Paula Mendoza

Paula Mendoza was appointed to the University of Houston System Board of Regents in 2013. For fiscal year 2016-2017, she will serve as chair of the Academic and Student Success Committee and a member of the Audit and Compliance and the Facilities, Construction and Master Planning Committees. Ms. Mendoza is past chairman of the State of Texas Ethics Commission, past board member of the Texas Board of Public Accountants, and past chairman of the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce and currently serves on the Boards of the Houston Minority Development Council and the Houston East End Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Recently Ms. Mendoza has been featured on 2015's Small Business Today Magazine Cover, one of Houston's 50 Women of Influence and in January 2016 was recognized as one of 2016's Women of Distinction.

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