Texas Legislative Conference

Advisory Committee
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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
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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
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Herb Kelleher
1994
Bob Bullock
1995
James E. “Pete” Laney 1996
Kay Bailey Hutchison 1997
George Christian
1998
Max Sherman
1999
Bill Archer
2000
Red McCombs
2001
George W. Bush
2002
Karl Rove
2003
David Robinson
2004
Laura Bush
2005
Ed Whitacre
2006
Rick Perry
2007
David Dewhurst
2008
T. Boone Pickens
2009
Peter M. 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
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L Bed & Breakfast
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Rocking
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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
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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
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