Juan Ortiz Bio — Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

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A biography of Juan Ortiz, who the bio says accepted the position of Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the City of Austin in 2017. It says he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Emergency Administration and Disaster Planning from the University of North Texas in May 1994, and began his career that year with the City of Fort Worth Office of Emergency Management. It lists his responsibility for the City of Austin's response to Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Colorado River Flood in 2018, Hurricane Laura in 2020, Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and the Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020-2021. It says he retired from the United States Coast Guard Reserve in 2015 as a Chief Petty Officer with 28 years of service.

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Juan Ortiz Bio


A native Texan, born in Rio Hondo and raised in Brownsville Texas, Juan attended the University of North
Texas in Denton. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Emergency Administration and Disaster Planning
in May 1994.
Juan began his career in 1994 with the City of Fort Worth Office of Emergency Management as an Emergency
Management Officer until the summer of 1998, when he accepted the position of Emergency Management
Coordinator with the City of Corpus Christi. In 2003, Juan accepted the position of Emergency Management
Coordinator with the City of Fort Worth where his primary duties included the coordination of response to
major emergencies and disasters through a joint City and County Emergency Operations Center (EOC). In
2005, Juan coordinated the EOC operations in response to both Hurricane Katrina and Rita, and in 2008
coordinated all city operations in response to both Hurricane Gustav and Ike. In 2011, Juan coordinated the
Fort Worth EOC operations in support of Super Bowl 45 and record-setting winter storm.
In 2017, Juan accepted the position of Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for the
City of Austin. He has been responsible for the City of Austin’s response to Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and
Hurricane Laura in 2020, the Colorado River Flood in 2018, Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and the Covid-19
Pandemic in 2020-2021.
Juan retired from the United States Coast Guard Reserve in 2015 as a Chief Petty Officer with 28 years of
service. Juan’s military services included Coast Guard Reserve Unit Port Isabel, Reserve Unit Dallas, and
Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi, among others.

In 2001, the University of North Texas recognized Juan as a Distinguished Alumni for his contribution to the
profession of emergency management. Juan has completed the City of Fort Worth Leadership Development
Program and the National Forum for Black Public Administrators (NFBPA) Executive Leadership
Development Program. He is a founding member of the Fort Worth Hispanic Leadership Organization.
Juan is a member of the Emergency Management Association of Texas, the International Association of
Emergency Managers, International City/County Management Association, and the Local Government
Hispanic Network.


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