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A DISTINCTIVE APPROACH
Vincent Morales
Fort Bend County
Commissioner
Court for
Precinct 1
Written by
Heidi Powell-Prera
46 iF Magazine | May 2017
International Focus Magazine’s Hei-
di Powell-Prera visited with Vin-
cent Morales, Fort Bend County
Commissioner Court for Precinct
1, the first part of April 2017. The
conversation began with a little his-
tory about himself and his wife Fort
Bend County native Regina K. Mo-
rales, currently President/CEO of
the Central Fort Bend Chamber.
Together since their 20’s, 39 years of
marriage, Mr. Morales credits Regi-
na with the family’s focus on com-
munity service, family, and faith. He
proudly told I.F. about her many ac-
complishments over the years such as
starting the Katy EDC, heading up
economic development and playing
a part when economic development
director of Sugar Land in structuring
the deals behind The Smart Financial
Center and The Constellation Field.
You’ve told me so much about your
wife Regina. Is she the reason you
got into public service?
“I am going to have to give her
credit because Regina has been in-
volved in the community even when
our two boys were young. This one
story I will never forget. She went
to the Houston Museum of Natural
Science to learn about the Rain For-
est and then went around to all the
elementary schools giving presenta-
tions on the Rain Forest. She was
always involved in the community,
even more so when we came to Ft.
Bend Co. in 1993.”
“I was playing the spouse at a Red
Cross event when I was asked what
I was running for. Actually I was
just being myself, friendly. I hadn’t