Saving Lives: Including People with Disabilities in Emergency Planning

About the Presenter

Patricia Pound, Member, National Council on Disability

On July 26, 2002, the U.S. Senate confirmed Patricia Pound as one of President Bush’s nominees to the National Council on Disability, an independent federal agency making recommendations to the President and Congress on disability policy.

Ms. Pound is the executive director of the Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities since 1997 and a policy analyst for the Governor's Committee since 1992.

In these two positions she assisted the Committee to make policy recommendations to the Governor and Legislature, coordinated with activities of local Mayor and County Committees, and promoted compliance with Texas laws affecting people with disabilities. She is also responsible for several popular Committee publications regarding Texas disability policy.

Other positions held my Ms. Pound include: director of the Criss Cole Rehabilitation Center, Texas Commission for the Blind, and director of the Austin Resource Center for Independent Living.

Ms. Pound is the founding president of the Coalition of Texans with Disabilities. Former member of the Austin Human Relations Commission, and former board member of the American Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities. She is currently a member of the National Association of Governor’s Committees on People with Disabilities and the City of Austin Aquatics Advisory Committee.

Ms. Pound, a native Texan, has B. A. degree in mathematics from the University of Houston.

Contact Information

Pat Pound
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
Phone: 202-272-2004
E -mail: ppound@governor.state.tx.us