March 2025 Staff Highlights

Here’s a snapshot of the presentations made, events hosted, and honors received by the talented and dedicated staff of the Hogg Foundation during the month of March 2025. 

Alison Mohr Boleware, director of policy, presented a virtual session to the Project ECHO Mental Health Community Collaborative (MHCC) addressing the impacts of the legislative session on mental health services in Texas. MHCC is a virtual learning network at the Translational Health Research Center at Texas State University that supports knowledge-sharing and communities of practice in research and programming to foster healthy and resilient people and places. 

Alison also presented on the Texas substance use landscape for the Public Policy Exchange’s webinar “Building Resilience – Effective Strategies for Substance Abuse Prevention.” The Public Policy Exchange is a division of the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies which holds regular interactive seminars providing an invaluable interface for policy discussion, debate, and networking. 

Dr. Octavio N. Martinez, Jr., senior association vice president and executive director, met with University of Texas at Austin students participating in the Joint Admission Medical Program (JAMP) to discuss his professional experience as a doctor in Texas.  JAMP is a special program created by the Texas Legislature to support and encourage highly qualified, economically disadvantaged students to pursue a medical education.