Paula Harris

Paula Harris is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Community Advisory Council.

Harris is executive director and senior vice president of Community Affairs for the Astros Foundation. As a petroleum engineer, she previously worked for over three decades with Schlumberger, where she served in many roles—from a field engineer working on offshore rigs, to leadership positions such as sales manager and director of Community Affairs. She retired as the director of Global Stewardship.

Harris serves on the boards of Chart Industries, Helix, Hunting and the Houston Children’s Museum. She is a founding board member of the Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy, an all-girls engineering school serving primarily minority communities in Houston. Previously she served on the boards of the Houston Independent School District, Permian Strategic Partnership in Midland, Texas, Space Center Houston and Petroleum Club of Houston.

In 2020, Harris received the Women Who Mean Business Lifetime Achievement award from the Houston Business Journal and, in 2019, the Women on the Move award from Texas Executive Women and the United Nations Global Citizenship Award.

Harris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University and a Master of Education in technical instruction and learning from Abilene Christian University.