Helen Ramirez, AICP is currently the Deputy City Manager for the City of Brownsville and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC) Executive Director and CEO. Ms. Ramirez has over 20 years of municipal planning experience which includes 10 years of private sector experience managing complex and high-profile economic development projects both in the United States and internationally, including the award-winning Los Angeles Air Force Base $115 million New Space and Missile Command Center Redevelopment Project. She formerly served as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Hutto, Texas in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area where she led the Co-Op District redevelopment in Downtown, updates to the land use plan and drainage master plans, a public-private Innovation industrial park development, and the implementation of strategic growth corridors. At the City of Brownsville, she has been instrumental in fostering the growth of commercial aerospace companies such as the SpaceX South Launch Site, TESLA, Paragon VTOL Aerospace, Spaced Ventures and 9point8 Capital, as well as the revitalization of Historic Downtown Brownsville, among others.
Mrs. Ramirez holds a Bachelor´s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California and is an American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) professional.
She is a member of the Texas City Management Association, International City/County Management Association, International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC) and has served on the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for RGVMPO, CAMPO and Austin's CapMetro’s Project Connect.
Helen Ramirez, AICP is currently the Deputy City Manager for the City of Brownsville and the Greater Brownsville Incentives Corporation (GBIC) Executive Director and CEO. Ms. Ramirez has over 20 years of municipal planning experience which includes 10 years of private sector experience managing complex and high-profile economic development projects both in the United States and internationally, including the award-winning Los Angeles Air Force Base $115 million New Space and Missile Command Center Redevelopment Project. She formerly served as the Assistant City Manager for the City of Hutto, Texas in the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area where she led the Co-Op District redevelopment in Downtown, updates to the land use plan and drainage master plans, a public-private Innovation industrial park development, and the implementation of strategic growth corridors. At the City of Brownsville, she has been instrumental in fostering the growth of commercial aerospace companies such as the SpaceX South Launch Site, TESLA, Paragon VTOL Aerospace, Spaced Ventures and 9point8 Capital, as well as the revitalization of Historic Downtown Brownsville, among others.
Mrs. Ramirez holds a Bachelor´s Degree in City and Regional Planning from the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California and is an American Institute of Certified Planner (AICP) professional.
She is a member of the Texas City Management Association, International City/County Management Association, International Council of Shopping Center (ICSC) and has served on the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for RGVMPO, CAMPO and Austin's CapMetro’s Project Connect.
