Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9
Board of Emergency Services Commissioners
Naressa MacKinnon
Nonpartisan Incumbent- On ballot as
- Naressa MacKinnon
- Current role
- President, Harris County Emergency Services District No. 9 board of commissioners (elected president by the commissioners Aug. 28, 2025)
- Background
- Chief operating officer in healthcare; business owner (per campaign)
- Board chairman, Camp SHiEld, which supports women veterans (per campaign)
- Special Olympics coach, about 25 years (per campaign)
- Houston native (per campaign)
- Cy-Fair resident (since 2019) (per campaign)
- Experience
- ESD 9 board member (elected 2022)
- Volunteer firefighter, briefly, in her twenties (per campaign)
- Top priorities
- "My priorities remain our members, responsible growth and fiscal stewardship."
- Station buildout: "Planning and funding new fire stations" (campaign site)
- Training center: "Advancing the development of a dedicated training facility" (campaign site)
- Fiscal stewardship: "Maintaining a low, responsible tax rate" (campaign site)
- Wellness: "Expanding THRIVE and preventive health programs" (campaign site)
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "Maintaining a low, responsible tax rate while delivering excellent service and infrastructure"
- Growth and infrastructure: Candidate Q&A: continued growth "requires expanding stations, staffing, apparatus and infrastructure while maintaining fiscal responsibility"
- Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
- Public safety: Candidate Q&A: "We must recruit and retain exceptional members, protect their physical and mental health"
- Endorsements
- Cy-Fair Professional Firefighters Association (shared endorsement)
- Campaign website
- votenaressa.com
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