology, Texas Psychology Association, 1992, Alumnae of Year, U. Houston College Social Sciences, 1993.
Recipient Special Presidential award Houston Apartment Association, 1985, Environmental Defense award Sierra Club, 1987, Outstanding Legislator award Texas Association of Symphony Orchestras, 1990,Good Brick award Greater Houston Preservation Alliance, 1990, Mary Polk award Texas Council Family Violence, Unsung Heroine award The Women"s Advocacy Project, 1991, Women"s Suffrage award Houston Area Women"sCtr., 1991, Hollyfield Political Svc. award Texas Human Rights Campaign Fund, 1995, certified of appreciation Common Cause, 1995, certified recognition Texas Municipal League, 1995, Good Gal award Texas Women"s Political Caucus, 1995.
Working as a partner of EDWARD A. MALLETT. DEBRA DANBURG, bom Houston, Texas, September 25, 1951. Admitted to bar, 1980, Texas and United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
Education: University of Houston (Bachelor of Arts, 1974.
Juris Doctor, 1979). Named a "Best Legislator," Houston City Magazine, 1981. Member, Board of Directors, University of Houston Alumni Association, 1985.
Member, Committee on Appropriations, 1989-1991. Member, Appropriations Select Subcommittee on Omnibus Reform of the Criminal Justice System, 1989-1991.
Elections, 1981-1983.
Representing District 79, 1981-1982 and District 137, since 1983, Texas House of Representatives. Contributing Member, Democratic National Committee. Member, Steering Committee, Texas Women for Soviet Jewry.
Recipient: Outstanding Houston Professional Woman Award, 1988.
Sierra Club Environmental Defense Award, 1987. TexasRecreation and Park Legislator of the Year, 1987.
Member:. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Texas and United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas.
Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1984. Mayoral appointee City Houston's Municipal Arts Commission, since 1991. Member 3rd Conference Jewish Parliamentarians Israel, 1993.
Speaker Jewish Women's Leadership Conference, Israel, 1994. Honorary board directors southwest region American Jewish Congress. Speaker's appointments Texas Advisory Commission Intergov.
Relations & Texas Health & Human Services Coordinator Council, 1992. Ex-officio director San Jacinto River Association, 1992. Member faculty residence, new leadership program Center American Women Politics, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers, 1994.
Member Leadership American, Texas Council Family Violence. Speaker's appointments Elections Advisory Committee, State Artist Committee, Select Committee Rules. Member of Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (board directors 1982-1983), National Trust History Preservation (honorary), Sierra Club.
