Garry Brown
Chief of Staff

A native Texan, Garry and his family moved around quite a bit to places like Denver, New Orleans, Lafayette and McAllen, Texas. He feels fortunate to have grown up around such diverse populations, in that it has contributed greatly to who he is as a person today.

He graduated from McAllen High School in the Rio Grande Valley, attended the University of Texas at Austin and received a B.A. in English from the University of Texas-San Antonio. Although he spent most of his adult life in Austin, he has moved away from here three times, each briefly; but Austin and Travis County always have called him back, and it is his home.

Politics has been a love of Garry's since he was a child, but he never got involved with it until his first time away from Austin when he worked on his first political campaign serving as the volunteer coordinator for the Bill Clinton primary campaign in Denver in 1992. Later that year, he worked on both a U.S. Senate and a state house district write-in campaign.

After moving back to Austin, Garry was on the staff of Congressman Lloyd Doggett’s first campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994. He served as a Congressional Aide in Representative Doggett's District Office here in Austin from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, He then moved from Austin a second time and was hired as the first field organizer in Des Moines, Iowa for the Iowa Democratic Party’s statewide coordinated campaign.

The following year he began his first tour of duty with the Travis County Democratic Party. Later, he went to Washington D.C. to work for the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the largest GLBT rights organization in the country, as a regional field organizer for 13 western states plus Texas and Arkansas.

He returned to Austin and to the Travis County Democratic Party after 13 months at HRC. As the Assistant Director, he included among his accomplishments recruiting dozens of precinct chairs and training them-- increasing TCDP sustaining members by over 35%. Together with three other staff members, he put together 2008’s largest county convention in Texas and in TCDP history.

Before entering the world of politics, Garry was a preschool teacher for 14 years, an experience he regards as invaluable and an excellent preparation tool for everything that life has thrown at him.

In his current position, he began as Commissioner Huber’s Intragovernmental Relations Director from her first day in office, and recently, has moved into the role of Chief of Staff.

 

 

 

Austin American Statesman
January 19, 2012
STAR Flight basing a helicopter, crew at Dell Children's

Austin American Statesman
December 28, 2011
Travis County park purchase to add access to Perdernales River

Austin American Statesman/ Westlake Picayune
December 28, 2011
New Stop Light on
Bee Cave Road

Community Impact
November 11,2011
LCRA board bans floating habitable structures

Texas Tribune
October 27, 2011
Drought's Economic
Impact Spreading
Across Texas

Austin American Statesman
October 18, 2011
Drought hurting Lake Travis businesses

Community Impact
October 4, 2011 Commissioners aim to
better coordinate
fire information

Austin American Statesman
October 4, 2011
Travis County seeks to
improve disaster
response

North Shore Beacon
September 26, 2011
Coffee with the Commissioner


Community Impact
September 23, 20111 Redistricting changes
local representation

KXAN-TV News
September 20, 2011
911 System
needs your cell number

KVUE-TV News
September20, 2011
Travis Coounty
approves re-appraisals
for fire victims

KVUE-TV News
September20, 2011
Reappraising of
fire-damaged property
under consideration

Westlake Picayune
June 20, 2011
Travis County:
Burn ban includes
all fireworks

Texas Tribune
June21, 2011
As Texas Lake Levels Fall, Residents Fret

Impact News
June 17,2011
Austin, Tavis County
Celebrate
Balcones Canyonland
Preservation Plan

Oak Hill Gazette
May 26, 2011
Officals, residents assess concerns in the aftermath of fire

YNN
May 24, 2011
Lake Travis floating condos voted down

Community Impact Newspaper
May 24, 2011
Commissioners Court bans floating
habitable structures on
Lake Travis

KXAN-TV
May 24, 2011
"Vote: No to floating houses on Lake Travis"

Impact News
March 3, 2011
Redesign Coming to Y at Oak Hill

KVUE-TV
March 3, 2011
Plans for Oak Hill Intersection Improvements Announced

Submitted to
Austin American Statesman
August, 2010
Op-Ed
Where's the
Truth-o-Meter?

Austin American Statesman
June 14, 2010
Op-Ed
Trust and Credibility

Impact News.com
Lake Travis/ Westlake
March 5, 2010
Karen Huber Profile

Lake Travis View
News Report 2/18/2010
"Road Gives Lakeway
Access to Texas 71"

Austin Chronicle
News Report 1/15/10
"Army Saves the Day"

Austin
American-Statesman Op-Ed Commentary
"Air Quality "

KVUE-TV, Austin
News Report 9/9/08
"Billboard Controversy Along Highway 71"

Austin
American-Statesman
Op-Ed Commentary "Highway Signage"

Austin
American-Statesman Op-Ed Commentary
"Grandfathering"


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