Melinda Spaulding Fox 26 Wikipedia, Husband, Wedding, Bio, Net worth

Personal Details Summary
Name	Melinda Spaulding
Birthday / Date of Birth / Age / DOB	September 17, 1975. As of 2025, she is around 50 years old.
Partner / Husband / Married / Wedding / Marriage	Married. Check the full bio for relationship details.
Children / No. of Kids	2
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	Black
Nationality	American
Where is Melinda Spaulding now?	She is currently the Executive Vice President for Communications & Advancement at Texas Southern University. Previously, Melinda worked at KRIV FOX 26.

Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Melinda Spaulding Chevalier is the Vice President for Advancement and Communication at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
She is also a former News anchor for Fox26 News where she co-anchored the 5p.m. and 9p.m. News.
Previously, she has also been a part of the advisory board for Pro Vision Inc, an enrollment commission for middle and high school in the Sunnyside Community, and has also served as a former board member of Family Houston.
She is also known for helping launch the Dream Journal Academy, which is a platform that provided school children with journals to write about their aspirations and passions.

Personal Life: Parents, Family and Education

Melinda is a New Jersey native & a graduate of Howard University.
In April 2007, Melinda got married to Felix Chevalier, a Houston Attorney, in a colourful wedding that was held in Mexico. Felix had proposed to Melinda on the occasion of her surprise birthday party in 2006.
Now, besides being a wife, Melinda is also a mother to two beautiful children, a daughter named Landon & a son named Felix, both of whom are quite young.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

Melinda is an Emmy award-winning journalist. She started her journalism career journey being a part of the team that launched an online segment Entertainment Weekly. This role enabled her to become Essence’s Online Editor-in-Chief.

Later, Melinda also worked for WGNO News, New Orleans where she reported the morning updates & also for KTLA, Los Angeles as a morning producer and writer.
In the year 2004, she joined KRIV Fox 26 in Houston Texas as a News Reporter. Soon, she was given the role of being the noon anchor.
Melinda worked there for 12 long years until in August 2017, she decided not to renew her contract.
In one of her Facebook posts, Melinda stated that she would be quitting her job so that she can now have time to be there for her kids for things like homework and dinner. She also thanked her viewers for their daily support.
Melinda soon moved into a new role in life that would see her impact changes the lives of new generation leaders. She was named the Vice President for Texas Southern University, Advancement, and Communication, and was officiated on the 18th of August during a quarterly meeting of the board.
Here, her role would be to help the University with coming up with initiatives, communication programs, public relations, constituent management, and with fundraising.
In the course of her career, the regional Associated Press was named the Best Spot News Reporter for her work at WGNO. She also received an Emmy Award for Best Spot News Coverage.

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