Gita Bolt

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Gita Bolt of Houston serves as the Chief Legal Officer for S.H.A.R.E. Community Development Corp. She has served as Vice President & Chief Legal Counsel for the University of St. Thomas, the Houston Housing Authority, Loyola University New Orleans and Texas Southern University (TSU). In 2011, she was selected as one of the Most Powerful and Influential Women of Louisiana by the National Diversity Council. In May 2012, she was sworn in to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2018, she was selected as one of the Top 30 Most Influential Women of Houston. Gita has served on the State Bar Grievance Committee, a member of the Academics Eligibility and Compliance Cabinet of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, as Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director and Secretary for Region V of the National Bar Association. She has served as President, Board member, and Chairperson of the Annual Scholarship Golf tournament for the Houston Lawyers Association. She served as 2nd Vice Chair and Parliamentarian for the Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar. She is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Texas Bar Association and the Louisiana Bar Association, the Houston Lawyers Association and the National Bar Association. She was appointed to the Governor’s Commission for Women in February 2022. She has been instrumental in assisting hundreds of students with scholarships to attend college. Bolt is a native Houstonian, who graduated as Salutatorian and an All-American track athlete from M.B. Smiley High School. She graduated from Howard University, cum laude, with a degree in Political Science and a Minor in Business Administration, where she also competed on the track team and was an Academic All-American. She earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane University School of Law, along with a sports law certification. While attending Tulane Law, Gita was honored as the Best Orator of the Southern Region in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition.