Post-congressional Career
Fields did not run for reelection to the 106th Congress in 1996. Instead, he started two companies, the 21st Century Group, Inc., a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C., and Texana Global, Inc., an international trade corporation headquartered in Texas. He has served on various corporate and charitable boards. In 2004, the U.S. Post Office in Kingwood was renamed the "Congressman Jack Fields Post Office" in Fields' honor.
He joined Insperity as a director in January 1997. His total compensation for this role in 2009 was $120,746.
Fields is married to Lynn Fields and has two daughters, Jordan and Lexi, and a stepson, Josh Hughes.
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