Anne Clutterbuck
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Anne Clutterbuck is an elected official
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 currently holding office as a District
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 Council Member
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 in the city of Houston, Texas
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 District C. Clutterbuck also served as the Houston City Council
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 Mayor Pro Tempore
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 in 2010.

Education and professional career

Clutterbuck grew up in Memorial in west Houston. Her mother, Mary Doherty Uhrbrock, was a journalist for Parents Magazine and Birds Eye
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 Foods. Her father, Donald Uhrbrock, was a renowned photographer for Life Magazine capturing historical moments that included the early African-American Civil Rights Movement and the Human spaceflight
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 program. He was also the first assigned photographer to Dr. Martin Luther King.

Clutterbuck attended Bunker Hill Elementary School (Texas)
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, Spring Branch Junior High (Texas) and Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)
Memorial High School (Hedwig Village, Texas)
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.She graduated with a Bachelors from Baylor University
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, and after two years in Washington D.C, she went on to earn a Law degree from the University of Houston Law Center
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.

She has worked many years for the community both as a volunteer as well as in public service. Clutterbuck has over 15 years experience working on federal legislative issues, including seven years as the District Director for Congressman William Reynolds Archer, Jr.
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, where her key duties included overseeing constituent services and flood control issues for Texas's 7th congressional district
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.Clutterbuck was an active volunteer in her neighborhood Civic Club where she served as President for 2 years. Until 1989, Clutterbuck was a part owner of 5-P Photographic Processing, the leading professional photographic processing plant in the region employing over 75 people in 4 locations and providing quality processing to Houstonarea photographers and businesses.

Political career

Clutterbuck served as the president of the Southampton Civic Club.

In 2005, Clutterbuck ran for Houston City Council
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 District C
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, a seat held by term limited Mark Goldberg. In a 7 candidate District C
Politics of Houston
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 race, Clutterbuck received nearly 5,000 votes, solidifying a spot in the December run off election. In December 2005, Clutterbuck won the Houston City Council
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 District C
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 race by over 58% of the vote, and has since been re-elected to a second and third term.
Since taking office in 2005, Clutterbuck has pledged to serve as a full-time advocate for the needs and interests of the residents of District C
Politics of Houston
Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1837, Houston, Texas, United States is one of the fastest growing major cities in the United States and the largest without zoning laws. The city is the county seat of Harris County...

. At the beginning of January 2008, Mayor Bill White announced that Council Member Clutterbuck would serve as Chair of the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee and the Ethics Committee. The Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee considers all fiscal matters and proposals to improve management and efficiency of the delivery City services. The committee reviews the annual budget and Monthly Financial & Operations Report, the Quarterly Investment Report, strategic purchasing, competitive bidding, and customer service concerns. The Committee also has oversight over Houston Municipal Court reforms.

Houston City Council
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 voted in January 2008 to have Clutterbuck serve as a representative for the City of Houston on the Board of Directors of the Houston-Galveston Area Council
Houston-Galveston Area Council
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 (H-GAC). H-GAC is a 13-county regional consortium that works on finding solutions to issues affecting our collective areas, this includes: transportation, air quality, community and environmental issues, public safety and security, human services, cooperative purchasing and regional data and geographic information system (GIS) services.

On January 4, 2010, Clutterbuck was appointed by Mayor Annise Parker to be the City’s new Mayor Pro Tempore. The appointment was unanimously approved by City Council in their first City Council meeting. The Mayor Pro Tem position was vacated by former Council Member Adrian Garcia after his election to Harris County Sheriff. Council Member Sue Lovell was acting Mayor Pro Tem until Clutterbuck’s appointment.

Committee assignments

  • Houston City Council Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs
  • Houston City Council Committee on Development and Regulatory Affairs
  • Houston City Council Committee on Ethics and Council Governance
  • Houston City Council Committee on Flooding and Drainage
  • Houston City Council Committee on Neighborhood Protection and Quality of Life
  • Houston City Council Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security

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