Border Solutions Alliance
El Paso & Juarez Workshop
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351 W University Ave, El Paso, TX 79902
Group Name: BINATIONAL SOLUTIONS ALLIANCE Group Code: BNSA
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Monday, June 10, 2019
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Presenter: Roberto Osegueda, Vice President of Research, UTEP
Presenter: Nate V. Robinson, Assistant Vice President, Office of Research, UTEP
Presenter: Tony Robinson, Regional Administrator for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Reg.6
Tony Robinson was selected in January 2013 to serve as the first career Regional Administrator for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 6 office located in Denton, Texas. As Regional Administrator, Mr. Robinson is responsible for the direction and leadership of FEMA’s efforts in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and 68 federally-recognized Tribal Nations within this geographic area. Under Mr. Robinson’s leadership, the Region has awarded and managed over $1 billion in grant funding each fiscal year to assist Region 6 partners in building capabilities and recovering from disasters.
In Mr. Robinson’s 28 years of service with FEMA he has held various management positions and has focused on assisting federal, state, local and tribal governments prepare for, respond to, recover from and mitigate natural and man-made threats and hazards. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Robinson has provided leadership during Presidential Disaster Declarations including Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, Ike and Isaac, the Midwest floods of 1993, Northridge Earthquake, Tropical Storm Allison and the 2013 Oklahoma tornadoes. Most recently, he led the Region 6 coordination effort with the State of Texas on the Ebola case in Dallas and the influx of Unaccompanied Children in the Rio Grande Valley.
Moderator: Eric Boyer, Assistant Professor, Public Administration & Binational Panel
Moderator: Sam Fernald, Director, Water Resources Research Institute, NMSU
Presenter: Miroslav Krstic, Sr. Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Research, UC San Diego
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