George is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Air Force, having served during the Vietnam War Era.
Background
George was born in Dallas, Texas on October 14, 1947.
As a young man, George worked in the music industry as the first road manager for Grand Funk Railroad, stage manager for Cycles West Concert Productions where he managed stages for Janice Joplin and ZZ Top. This period of his life concluded with him being the manager for regional Southern California favorite band Wildfire. Following Wildfire, George segued into radio broadcasting becoming general manager for KYLE-FM where he took the station from small town radio to being a Billboard Magazine Top 50 Progressive Music Station, introducing the public to bands that would become household names. His career in broadcasting ended as a broadcast journalist for ABC's American Entertainment Radio Network. George left broadcasting to accept a position with the University of Houston Downtown College.
Education
George graduated from Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas. Graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Saint Edward's University. Graduated with a bachelor of science degree in construction engineering technology from Columbia Pacific University. Completed the graduate certificate program in hazardous materials management from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University.
Career
After thirty years of service, George Hatt retired in 2017 as Chief Executive Officer and Senior Principal of Vertically Integrated Technologies, Inc. (VERITECH®), an international environmental consulting firm, where he was involved in all aspects of VERITECH’s technical projects, both domestic and foreign. He served as Director General of his company’s Mexico subsidiary (Veritech De Mexico, S.A. de C.V.), and oversaw the firm’s extensive Caribbean work through Veritech-Caribe.
Mr. Hatt has provided extensive environmental consulting on real estate transactions. During 1996, he served as a principal consultant on acquisitions and refinancing involving more than $7 billion, including a $1.4 billion acquisition of a national hospital management corporation and more than $4 billion in refinancing for Kmart Corporation. Among Mr. Hatt’s institutional clients were NationsBank, First Union, Wells Fargo, Great Western Life, Jefferson-Pilot, and AMRESCO. Commercial and industrial clientele included Community Health Systems, Province Healthcare, Triad Healthcare, Randall’s, Kmart Corporation, Diamond Shamrock, and Southern Union.
Until his retirement, Mr. Hatt was a California Registered Environmental Assessor, Texas Registered Professional Geoscientist and Corrective Action Project Manager, Texas Licensed Asbestos Consultant and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager. For eight years, between 1991 and 1998, he served on the adjunct faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering’s Center for Environmental Research and Training at the University of Texas at Arlington, served on the Project Committee for Regulatory Update of Asbestos Documents of the National Institute of Building Sciences, and was a Diplomate of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers. He also is a former member of the Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists, the American Society of Safety Engineers and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering.
George's career also includes being a member of the chancellor's staff at the University of Houston Downtown Campus.
Achievements
State of Texas Professional Geoscientist (Retired); State of Texas Licensed Asbestos Consultant (Retired); State of California Registered Environmental Assessor (Retired); State of Texas Corrective Active Project Manager (Retired); Registered Environmental Professional (Retired); Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (Retired).
Works
Technical Publication
Determining the Likelihood That Beryllium Discovered in Soils of Puerto Rico is Naturally Occurring and Assessing Associated Health Risks
(Published in Environmental Regulation and Permitting, Aut...)
1996
Religion
The Bible is the inerrant word of God.
Politics
Conservative
Views
Christian conservative.
Membership
American Association of Healthcare Engineering; American Society of Safety Engineers; National Asbestos Council, 1991 chairman of national ethics committee; Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers; Texas Asbestos Professionals Association, president; Texas Association of Professional Geoscientists.
Connections
George married to Peggy. He has a daughter and two grandchildren.
