UT Brownsville President Juliet Garcia Tapped For Obama Transition Team
Vince Leibowitz | Nov 06, 2008 | Comments 2
Juliet Garcia, the president of the University of Texas at Brownsville, has been tapped for Barack Obama’s transition team.
From the Brownsville Herald:
“I consider public service to be our highest calling; so I am greatly honored to have been invited to take part in the historic transition of our young democracy,” Garcia said in a written statement to The Brownsville Herald.
The future of the Rio Grande Valley under Obama and Vice-President-elect Joe Biden Jr. bodes well, political pundits said.
Brownsville native Federico F. Peña, former U.S. secretary of transportation and energy and former Denver mayor, was national co-chair of Obama’s campaign.
And now Garcia, the first Mexican-American woman to head a four-year U.S. university, will be one of the president-elect’s advisors as the presidency transitions from President George W. Bush to Obama.
“That shows you that they are seeing South Texas,” Cameron County Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said.
“They see Texas as a real, real important factor,” said Hinojosa who anticipates that his would translate to appointments and more funding.
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