Mark Ellis Papers

Mark Ellis was born in 1962. He attended Strake Jesuit College Preparatory and graduated in 1979 after which he attended the Harris County Sherriff’s Academy. Later, he graduated from the University of Houston with a B.S in Political Science in 1985. Ellis married Victoria A Raia in 1987. Ellis returned to University of Houston in 1997 and graduated from the College of Business Administration. He was the co-owner and founding partner of Ellis-Reisbord Financial Group, LLC and is a certified financial planner, certified senior advisor and registered investment advisor.

Ellis was elected to District F in December 1999. Mark Ellis served on the Houston City Council from 2000 to 2006. He served as chair of City Council Regulatory Affairs Committee as well as on the Fiscal Affairs & Management Initiatives, Regional Planning & Economic Development, Neighborhood Protection and Quality of Life, Housing Initiatives, Legislative Affairs & Ethics Committees. While on the city council he opened the first satellite office for District F to handle constituent concerns. He helped to open a temporary library branch in the satellite office while the new Walter Neighborhood Library was being constructed. Public safety was one of Ellis’s high priorities which he demonstrated by lobbying for Kirkwood widening pavement project and for District F to get more community improvement projects and general funding for the maintenance and operation of the district. He along with fellow city council member Bert Keller created Partners in Progress, a non-profit to unite communities through education and beautification projects, which participated in scheduling park clean ups and facility improvements. Ellis supported the opening of Houston Police Department Storefront on Southmore Blvd and received City Council Members of the Year, 2001 from Houston Police Officers Union.