On Monday, April 8, Acting Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) Matthew J. Roggow serving the Big Bend Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol will present “Security: America’s Border in Theory and Practice” as part of the Borders & Migration Program hosted by the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.
Matthew J. Roggow graduated with a B.S. in integrated studies from Champlain College with Summa Cum Laude honors, with an M.S. in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas and completed the Customs and Border Protection’s Leadership Institute. He is the Acting Chief Patrol Agent (CPA) of Big Bend Sector. He assumed his duties as the permanent Deputy Chief Patrol Agent in Big Bend Sector on August 18, 2019. Before his assignment in Big Bend, Acting CPA Roggow served as an Associate Chief at U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters. After his promotion to Patrol Agent in Charge (PAIC) of the Sector Intelligence Unit in El Centro Sector in 2006, he worked collaboratively with internal and external partners to deploy technology allowing for the covert observation of smuggling activities, increasing the prosecutions of targeted smuggling organizations. A year later, as the Assistant Chief in Washington, D.C., he contributed to the first national-level standard operating procedures for intelligence units and oversaw the Northern Border Intelligence Pilot as a member of the SBInet, the Secure Border Initiative Network, team.
Join us to hear this experienced leader in border control speak about current border issues and possible solutions.
The Mosbacher Institute’s Education Policy Workshops feature noted academics who are invited to discuss their current research. The workshops are designed to increase understanding of the research underlying current education policy and how those policies can affect the nation’s economic future.
