Rising Star: Elizabeth Casale

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGYPacStarWhen Hurricane Dean approached the Gulf Coast in August 2007, Casale volunteered herself and fourPacStar 5500 communication systems to help theTexas National Guard. Once on-site, she learned themission had changed from providing a backup systemto being part of the communications infrastructurefor the Guard.The new mission required that Casale train federal,state and local government employees on howto use the 5500s at locations throughout the state.Working back-to-back shifts for three days, sheserved as the communications point of contactfor the military units that were relying on the 5500sto coordinate the evacuation plan and rescueoperations.