Texas

Douglas Brinkley speaker

DOUGLAS BRINKLEY

Dr. Douglas Brinkley has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as “America’s new past master,” and the late Stephen E. Ambrose called him “the best of the new generation...

Douglas Brinkley

Award-Winning Historian and Best-Selling Author

Melissa DeCarlo speaker

MELISSA DECARLO

Melisa DeCarlo was born and raised in Oklahoma City. Growing up she wanted to be a writer, an artist, and actress, and one of those people wearing bright yellow helmets...

Melissa DeCarlo

Author of The Art of Crash Landing

TILMAN FERTITTA

Tilman Fertitta, a Houston native, is an accomplished businessman and recognized as a world leader in the dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming industries, and...

Tilman Fertitta

Chairman, CEO & Owner of Landry's, Golden Nugget Casinos & NBA Houston Rockets, and Star of CNBC's Billion Dollar Buyer

John Gibson speaker

"[John Gibson is] a courageous, spunky, resilient journalist who spends his time loving America." -- National Review John Gibson is a best-selling conservative author...

John Gibson

Fox Free Speech Enthusiast

Jessica Grogan speaker

Jessica Grogan, Ph.D., author of Encountering America: Humanistic Psychology, Sixties Culture, and the Shaping of the Modern Self (Harper Perennial), is a leading authority...

Jessica Grogan

Authority on American Culture in the 1960s and 1970s and Author of Encountering America

Taya Kyle speaker

Taya Kyle

Mother, Bestselling Author, Military and First Responder Family Advocate, Wife of American Sniper Chris Kyle & Executive Director, Taya and Chris Kyle Foundation

Sichan Siv speaker

Sichan Siv was nominated by President George W. Bush in October 2001 and unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the 28th Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and...

Sichan Siv

Former United Nations Ambassador and Cambodian Refugee

Scott Sonenshein speaker

SCOTT SONENSHEIN

Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor of Management at Rice University and author of Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – And Achieve More Than You...

Scott Sonenshein

World Renowned Scholar Teaching How to Do More With Less

Jerald Winakur speaker

Jerald Winakur, M.D. has practiced internal and geriatric medicine in San Antonio, Texas, for more than 30 years, and is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University...

Jerald Winakur

Internist, Geriatrician, and Expert in Elder Care