The Office of Equal Employment Opportunity provides leadership and direction in creating and sustaining a diverse workforce and an environment free of discrimination at the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District (SWG). The EEO and USACE works proactively to enhance the employment of women, minorities, veterans, and people with disabilities. This is achieved through policy development, oversight, complaints prevention, outreach, education and training programs. As a result, USACE provides vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen our nation's security by maintaining an engineering force of highly discipline people working with our partners and stakeholders through discipline thought and action to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions to the nation's engineering.
Dr. Rose M. Caballero is a career federal civil servant with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She currently serves as Chief of the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Office in Galveston, Texas. Her diverse professional career as an Equal Employment Opportunity Manager and Specialist helped prepare her for the challenges associated with being an effective advocate for change and a champion of high organizational performance through inclusive leadership principles and practices. She has served with the U.S. Army, domestic and overseas, for over 39 years. She has maintained a steadfast commitment to strengthening, promoting, and making the federal government more proactive in building strong relationships with external communities. Through her senior position in the district, she spearheads the Advancing Minorities’ Interest in Engineering (AMIE) Partnership Program with Prairie View A&M University (HBCU) designed to prepare and recruit engineers. She was instrumental in establishing a partnership with Texas Southern University (HBCU) Maritime Transportation Management and Security Program. Caballero was the chief author in establishing the Memorandum of Understanding between both HBCUs and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Galveston District). As a result, the Corps of Engineers, Galveston District was the proud recipient of the PVAMU Corporate Partner Excellence Award. Additionally, she created fostering and adoption programs with several Houston-Galveston school districts to inspire the youth to consider Federal service. As an active change advocate, she is deeply immersed in her local community where she serves in leadership roles as a pastor’s wife and a licensed ordained minister. She is also the proud recipient of the National NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Meritorious Service Award. Caballero is a life-long learner and graduate of the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute (DEOMI), EEO Officer’s Course and the Organizational Leadership for Executives Course. She is a certified EEO Counselor and Mediator. She completed a developmental assignment as the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity Acting EEO Officer. She also completed a developmental assignment in the Pentagon, as a Program Manager in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Diversity and Leadership. Caballero’s educational experience includes a Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership from the University of Phoenix; Doctor/Master of Arts in Theology and Divinity from the Institute for Teaching God’s Word; Master of Human Relations from University of Oklahoma; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Thomas A. Edison; Associate in Arts from University of Maryland. She is also a graduate from the Army Management Staff College in Fort Belvoir, Va. Caballero is married to Dr. Patrick Wayne Caballero (a retired 20-year Army veteran). Both are Natives of Liberty, Texas, and they have one son, Patrick Wayne Caballero Jr.