Carmen P. Turner ..................................................................Tax Assessor-Collector Fort Bend County

Carmen Turner

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Carmen P. Turner is the First African American Tax AssessorCollector in Fort Bend County. She services a county of over 850,000 residents, ranking as one of the top ten counties in Texas. Carmen Turner was born in Bryan, Texas, the oldest of five siblings and the proud mother of one son. While working fulltime, Turner received her Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a Minor in Psychology from the University of Houston - Downtown and a Master of Public Administration from Texas Southern University. Carmen is the co-founder of the Smith & Turner Foundation, a nonprofit organization fully committed to restorative justice and prison reform. She helps formerly incarcerated individuals secure their Commercial Driver's Licenses through the Foundation. Additionally, Carmen's commitment to her community has spanned over three decades, emphasizing supporting the youth and senior citizens. Carmen Turner has twenty years of municipal, county, and state government experience and being a business owner for over thirty-five years; fifteen of those years included residential and commercial real estate experience. Carmen's professional expertise will allow her to educate the residents of Fort Bend County and ensure their awareness of county resources by furnishing the community with the tools needed to meet tax obligations adequately. Carmen's top priority is transparency and efficiency through direction and leadership for an effective administration and operations. Carmen looks forward to the journey ahead while providing services, employing applicable managerial personnel, budgeting, and accounting procedures to ensure efficient and effective utilization of Fort Bend County's resources. Carmen Turner is honored to serve as Fort Bend County's Tax Assessor-Collector. "The key to my success is walking by faith; if you succeed, I succeed." The Tax Assessor-Collector provides friendly, efficient, and professional tax collection services for taxpayers of Fort Bend County and tax research and information referral. As an agent for the state, the Tax Assessor-Collector also collects automobile/truck and trailer taxes, vehicle registration fees, and beer/ wine & liquor fees. The tax office team provides taxpayers with superior customer service by phone, fax, internet, or in person. Our focus is on the future growth of Fort Bend County while maintaining excellent customer service and customer-friendly offices.

Carmen Turner, MPA Tax Assessor-Collector Fort Bend County 301 Jackson Street Richmond, Texas 77469 (281) 342-3411 www.fortbendcountytx.gov