Advisory Committee UAL 44 478 tt hh AA NN NN U A L ANNUAL Texas Legislative Conference 48 th 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. 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Holt 2010 Ray Benson 2011 Ray Perryman 2012 John Sharp 2013 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 (invited) Ken Herman, Columnist – Austin American-Statesman Christy Hoppe, Austin Bureau Chief – Dallas Morning News Ross Ramsey, Executive Editor – Texas Tribune Noon KEYNOTE ADDRESS 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 ADJOURN SARA K. TAYS – ExxonMobil Southwest Government Relations Mgr. Texas Legislative Conference 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 Comal County Clerk 4 A Ranch L Bed & Breakfast N U MJ Rocking N Comal County Commissioners Court Sage 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 [email protected] 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 8th A UAL 48 th A N N 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 www.txlegislativeconference.com 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
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