Rick McBrayer has been with the Office of Emergency Management since June 2007 and acted as Interim Director/EMC from December 2007 to May 2008. Richard McBrayer hails from the South Texas area where he graduated high school in Beeville and attended Texas State University in San Marcos. While attending Texas State University, he began his 27 year career in the field of Law Enforcement, Public Service, and Emergency Management, and has held positions at both local and state levels as a Volunteer Fire Fighter, 911 Operator, 911 Communications Center Manager, Police Support Manager, State Police Officer, and Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator.

Mr. McBrayer has been instrumental in the successful coordination of many complex incidents and events ranging from 2007 Severe Weather/Flooding, 2008 Hurricane Ike, 2010 Severe Weather Event, 2015 Guadalupe River Flooding, 2017 Hurricane Harvey, 2020 COVID-19, 2021 Winter Storm Uri, 2021 Dry Creek Hazardous Material Spill, 2021 Severe Weather, 2021 Hurricane Nicholas, and 2021 Guadalupe River Flooding.

Mrs. Jena Banda is the Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator for Victoria Emergency Management. She is originally from Missouri City, Texas and moved to Victoria to further her education. She attended the University of Houston-Victoria, where she earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice as well as a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Criminal Justice & Homeland and International Security. Jena is a PhD candidate in Emergency Management and Fire Administration at Oklahoma State University.

When first joining Victoria County, Mrs. Banda began her career as the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for the Victoria County Public Health Department and Victoria Emergency Management. She filled that role for 3 and a half years and was responsible for the planning and execution of public health preparedness, response and recovery efforts for both natural and man-made emergency situations.

Alex Partida Jr. is the Disaster Recovery Coordinator for the Victoria Office of Emergency Management. He is originally from Victoria, Tx., where he graduated from Memorial High School in 2001. He enlisted into the United States Navy in August 2001 as a Damage Controlman.  He completed basic training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois and Damage Control “A” School at Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois from August 2001 to February 2002.  His tours included USS Thomas S. Gates (CG-51), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), USS Sterett (DDG-104), USS Stockdale (DDG-106), and Carrier Strike Group Nine. He was also stationed at Naval Recruiting Station Corpus Christi and Naval Air Station Kingsville, Tx., where he served as EOC Manager, Deputy and Installation Emergency Manager. Mr. Partida completed twenty years of honorable military service. His most recent position was at the American Red Cross, serving as the Disaster Program Specialist.

Ms. Jessica Kalmus is the Emergency Management Specialist for the Office of Emergency Management. She is originally from Sussex, Virginia. Her family moved to Victoria, Texas in 2001. She attended the University of Houston – Victoria where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice. Ms. Kalmus has been employed by Victoria County since 2006 working in various departments from IT, Building Maintenance, Records Management, and then five in half years at the Victoria County Public Health Department as the Accounting Clerk, which lead to her most recent position as the Emergency Management Specialist in November 2019.

Ralph Montes began his public health career in January 2020 as the Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Strategic National Stockpile Coordinator at the Victoria County Public Health Department. In addition to this role, Ralph serves as a liaison between the Public Health Department and the Victoria Office of Emergency Management (VOEM). He is also the program manager and CERT instructor for the Victoria Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), a program sponsored by VOEM and overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Ralph has been a Stop the Bleed Instructor since 2018 with the American College of Surgeons Stop the Bleed Program. He graduated from Victoria College in 1988 with an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Law Enforcement, and he is a 1990 graduate of the Victoria College Police Academy. Ralph also graduated from the Victoria College Emergency Medical Technician-Basic Program in 1998 and holds an Emergency Medical Technician certification from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

With 27 years of experience in the hospital and healthcare industry, Ralph's background includes work in private emergency medical services. He also has 18 years of experience in hospital emergency preparedness, specifically in treating victims of hazardous substance releases. Throughout his career, Ralph has actively participated in real-life natural, man-made, and technological disasters and various disaster response exercises.

Ralph contributes to several committees and coalitions, including the Golden Crescent Regional Advisory Council TSA-S, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Healthy South Texas Coalition, the Health Department's BeWell of Victoria, Texas Healthy Communities, Victoria's Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC), and the Mid-Coast Hurricane and Disaster Conference Committee.