Rene Hurtado

Rene Hurtado was born and raised in El Paso and has nearly 20 years experience in healthcare communications and public policy.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at El Paso. He has extensive experience in designing communication initiatives in different areas of public health to include trauma & crisis communications, children’s outreach and poison control centers.  He has also led marketing and public affairs initiatives for one of the largest hospital systems in El Paso, where he designed multi-media communications/marketing initiatives for various healthcare product lines including pediatrics, kidney transplant and oncology.  In the area of public policy and government relations, he served as Director of Public Affairs for Time Warner Cable, where he advocated for effective telecommunications legislation. He currently serves as Chief of Staff for Emergence Health Network, the State-designated mental health authority responsible for designing and maintaining the public mental health/developmental disability service delivery system for the region.