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Texas Legislative Conference CONFERENCE RECEPTION to honor the 2014 TEXAN OF THE YEAR WALLACE JEFFERSON Presented by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht
Heavy Hors d’oeuvres • Entertainment 7:00 pm, Thursday – March 27, 2014
New Braunfels Civic Convention Center Sponsored by: AT&T • GVEC • RINCO of Texas, Inc. TXI – Hunter Cement • USAA • The Perryman Group NUAL Former of the 4 8 t h A NRecipients Texan of the Year Award Robert Calvert Leon Jaworski Lady Bird Johnson Dolph Briscoe George H. Mahon John B. Connally Abner McCall Anne Armstrong George H.W. Bush Lloyd Bentsen John Ben Shepperd John Tower John Traeger James A. Baker, III Phil Gramm William P. Hobby Barbara Bush E (Kika) de la Garza Robert S. Strauss Barbara Jordan
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2014 Texan of the Year Wallace Jefferson
Friday, March 28, 2014
7:45am – 8:30am REGISTRATION (BREAKFAST) 8:30am 9:00am
CARLTON SCHWAB – Texas Economic Development Council President & CEO Conference Vice-Chair KATHARINE ARMSTRONG – Natural Resources Solutions – President
OPENING SESSION Presiding: Judge Jeff Wentworth State Representative John Kuempel Edmund Kuempel Public Service Scholarship Opening Address 2014 Texan of the Year – Wallace Jefferson
9:20am WATER AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE 101 Moderator: Phil Wilson, General Manager– LCRA Panelists: Troy Fraser, State Senator – Chair, Senate Natural Resources Committee Robert Nichols, State Senator – Chair, Senate Transportation Committee 10:10am SHALE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION PROS AND CONS Moderator: Ray Perryman, President & CEO – The Perryman Group Panelists: Kirk Edwards, CEO – Key Energy. Member, El Paso Federal Reserve Board Daryl Fowler, DeWitt County Judge Omar Garcia, Executive Director – STEER Jim Marston, Environmental Defense Fund 11:00am MEDIA PANEL – RUNOFF FINALISTS PREDICTIONS Moderator: Harvey Kronberg – The Quorum Report Panelists: Paul Burka, Sr. Executive Editor – Texas Monthly Ken Herman, Columnist – Austin American-Statesman Christy Hoppe, Austin Bureau Chief – Dallas Morning News Ross Ramsey, Executive Editor – Texas Tribune Noon KEYNOTE ADDRESS Lt. Gubernatorial Candidate Finalists 1:00pm
JEFF WENTWORTH – Former Texas State Senator Conference Chair
DONNA CAMPBELL – Texas State Senator RAY COVEY – AEP of Texas RUDY GARZA – CPS Energy VP of External Relations BO GILBERT – USAA Assistant Vice-President – Midwest Region Government Relations STEVEN GREENLEY – CenterPoint Energy Regional Vice President – Texas BILL HAMMOND – Texas Assn. of Business President HOWARD HICKS – HOLT CAT VP / Marketing ROBERT HOWDEN – Texans for Economic Progress BILL JERRAM – LCRA Governmental Affairs Manager DON KENDRICK – Wells Fargo Bank Regional President – Central Texas HARVEY KRONBERG – The Quorum Report Editor BOB KRUEGER – Former U.S. Senator and Ambassador Krueger Associates International JOHN KUEMPEL – Texas State Representative BERT MARSHALL – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas President DOUG MILLER – Texas State Representative Miller & Miller Insurance DAVE NICHOLS – AT&T – Texas President DAVID PERKINS – TXI Hunter Ccment VP – Environmental, Government and Public Affairs RAY PERRYMAN – The Perryman Group President & CEO PIKE POWERS – Attorney at Law JULIAN O. READ – Cohn & Wolfe JOHN SHARP – Texas A&M University System Chancellor ALLAN SHIVERS, JR. – Shivers Group, Inc. Chairman
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SARA K. TAYS – ExxonMobil Southwest Government Relations Mgr.
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DAVID TEEL – Texas Travel Industry Assn. President & CEO KARL WATSON. JR. – CEMEX President – US Operations
2014 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATE SPONSORS AECT
Hutto EDC
AGC of Texas
Johnson & Johnson Attorneys
Alamo Area Council of Governments
McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P. C.
Ashley Furniture Homestores
McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP
Bartlett Cocke General Contractors
McKenna Foundation
Beatty Bangle Strama P.C.
Natural Bridge Caverns
Blanton & Associates, Inc.
Natural Resources Solutions, L.C.
Kathy and Bennie Bock
New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung
Borgelt Law
New Braunfels Independent School District
Broadway Bank
New Braunfels Republican Women
Canyon Lake Republican Women
New Braunfels Smokehouse
Capital West Securities
New Braunfels Utilities
Casteel & Casteel, PLLC Caterpillar Judge Brenda Chapman
Larry & Beverly Nuckols Outdoor Advertising Association of Texas
Christus Santa Rosa – New Braunfels City of Bastrop
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. PepsiCo
City of Gonzales/Gonzales EDC
Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
City of New Braunfels
Reagan Burrus, PLLC
2014 Texas Legislative Conference Co-Sponsors BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS • CEMEX CENTERPOINT ENERGY • CPS ENERGY GBRA • EXXONMOBIL LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY
Conference Reception – Luncheon Sponsors
Facility Sponsors America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) HOLT CAT / Caterpillar Texas Oil & Gas Association
Breakfast Sponsors Hunter Industries, Ltd. Texas Economic Development Council Texas Association of REALTORS® ValMark Chevrolet
City of Seguin
Reliant, an NRG Company Robert W. Strauser Consulting
Pre-Reception Sponsors
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Comal County Commissioners Court
Sage Capital Bank
AEP of Texas • GVTC • Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Prosperity Bank
Comal County District Attorney’s Office
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Comal Independent School District
San Marcos Chamber of Commerce
SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc.
CTX Association of REALTORS®
Schlitterbahn Waterparks
Davenport Drilling
Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce
Detex Corporation
Shivers Group, Inc.
Edwards Aquifer Authority
Stewart Title Guaranty Company
Energy Future Holdings
Texas Business Leadership Council
FELPS
Texas Good Roads Association
First Commercial Bank
Texas Public Power Association
First Mark Credit Union
Texas Rural Water Association
Frost Bank
Texas Taxpayers and Research Association
Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council
Texas Travel Industry Association
Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce
TIP Strategies
Greater San Marcos Partnership
Union Pacific Railroad
TMAC
Gristmill Restaurant
UTSA-SBDC
Himmel Home Health, LLC
Vickrey & Associates, Inc.
Hoffmann Financial Services
Judge Jeff Wentworth
Howard Payne University
Wright Distributing
For more information: 830/625-2385, Fax: 830/625-7918 or email
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March 27-28, 2014 New Braunfels Civic Convention Center
AT&T • GVEC • RINCO of Texas, Inc. TXI – Hunter Cement • USAA • The Perryman Group
City of Seguin Utility
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AV-Tech Sponsors ABC South Texas Chapter • JE Dunn Construction SH 130 Concession Co., LLC
Education Sponsors CLWSC Ephesus Foundation
Arrangements Committee Fred Aus, Chair Paula DiFonzo, Vice-Chair Michael Meek, Program Director Marian Benson Bennie Bock Bruce Boyer Carter Casteel Joe Castilleja Ted Cook Renee Flores Kathleen Garcia Joe Larry Guinn Mark Hampton Tobin Hoffmann Rob Johnson
Nelda Juarez Jan Kennady Sandy Kibby Sherman Krause Gerri Lawing Greg Lutz Jean Pfeuffer Jim Powers Jimmy Rabon Lisa Roper Clifton Stapleton Chuck Teeter Dib Waldrip Elizabeth Weisman Barry Williams
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2014 Texan of the Year
Wallace Jefferson SPONSORED BY: The Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, Inc. CO-SPONSORED BY: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas • CEMEX CenterPoint Energy • CPS Energy • GBRA • ExxonMobil Lower Colorado River Authority
