vitalalumni Speaker Series: Regent Paula Mendoza
Channel: UHD College of Public Service
Date: 30/11/2018

Native Houstonian, Paula Mendoza is an entrepreneur, innovator, advocate, barrier-breaker and tireless volunteer recognized not only for the quality of her work, but for the passion she brings to every endeavor. Under her leadership, Possible Missions, Inc. (PM), a company she established in 2001, specializing in Project Management Solutions has experienced exponential growth. Beginning with $100 in the bank to achieving over $30 million in revenue, the business has achieved significant accolades including Houston Minority Business Council’s Supplier of the Year Award and a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Accountability Award for its expenditures with fellow MBEs.  

Paula’s humility, discernment and sense of fair play are evidenced by her service. She was the first Latina to serve as Chairman of the State of Texas Ethics Commission, Chairman of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) and the First Latina to be appointed to the University of Houston System Board of Regents, a Tier One institution, by the Governor of Texas.  

Mendoza is a graduate of the University of Houston Downtown, earning a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice (1995) and recently a MBA from the Marilyn Davies College of Business.  She and her husband of 30 years have one son, a wonderful daughter-in-law, three grandkids and a 16-year-old goddaughter, Natalie, who has captured their hearts.

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