Howard Sampson

Howard Sampson is a former defensive back in the National Football League. He played two seasons with the Green Bay Packers.

Civic Leadership
Howard Sampson was appointed to the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees in August 2009. Sampson attended school in this district, graduating in 1974 from Ross S. Sterling High School where he played football. Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District. He is currently serving as vice-president of the Board. Sampson has been a resident of the district for many years and even grew up in the district, attending Harlem Elementary, and Highlands Junior School. He is a 1974 graduate of Sterling High School. After graduating from Sterling, Sampson attended the University of Arkansas where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1978 and earned a master’s degree in city planning from Texas Southern University in 1987. He also attended and earned a certification from the University of Houston’s mediation school.

Sampson is currently an assistant superintendent in the Harris County Precinct 2 Road & Bridge Inspection Department, where he has worked since 1997.

His current term ends in May 2013.