Annise Parker
 Annise Danette Parker (born May 17 1956) is an American politician who has been elected Houston Mayor three times serving since January 2 2010. She also served as an at-large member of the Houston City Council from 1998 to 2003 and city controller from 2004 to 2010.Parker is Houston's second female mayor (after Kathy Whitmire) and one of the first openly gay mayors of a major U.S. city with Houston being the most populous U.S. city to elect an openly gay mayor.