Carla Wyatt is a native of Houston, Texas. She is highly educated, holding a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science in Biology, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Toxicology, all from Texas Southern University.

Carla is the Harris County Treasurer. She works at the Harris County Treasurer’s Office, where she has served since her historic election in 2024 as the first African American elected to the position. She previously worked as an investigator in the air program at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for several years, as a TreeScape Coordinator for The Park People, Trees for Houston and Scenic Houston, and as a Professional Development Trainee and Projects Coordinator in the Harris County Public Infrastructure Department. Over the next two decades, she held roles in the Harris County Budget Office, Harris County Universal Services and Harris County Constable Precinct 3, and worked in Harris County Toll Road, Flood Control, Right of Way, Construction and Engineering, where she ran emergency communications during Hurricane Harvey.

Carla is the incumbent Harris County Treasurer.