Maria Town
Ms. Town is currently the director of the City of Houston Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, where she serves as the primary liaison between the more than half million people with disabilities in the greater Houston area, the Mayor, Houston City Council, and other key city, state, and national leaders. Ms. Town quickly became an expert on emergency response having begun the position shortly before Houston felt the impacts of Hurricane Harvey. Prior to that, Ms. Town served as the Obama White House Senior Associate Director & Disability Community Liaison in the Office of Public Engagement. d honors during her career. Ms. Town began her professional disability rights career as a disability advocate in a policy advisor role at the Office of Disability Employment Policy at the Department of Labor
