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Charles Duke BRUCE BOYER MIKE MAXWELL New Braunfels – Mark Hampton Vickrey & Associates, Inc 2020 TEXAS LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATE SPONSORS America’s SBDC Texas McKenna Foundation 2020 Texas Legislative A N N U A L Associated General Contractors Mignon McGarry Conference Co-Sponsors 5 4 t h of Texas (AGC) Moeller & Associates ACCENTURE • BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS September 2020 Astoria Strategic Wealth Moody Bank CEMEX • CENTERPOINT ENERGY – Brian Cox, Principal Natural Bridge Caverns GUADALUPE BLANCO RIVER AUTHORITY (GBRA) New Braunfels TEXAS WATER SUPPLY COMPANY • WALMART Austin Firefighters Association New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung Civic Convention Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council New Braunfels Independent Reception–Luncheon Sponsors School District Center Bascon Crahan PLLC ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS • CPS ENERGY New Braunfels Smokehouse GUADALUPE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE (GVEC) Bluebonnet Motors New Braunfels Utilities MARTIN MARIETTA • TASKUS Borgelt Law Outdoor Advertising Association Facility Sponsors Broaddus & Associates of Texas (OAAT) GREATER TEXAS CREDIT UNION • M&S ENGINEERING Broadway Bank Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Inc. 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Mahon 1978 Red McCombs 2001 State Representative Ray Lopez KEVIN MEIER John B. Connally 1979 George W. Bush 2002 Texas Water Supply Company Abner McCall 1980 Karl Rove 2003 James Bass, Executive Director – Texas Department of Transportation DOUG MILLER Anne Armstrong 1981 David Robinson 2004 Travis Kelly, Vice President of Stakeholder Engagement – Miller & Miller Insurance Agency George H.W. Bush 1982 Laura Bush 2005 Texas Central KEVIN PATTESON, General Manager Lloyd Bentsen 1983 Ed Whitacre 2006 GBRA John Ben Shepperd 1984 Rick Perry 2007 September 15 & 16 at 10:00AM (Virtual) RAY PERRYMAN, President & CEO John Tower 1985 David Dewhurst 2008 The Perryman Group John Traeger 1986 T. Boone Pickens 2009 CENSUS 2020: IMPACTS ON FUTURE ELECTIONS AND FUNDING PIKE POWERS, Attorney at Law James A. Baker, III 1987 Peter M. 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Strauss 1992 Joe Straus 2015 LUNCHEON AND FEATURED PANEL: THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION JASON REED – Vice President of Operations Barbara Jordan 1993 John Cornyn 2016 Martin Marietta Herb Kelleher 1994 Pike Powers 2017 Moderator: Gerry Griffin, Flight Director for all Apollo missions and Former CARLTON SCHWAB, President & CEO Bob Bullock 1995 George Strait 2018 Director – Johnson Space Center Texas Economic Dev. Council James E. “Pete” Laney 1996 Lamar Smith 2019 Panelists: Charles Duke, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot HEMANT SEHGAL, Vice President TaskUs Daniel Brandenstein, Former Astronaut and Executive Vice President and COO – United Space Alliance JOHN SHARP, Chancellor The Texas A&M University System 2020 Texan of Tom Henricks, Former Astronaut and Former President – Aviation DENISE TRAUTH, Ph.D., President the Year Week Texas State University Charles Duke JUDGE JEFF WENTWORTH Panels approved for 3.0 State Bar of Texas Accredited CLE Hours..
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