Gita P. Bolt

Gita P. Bolt serves as vice president and general counsel for the Houston Housing Authority.  In this position, she is responsible for all legal matters relating to the Housing Authority, its Board of Commissioners and Administration.  Prior to the Housing Authority, Gita was general counsel for Loyola University New Orleans and Texas Southern University.  She also held the positions of associate general counsel, assistant general counsel, and director of NCAA Compliance in the Department of Athletics, while at TSU.  Prior to Texas Southern University, Gita was an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of the Attorney General.

Bolt is a native Houstonian, who attended Howard University after graduating 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.  Bolt earned her Juris Doctorate degree from Tulane University School of Law, along with a Sports Law Certification.  While attending Tulane Law, Bolt was honored as the Best Orator of the Southern Region in the Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition.

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.  She 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 second vice chair and parliamentarian for the Women Lawyers Division of the National Bar.  She is a member of the Texas Bar Association,the Louisiana Bar Association, the Houston Lawyers Association and the National Bar Association.

Gita P. Bolt
Vice President and General Counsel
Houston Housing Authority