Former Frisco Mayor Kathy Seei announced today the formation of a campaign committee with her sights clearly set on representing the people of District 4 in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. Ms. Seei kicked off her campaign on Saturday with a bold request: “Today I ask you to stand with me as I announce my call to service to run for the U.S. Congress in the Fourth District of Texas.”

Ms. Seei set the stage for her announcement by recounting how she “has been blessed with incredible opportunities to lead” in her life. As she stood in front of more than 180 supporters and key influential leaders from across District 4, she explained that “moving into key leadership positions, in the face of obstacles, change, and even chaos, has been a calling I've been willing to listen to in the past. I believe it's a calling for me still today.”

Seei is certainly no stranger to obstacles, change, and chaos—having successfully led the City of Frisco through years of back-to-back triple digit growth from 1996 through 2002. Under her direction as Mayor, the city of Frisco drafted and enacted legislation that was truly revolutionary, including passing the first ordinance in the country that required all new residential developments to meet “green building” standards. As Mayor of the second fastest growing community in the U.S.1, Kathy Seei recognized the need to run the city as a business, building strong partnerships with citizens, public officials and private industry.

The depth of Seei’s leadership experience extends beyond her municipal work—from her years as the Executive Director of Special Education Programs in the Plano ISD to her most recent entrepreneurial efforts working with small cities across Texas helping them prepare for their own inevitable growth. “I've worked with these wonderful communities to build real, tangible plans for how they want to develop and grow under their own terms, to be self-determining and face the inevitable chaos that accompanies growth with poise and confidence,” Seei explained to the group of dignitaries and friends gathered at her home on Saturday. “Working with these communities is another way I've been blessed in my life and another way I'm living out my call to leadership.”

Seei continued to build her case for change, and the tone of her speech shifted when she suggested that, while she once thought she was “done with politics,” she realized there is “more for me to do.” Seei says she is being called to serve once again—on a much larger scale this time. Her honesty was refreshing as she admitted that, “common sense would tell you that when you find yourself in a U.S. Congressional District with a popular incumbent who has served for 26 years, you would not think about running for Congress. But sometimes, when you go deep inside yourself to your core values, you discover what you're called to do doesn't always make sense on the surface.”

Kathy Seei is undoubtedly no stranger to change. In fact, she welcomes the challenge and is excited to explore the possibilities for the cities and towns across the Fourth District of Texas.