Dr. Yolanda Waters, Chairman
yoewaters@aol.com
Dr. Yolanda Waters is Prolife, supports the 2nd Amendment, and lives by the values of faith, family, and freedom. She also believes in fiscal responsibility and less government. She has spent the last 20 years serving the Republican party by managing campaigns, block walking, and raising money for other candidates whose ideology aligned with her own. Please support growth and progress in the Galveston County Republican Party by voting for Yolanda Waters for Galveston County Republican Party Chair.
Yolanda began her involvement in politics as a student at the University of Houston. She served on the Re-election Committee for Sheriff Ron Hickman of Harris County and chaired his functions. She is former member of the Kingwood Area Republican Women and past President of the Lake Houston Women’s Association for three years, presiding over a 350-member organization, while holding a job and working as a volunteer at Kingwood Psychiatric Hospital.
She earned a Bachelor of Science with a double major in Criminal Justice and Law, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a 4.0. She maintained a 4.0 GPA while earning a Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Forensic Psychology.
She is a past board member of Family Service Center of Galveston and is an annual Galveston Rodeo sponsor, Salvation Army of Galveston sponsor, and a Bayou Vista Police and Fire supporter. Yolanda is the Chief Executive Officer of the company she and Alan started 25 years ago in Harris County. She and Alan made their homestead in Galveston approximately six years ago, though they have owned weekend homes in Galveston County as far back as the early 90s.
In the last four years, Yolanda completed her dissertation in Forensic Psychology while working at her job and served on the Board of the Galveston Republican Women as Vice President of Programs, Fundraising Chair, and as President for 2 years. She was honored by the GRW with the Distinguished Woman of the Year award in 2017. She also received an award for Outstanding Service as a Volunteer by Faith Community Church for founding and directing the Bayou Vista Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief Center. Most recently, she was called by the Sheriff’s Dept. to debrief officers involved in the Santa Fe School Shooting. She continues to counsel first responders. She is also a member of the Galveston County Critical Incident Stress Management Team.
Dr. Waters has most recently been appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the Advisory Committee of the Texas Board of Criminal Justice on Offenders with medical or mental impairments.