Ellen Hughes
President
Fort Bend MUD 23
Ellen currently serves as the President of the AWBD Board of Directors, Chair of the AWBD Strategic Planning Committee, and active participant in the Office Relations and Conferences Subcommittees. She began her tenure on the Board as the Gulf Coast Regional Trustee in 2018 and, prior to being elected President in 2021, served as Executive Vice President. Ellen currently works as Office Manager for a civil engineering firm in Houston.
Ellen is a proud Aggie who received a Bachelor of Speech Communication in 1989 followed by a Master of Public Administration in 1991. Introduction to MUDs came with her first job after graduation, working at the City of Sugar Land, which experienced tremendous growth through ETJ MUD annexation. Little did she know that the purchase of her home in Fort Bend County MUD 23 in 1993 would eventually lead to the start of service as a resident Board Director lasting over 28 years. During that time MUD 23 has grown from less than 500 homes to greater than 4500. Ellen’s early career at Sugar Land, coupled with service as a Director, has given her a unique perspective and deep passion for the importance of MUDs in the growth of communities in the State of Texas.
She is happily married to her husband of 33 years and is the proud mother of two grown children and one perfect grandson who lives 20 minutes away. She is an active member of Sugar Land Baptist Church where she sings Soprano in the Choir.