Board of Directors

Eduardo Rodriguez is president of Strategic Communications Consulting Group. Mr. Rodriguez previously served as executive vice president and as a member of the board of directors of Hunt Building Corporation, a privately held company engaged in construction and real estate development headquartered in El Paso, Texas. Prior to his three years with Hunt Building Corporation, Mr. Rodriguez spent 20 years in the electric utility industry at El Paso Electric Company, a publicly traded, investor-owned utility (EE-NYSE), where he served in various senior-level executive positions, including general counsel, senior vice president for customer and corporate services, executive vice president, and as chief operating officer.  Mr. Rodriguez is a member of the Board of Directors of ONEOK, Inc. (OKE-NYSE) a diversified natural gas/natural gas liquids energy company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Mr. Rodriguez is a lawyer and possesses licensures in Texas; New Mexico; and the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Mr. Rodriguez has had extensive senior management, operational, entrepreneurial and legal experience in a variety of industries as a result of his client base at Strategic Communication Consulting Group; his service at Hunt Building Corporation; and El Paso Electric Company.  Mr. Rodriguez has engaged in the practice of law for over 30 years.  In addition to his legal experience, Mr. Rodriguez’s senior management positions have included responsibility for strategic planning, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and public policy issues.

Mr. Rodriguez has been actively involved in the non-profit sector in both outreach and thought leadership capacities serving on non-profit boards, and in a number of instances, in the capacity of Chairman of the board.  The nature of the service has included commercial and economic development; workforce considerations; environmental policy; government and education policy considerations.  He has organized and facilitated various public policy initiatives focused on the regional economy.

Currently, non-profit board service is with Project ARRIBA, an El Paso based workforce and education development program; The Nature Conservancy of New Mexico; The Regional Economic Development Foundation Board; the Bi-National Sustainability Lab.  He is a member of The Paso Del Norte Group and the CommunityenAccion organizations in El Paso, Texas.  He formerly served as Chairman of Avance, Inc., an early childhood development program, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas with an El Paso Chapter.

Education:  B.A. (High Honors) Texas Tech University; J.D. St. Mary’s University School of Law.