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Tarek Thomas
Associate Vice President
University of Texas Medical Branch
Speaker Bio
Tarek Thomas has 25 years of experience in facilities capital planning & management by organizing, implementing design and construction activities as an owner’s representative in Academic, Lifesciences, and Healthcare campuses. Tarek now serves as the Associate Vice President of Business Operation Facilities, Design and Construction at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He and his team oversee all Design and Construction projects which encompass 4 campuses and over 60+ leased facilities throughout the southeast region of the Texas Gulf Coast. Tarek was raised in the Houston/Galveston coast area where he went to the University of Houston and graduated from the Construction Science program. He currently is raising his 3 kids alongside his wife of 20 years in the Gulf Coast community.