Brenda Harrison

Brenda Harrison is Vice President over Environment, Safety, and Health (ESH) at Texas Instruments and Manager of Dallas Make Facilities. In this position, Brenda is responsible for corporate and public affairs ESH-related activities and manages a team that provides technical facilities support to the Dallas-based manufacturing groups. Brenda began her career at TI in 1988 as a process engineer in the Defense Systems and Electronics Group. She added environmental activities to her work and supported the Lemmon Avenue plant for seven years. She later joined the construction teams building DMOS5 Phase 2 and DMOS6. She began leading the Dallas ESH team in 1998 and later the Worldwide ESH team. Brenda is a Senior Member of the TI Technical Staff. Brenda holds leadership positions with the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Environmental, Safety and Health Task Force, Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI), International Sematech, National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and AESF. Brenda has a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. She has served on the board of the SMU Department of Environmental/Civil Engineering. She is an alumna of Leadership Texas, Menttium and the Power of Self program. She lives in Plano with her husband, John, and youngest daughter.