Texas Border Business
By Amanda A. Taylor
Pablo Mendez is a man with a plan. After all, it’s his job, and his decisions can carry the weight of life and death.
As UTRGV’s emergency management coordinator in the Office of Emergency Preparedness, he is responsible for connecting the dots during a crisis and making sure students, faculty, staff and the public are safe.
Now, he has been tapped to be chairman of The University of Texas System Emergency Management Committee.
The committee includes directors, managers and coordinators across the System who are responsible for emergency management and preparedness from each of the UT institutions. The chair also organizes two meetings a year, designed to develop and implement programs that will serve as an exchange of information and cooperation.
“The University of Texas System Emergency Management Committee (EMC) is thrilled to announce Pablo Mendez, from UT Rio Grande Valley, as its new chair for the next two years,” said Patrice Reisen-Hicks, emergency management coordinator in the Office of Risk Management for the University of Texas System in Austin.
