Council District 5
Councilmember Frank Moss
Council member Frank Moss was elected to the District 5 seat in May 2007. The post is nothing new to Mr. Moss, as he also previously served the citizens of District 5 on the Fort Worth City Council from August 1998 to May of 2004.
Mr. Moss is currently the owner and a broker for Moss Real Estate and Development (RED) Group, in Fort Worth. Aside from being a licensed Texas real estate broker, Mr. Moss is a member of the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors and the Greater Fort Worth Association of Commercial Realtors. His business is also a Certified Minority Business Enterprise Agency.
Mr. Moss holds a master’s degree in Urban Affairs from the University of Texas at Arlington, and a bachelor’s degree in Art from Texas Wesleyan University. Post graduate studies include work at the University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Urban and Public Affairs, as well as additional studies at Harvard University’s John Fitzgerald Kennedy School of Government.
A long time civic leader, Mr. Moss can be found in many Fort Worth civic and community service circles. Along with his service as a representative for District 5, Mr. Moss also serves on the Tarrant County Historic Commission, the Tarrant County Black Historical and Genealogical Society, the Fort Worth/Tarrant County Branch of the NAACP and Ambassador Club of Fort Worth. He is also a Prince Hall Mason.
His service to the Fort Worth community has earned Mr. Moss many distinctions and honors. Such awards include the UTA Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Service Award, 1997; the UTA School of Urban and Public Affairs Distinguished Alumni Award, 1999; the Texas Wesleyan University Alumni Association’s Alumnus of the Year, 2000; the National Association of Development Corporation Organization Region VI Hall of Fame Award, “Advocate for the Community Development, 1993”; and the Greater Fort Worth Builders Association’s Partnership Award, 2002 and 2004.
Mr. Moss is married to his wife, Christene, and has three children: Edmond, Kimberlyn and Franklin.