Here at the Office of Emergency Management, we believe in quality service to the UH environment and our broader community. This would not be accomplished without our incredible staff. Meet our staff:

Ginger Walker, Director of Emergency Management

A native Houstonian, Ginger Walker has worked on the UH campus for over 25 years. After graduating from Texas Tech University, she traveled the world alongside her husband who served in the United States Marine Corps.  A few years later she settled down in her own hometown of Houston accepting a position in the Office of the Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance.  She has worked in the executive office of Administration and Finance, UH Police Department, Department of Public Safety, Campus Safety and now in the Office of Emergency Management.  

Ginger served as the Deputy Director for many years before accepting the position of Director of Emergency Management in 2020.  Ginger joined the Office of Emergency Management in 2012 as the Emergency Management Specialist focusing on all facets of emergency management.  Not only does she have extensive knowledge of emergency management in a higher education setting, she has a unique asset in that she has either developed or been directly involved in all of the emergency plans within the Officer of Emergency Management since its inception. Ginger holds a Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) credential from the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), a FEMA, Level 1 Continuity of Operations (COOP) Practitioner Certification, COOP Instructor Certification, FEMA Basic Instructor Certification. In addition to continuity planning, Ginger is trained as a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Facilitator and also a member of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM).  Ginger enjoys the higher education environment and especially collaborating and coordinating with other departments, colleges, divisions, Big 12 colleagues, higher education partners as well as state and county counterparts.

Maia Solomon, Emergency Management Specialist

Maia Solomon grew up just north of Houston in Tomball, Texas. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Homeland Security Studies from Sam Houston State University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Houston, where her research explores how social identities and representation intersect during periods of institutional crisis and declining legitimacy.

Maia joined the University of Houston’s Office of Emergency Management in June 2023 as an Emergency Management Specialist, bringing with her prior emergency management experience from other institutions of higher education. In this role, she leads OEM's outreach and education initiatives for the campus community and plays a key role in emergency plan development and review across UH departments and organizations.