Anthony M Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Dr. Rodriguez, has served in the public sector for over 20 years. He is the prior president of a for profit corporation with a clear social purpose agenda, KCEL Inc. His work has allowed him to provide teaching services to children in at risk public schools, economic development training to teenagers in youth build programs, sought and won grants for a variety of public purposes, and served as the planner in charge for the development of more than three inner city neighborhoods within the City of Galveston.

While serving as the Assistant Director for Planning & Transportation, Anthony was able to see the approval of the Beach Access Plan for the City of Galveston. The eventual ordinance took into consideration the rights of all Texans for an open and public beach. The plan was used as a blue print in many communities along the Texas Coast. Anthony has been an innovator and was instrumental in moving both the City and the County of Galveston in using Geographic Information Systems. Anthony employs a unique style in all his work that fosters focusing on the purposes, meeting and exceeding potential, while utilizing practices that endear positive change and able to withstand all negative perceptions due to the open approach to public service. Anthony dissertation and area of continued interest is the impact of humans on the environment and how we can change the negative environmental trajectory that is in front of us. Anthony's operating motif embodies the statement 'Problems are Solutions in Transition'