Ferrel Bonner, Board Member

Ferrel Bonner is an Honorably Discharged U.S. Army Gulf War Veteran Retiree as a Military Intelligence Analyst in support of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) mission.

Ferrel has over thirty years of various combined practical experiences as a Retired U.S. Army Military Veteran, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Texas Division of Emergency Management (TXDEM), and United States Department of Justice (USDOJ).

He has a wide range of experience in the following fields: Community Relations; Government Affairs; Veterans Affairs; gathering, compiling and reporting information; Personnel Management; Information Assurance (IA); Property Management; and executing quality control programs; Information Technology Security programs and policy: Cyber Security, Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Continuous Monitoring (CM), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&M), Access Control Management, Certification and Accreditation (C&A), Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), Risk Assessment (RA), Security Control Assessment (SCA) and Information Security (INFOSEC); Physical Security (PHYSEC); Facility Security Assessments (FSA); Security-Education-Training-Awareness (SETA), Emergency Management (EM); Disaster Response (DR); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Security Management (SM); Chemical, Nuclear, Biological Radiation (CBNR-E); and familiar with National Security Agency’s (NSA) SIGINT Intelligence Support.

Ferrel's accomplishments include:

• Appointed to the Fort Bend County District Attorney Citizens Academy
• Elected Texas Senate District Executive Committeeman, Senate District-13 (SDEC SD-13)
• Former Support Staff to the Office of the Secretary and Under Secretary, Headquarters Department of Veterans Affair in Washington, D.C. (Office of Operations, Security and Preparedness)
• Currently serving a 2nd term as Secretary, Fort Bend County Democratic Party
• Appointed Chair, Veterans Outreach Committee for the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats
• Commissioner, Fort Bend County Historical Commission
• 2019 Graduate, Fort Bend Independent School District Board Leadership Academy Program (FBISD BLA)
• Subcommittee, Sugar Land 95 Project
• Fort Bend ISD Facilities Steering Committee and Fort Bend ISD Capacity Audit Committee
• Graduate of Houston’s United Way’s Project Blueprint, Class XXV
• Nonprofit Founder, Universally Made (M.A.D.E.)-"Making A Difference Everyday"

While still serving in the military, his commitment to community included: Trustee, Employee Benefits Trust Board; Vice President, Greater Huachuca Area NAACP; Vice Chair, Mountain View Colored Officers Club Restoration Project; Advisor, National Trust Historic Preservation Initiative; Member, Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers; Liaison for Arizona African American Legislative Days at the Capitol; Blacks in Government; Chamber of Commerce; Coach, Pop Warner Football; and Hospice Center Volunteer.

After military retirement and returning to Houston, Ferrell continued his commitment to community through: Houston Area Urban League (HAUL); Houston NAACP; Houston’s Freedman’s Town Preservation (Bethel Park Project); Assist/Chair Precinct 1114, Fort Bend County; POD Coordinator for Hurricane Ike victims; MENtor for Houston’s Real Men Read; Vice Chair, Fort Bend Citizens for Action and Awareness (FBCAA); Youth Assistant Coach for Missouri City’s Girls Softball Team; Fort Bend County Community Emergency Response Team Member (CERT); City of Houston Census Education and Awareness; Voter Registration Education; "Grace Through Hope" Colon Cancer Awareness; Service Of The Emergency Aid Resource Center For The Homeless, Inc. (S.E.A.R.C.H.); Hurricane Harvey Clothing Drive; YMCA Youth Basketball Coach; "Haitian Humanitarian Delegation" Haiti Earthquake; and Member, 100 Black Men of the Houston Metropolitan Area Chapter; and Life Member, and the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

He is a Houstonian, Husband, Father of five, Grandfather of two, avid fisherman and proven Community Leader.

Ferrel has his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and a Master of Public Administration (Public Policy) from Texas Southern University.