Speakers

Founder of Fair Fight Action and Former Democratic Candidate for Georgia Governor

Chief of the Houston Police Department

Mayor of Austin

Immigration & Border Security Reporter at The Texas Tribune

Chief Political Correspondent for POLITICO

Former Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

White House Correspondent for PBS NewsHour

U.S. Representative

Author and Columnist for The Daily Beast

National Correspondent for TIME

State Senator

Executive Director and Co-Founder of Giffords

Staff Writer at Slate

Senior Editor of CityMetric-The New Statesman

Opinion Writer at the Boston Globe

Executive Director of U.S. Programs at Human Rights Watch

Education Lab Editor for The Dallas Morning News

Houston Rapper and Activist

U.S. Representative

President of the American Conservation Coalition

Chief White House Correspondent for The New York Times

National Political Reporter for POLITICO

Senior Adviser in the San Antonio Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Co-Host of Slate's Political Gabfest and Staff Writer for The New York Times Magazine

Commentator for CNN and Democratic Political Strategist

Justice Department Reporter at the New York Times

State Senator

Reporter at The Marshall Project

State Representative

Opinion Columnist for The New York Times

Host of KERA's “Think”

Moderator of Face the Nation & Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent for CBS News

Higher Education Reporter at The Houston Chronicle

Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University

U.S. Representative

President of Huston-Tillotson University

Contributing Writer at Vox

State Representative

Former Governor of Florida

Founder and Principal at Tamika L. Butler Consulting, LLC

Author and Teacher

State Senator

Opinion Columnist & Editorial Board Member at The Washington Post

State Representative

Senior Reporter at POLITICO Florida

Democratic Candidate for Texas Railroad Commission

U.S. Representative

Former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Staff Writer at The Marshall Project

Dean of the Schack Institute of Real Estate at NYU

Seventh Grade Teacher in the Fort Worth Independent School District

James Baker Chair & Associate Dean at the University of Texas School of Law and Co-Founder of Lawfare

Former U.S. Secretary of State

Senior Politics Reporter at Vox

Former Director of the National Economic Council

State Representative

State Representative

Republican Candidate for Texas' 32nd Congressional District

Senior Writer at ProPublica and Writer-at-Large for The New York Times Magazine

National Political Reporter for The Washington Post

Host of Crooked Media's "With Friends Like These" Podcast

State Senator

U.S. Representative

Author and Daughter of a Texas Prison Inmate who contracted COVID-19

U.S. Senator

U.S. Representative

National Editor at Chalkbeat

CEO of Emergence Health Network

President of the Human Rights Campaign

State Representative

Democratic Candidate for Texas' 21st Congressional District

Correspondent for 60 Minutes and Co-Host of Slate's “Political Gabfest”

Political Director for MOVETexas

Senior Political Correspondent for the Washington Examiner

Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Republican Candidate for Texas' 24th Congressional District

State Senator

Attorney and Chair of the Political Law Group at Perkins Coie

U.S. Representative

Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Energy and Economy Reporter for The Texas Tribune

U.S. Representative

Chancellor of Alamo Colleges

Co-Founder & Senior Editor at The Atlantic City Lab and University Professor at University of Toronto’s School of Cities and Rotman School of Management

State Representative

Former Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University

Urban Affairs Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Chief White House Correspondent for CBS News

Co-Founder of Black Futures Lab

Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Democratic Candidate for Travis County District Attorney

Star of "Boys State"

Photographer for The Texas Tribune

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense

Co-Founder of Giffords and Former U.S. Representative

Staff Writer at The New Yorker

Political Reporter at The New York Times

Superintendent of the Aldine Independent School District

Senior Global Affairs Analyst & Substitute Anchor for CNN

Bexar County District Attorney

Harris County Sheriff

State Representative

Senior Pastor at Prince of Peace Christian Fellowship

Washington Correspondent for The New York Times

Metro Columnist at the Houston Chronicle

Investigative Reporter at KPBS San Diego

President & CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Washington Correspondent for MSNBC

White House Correspondent for The New York Times

Editor-at-Large for The 19th

Staff Writer at The New York Times Magazine

State Program Director for Connected Nation

Interim President of the University of Texas at Austin

Host of MSNBC's "All In"

Atmospheric Scientist and Director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University

Texas Comptroller

Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas

Chancellor of San Jacinto College

Harris County Judge

Anchor & Executive Producer of Latino USA and Founder, President & CEO of Futuro Media

Superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District

Governor of Maryland

Former U.S. Attorney General

Harris County Clerk

Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and Co-Director of the Center for Vaccine Development at Texas Children's Hospital

State Representative

Photographer

State Representative

President & CEO of the Austin Chamber of Commerce

Republican Candidate for Texas' 7th Congressional District

U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO

Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and Former Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Editorial Director for The Texas Tribune

State Representative

Republican Candidate for Texas' 13th Congressional District

Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University Fletcher School for Law and Diplomacy

Dallas County Judge

President & CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund

Founder & CEO of Ocean Collectiv

Mayor of Dallas

Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Democratic Candidate for Texas' 23rd Congressional District

Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin

Political Writer for The Dallas Morning News

Photo Editor & Photographer for The Texas Tribune

President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Texas Higher Education Commissioner

Founder & CEO of Khan Academy

Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston

U.S. Senator

National Correspondent for POLITICO

Executive Director of the Urban Reform Institute

Democratic Candidate for Texas' 22nd Congressional District

President & CEO of Voto Latino

President and CEO of Newark Symphony Hall

Afternoon Host on Austin City Limits Radio

MSNBC Correspondent and Host of the “Into America” Podcast

Chief of Policy & Innovation at Right on Crime at the Texas Public Policy Foundation

Senior Columnist for The Daily Beast and Commentator for CNN

Reporter at ProPublica

Senior Editor at Slate and Host of the “Amicus” Podcast

Former U.S Attorney and Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General and Host of the "Talking Feds" Podcast

Washington Bureau Chief for The Texas Tribune

Correspondent for 60 Minutes’ “60 in 6”

Founder & Chair of Texas 2036

Health Care Reporter for The 19th

Managing Editor for The Texas Tribune

Host of “The Rachel Maddow Show”

Chief of Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Valley Baptist Hospital

Mayor of El Paso

Director of External Relations for Taylor Telecom

President of the Texas Civil Rights Project

Film producer

Political Reporter at Axios

U.S. Representative

President of H-E-B Food/Drug Stores

Criminal Justice Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Former U.S. National Security Adviser

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian

MSNBC Anchor

Chancellor of the University of Texas System

CEO of Hai Hospitality

State Representative

Founder & Executive Director of the Austin Justice Coalition

Texas Education Commissioner

Actor and filmmaker

CEO of the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy

CEO of Starr County Memorial Hospital

Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law at New York University School of Law

Women's Health Reporter for The Texas Tribune

National Security Reporter for The Washington Post

National Correspondent & Substitute Anchor for PBS NewsHour

Founder of Annie's Edibles and Willie's Remedy

Musician

Mayor of San Antonio

Former U.S. Representative and Former Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate

Senior Washington Correspondent for POLITICO

Former Director of White House Communications for President Barack Obama

President & CEO of the LGBTQ Victory Fund & Institute

White House Reporter for The Washington Post

Director of the LBJ Urban Lab at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin

Film Producer, Two-Time WNBA Champion and Founding Member of the Everytown Athletic Council

State Representative

British Ambassador to the U.S.

Justice and Politics Reporter at The Texas Tribune

Former CEO of Atlas Obscura and Co-Host of Slate's “Political Gabfest”

Campaign Manager & White House Senior Adviser for Barack Obama

World Trade Editor for The Financial Times

State Politics Reporter for The Texas Tribune

U.S. Representative

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Co-Founder & Executive Director of Sunrise Movement

Mayor of Fort Worth

State Representative

Hidalgo County Elections Administrator

Executive Editor of The Texas Tribune

CEO & Co-Founder of The 19th

Legendary Journalist and Founder of News & Guts

Regional Consulting Practice Area Leader at Gensler

MSNBC Anchor and Host of "The ReidOut"

Author and CEO of Rappler

President of The Appeal and Host of the “Justice in America” Podcast

Former National Security Advisor to President Barack Obama

Co-Founder of Supermajority

Democratic Candidate for District Attorney in Westchester County, New York, and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York

Multimedia Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law at Yale Law School

Co-Founder & President of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

U.S. Representative

U.S. Senator

Correspondent for NBC News and Anchor for "MSNBC Live"

Infectious Disease Expert and Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine

Political Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Chief Medical Officer of Odessa Regional Medical Center

Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project and National Political Strategist

Science Writer at The New York Times

CEO of Titus Regional Medical Center

State Senator

Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

Senior Writer at POLITICO

New York City Parks Commissioner

Acting Administrator of the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services under President Barack Obama

CEO of The Texas Tribune

President of Paul Quinn College

Assistant Dean of Civic Engagement & External Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin

Former U.S. Secretary of Education

Middle School Teacher in the Waco Independent School District

President of the Texas Oil & Gas Association

Writer, Lecturer, Political Activist and Feminist Organizer

Republican Political Strategist

Former Speaker of the Texas House

Media Columnist for The Washington Post

Political Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Public Education Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Contributing Opinion Writer at the New York Times and Editor-at-Large at Recode

Anchor of CNN's The Lead and State of the Union

Photographer

State Senator

U.S. Representative

U.S. Senator

State Representative

Chief Political Writer for the Austin American-Statesman

Senior Editor at ProPublica

Senior Staff Attorney at the ACLU

Mayor of Stockton, California

Columnist for The Washington Post

State Representative

Mayor of Houston

President & CEO of the LBJ Foundation

Demographics Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Democratic Candidate for Texas' 24th Congressional District

Photographer

President of the Ford Foundation

Health Care Reporter for The Texas Tribune

Managing Editor of The Texas Tribune

Dean of the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston

Former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Josey Centennial Professor in Energy Resources and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin

National Political Correspondent for The Washington Post

News Editor for the Americas at Bloomberg and Co-Host of "What'd You Miss?"

Chair of the Texas Republican Party

President & CEO of the Houston Parks Board

State Representative

State Senator

Editorial Director for TexasMonthly.com

President & CEO of Goodall-Witcher Healthcare

Editor of the Dallas Morning News

Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project and Republican Media Strategist

Author and Associate Editor at The Washington Post

Republican Candidate for Texas Railroad Commission

Staff Writer at The New Yorker

Former 2020 Democratic Candidate for U.S. President

Co-Founder & Senior Correspondent at Vox

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Director of Electoral Strategy for Texas Organizing Project