Mayor Becky Ames
13 Years of Service
Current Term Expires May, 2009
Executive Director, Collier Park Retirement Community
Mayor Becky Ames was sworn in as
Beaumont’s 41st Mayor on May 22, 2007. A lifelong resident
of Jefferson County who moved to Beaumont in 1981, Mayor Ames previously
served the City as an At-Large City Councilmember from 1994 to 2007.
While on
the City Council, Mayor Ames oversaw a number of initiatives that have
had a lasting impact on the Beaumont community, but perhaps her most
significant role was played in the days and weeks following Hurricane
Rita, a Category-5 storm that made a direct hit on Beaumont in September
of 2005. Along with then-Mayor Guy Goodson, her Council colleagues, and
city officials, Mayor Ames spent countless hours on both preparations
for and response to the hurricane.
A
frequent attendant at countless neighborhood meetings throughout
Beaumont, one of Mayor Ames’ main goals as Mayor is to make city
government more accessible to Beaumont citizens. Mayor Ames also plans
to focus on improving city infrastructure and continuing the
revitalization of downtown Beaumont.
In
addition to her duties as Mayor, Ames serves as Executive Director of
Atria Collier Park, an assisted living and retirement community in
Beaumont, a position she has held since 1996. Prior to that, Mayor Ames
spent 12 years as Director of Sales and Marketing for the Beaumont
Hilton.
Mayor Ames has also been an active member
of a number of Beaumont organizations, such as the Beaumont Chamber of
Commerce, the Junior League of Beaumont, the Julie Rogers Gift of Life
Breast Cancer Awareness Program, and the Downtown Rotary Club of
Beaumont.
Elected as Mayor Pro-Tem by her Council
colleagues four times during her tenure on the City Council, Mayor Ames
has also been active in local government organizations such as the
National League of Cities, Texas Municipal League, and Southeast Texas
Regional Planning Commission. In 1998, Governor George W. Bush
appointed Ames to the Regional Review Committee, which was charged with
oversight of federal community development and planning funds to the
area.
Mayor Ames attended public schools in
Jefferson County prior to attending Texas A&M University, and has been
married to Rodney Ames since 1983.
