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Kinder Institute Lunch-Out 2021 Honoring Bob Eury Featuring Dr. Stephen Klineberg Tuesday, May 11, 2021 Presenting Sponsors “I thought I knew and understood public relations until I started working with CKP. CKP takes a 21st-century approach to public relations. They are a well-rounded group who not only understood our business, but understood our needs better than we did, which is why our brand presence and perception have never been higher. On top of the great work they do, they are a great group of people, with high integrity and work ethic. It is apparent they believe in what they do— they believe in their clients and it shows.” —Matthew Kades, former president, McDonald’s Greater Houston Operators Association We integrate public relations, marketing and branding to create remarkable results. We’re here to make your messaging stronger and your life easier. How can we help? theckpgroup.com Lunch-Out Program Welcome William Fulton Director, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research Sponsor Recognition Introduction David W. Leebron, President, Rice University Keynote Address Central Findings of the 40th Kinder Houston Area Survey Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D. Founding Director, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Rice University Robert Bozick, Ph.D. Associate Director, Kinder Houston Area Survey Senior Fellow, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research Remarks Ruth N. López Turley, Ph.D. Director, Houston Education Research Consortium Professor of Sociology, Rice University Presentation 2021 Stephen L. Klineberg Award PRESENTED BY The Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston AWARDED TO Robert M. Eury, President, Central Houston Remarks Jenifer L. Bratter, Ph.D. Kinder Fellow, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research Founding Director, Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity Professor of Sociology, Rice University The Honorable Lina Hidalgo, Judge, Harris County William Fulton, Director, Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research Immediately following the program, the breakout rooms can be accessed via Zoom. Breakout Rooms Ensuring the Education System Serves All Students Featuring Ruth N. López Turley, Ph.D., Erin Baumgartner, Ph.D. and Daniel J. Potter, Ph.D. Inequality, Equity and Race in Houston Featuring Jenifer L. Bratter, Ph.D. Future of Life in Houston After COVID-19 Featuring William Fulton, Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D. and Robert Bozick, Ph.D. 1 Lunch-Out Presenters William (Bill) Fulton William Fulton is the director of Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research. He is a former mayor of Ventura, California, and director of planning & economic development for the city of San Diego. Since arriving at the Kinder Institute in 2014, Fulton has overseen a tripling of the institute’s size and budget. He is the author of seven books, including Guide to California Planning, the standard urban planning textbook in California, The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles, which was an L.A. Times best-seller, and Talk City: A Chronicle Of Political Life In An All-American Town. His most recent book is The Texas Triangle: An Emerging Power in the Global Economy (with Henry Cisneros and others). He currently serves as board chair for Metro Lab Network, a national network of research partnerships between cities and universities, and vice chair of LINK Houston, a transportation equity advocacy group. Fulton holds master’s degrees in mass communication from The American University and urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. David W. Leebron David W. Leebron has served as Rice University’s seventh president since 2004, a period of growth and transformation for the university, including making engagement with Houston a top priority. A native of Philadelphia, Leebron is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he was elected president of the Harvard Law Review. Following a judicial clerkship on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, he taught at the UCLA School of Law in 1980. After two years practicing with an international law firm in New York City, he joined the faculty at the NYU School of Law in 1983. In 1989, Leebron joined the faculty of Columbia Law School, where in 1996 he was appointed dean and served in that position until coming to Rice. He is a member of the political science faculty at Rice and has written about and taught international trade and investment, torts, privacy, corporate law and human rights. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany, and a Jean Monnet Visiting Professor at Bielefeld University. Leebron is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he serves on a variety of boards including the Greater Houston Partnership. He has also been awarded Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite by the government of France and the Encomienda de la Orden de Isabel La Católica by the government of Spain, and holds an honorary degree from Nankai University. Leebron and his wife, University Representative Y. Ping Sun, have two children, Daniel and Mei. 2 Lunch-Out Presenters Ruth N. López Turley, Ph.D. Professor Ruth N. López Turley founded and directs the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a research-practice partnership between Rice University and eleven Houston area school districts, representing over 700,000 students. Founded in 2011, HERC is a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University that aims to improve educational equity by connecting research to policy and practice, working directly with district leaders. She also helped start the National Network of Education Research-Practice Partnerships, which supports almost 50 partnerships between research institutions and education agencies throughout the country. She has served in elected and appointed positions in the American Sociological Association, the American Educational Research Association, the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, and the National Research Council of the National Academies. She has received numerous teaching and mentoring awards, including the George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching. She is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard and is originally from Laredo, Texas. The Honorable Sylvester Turner Sylvester Turner was elected mayor of Houston on December 12, 2015 and re- elected in December 2019, now serving his second four-year term. He was born and raised in the Acres Homes community in northwest Houston. Mayor Turner graduated from the University of Houston and Harvard Law School before joining the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. He later founded the Houston law firm of Barnes & Turner in 1983. In 1988, Turner was elected to the Texas House of Representatives to serve the people of House District 139 in northwest Houston. He served until his election as mayor, working on the House Appropriations Committee for 21 years and serving as Speaker Pro Tem for three terms. He was appointed to several Budget Conference Committees to help balance the state’s budget and served on the Legislative Budget Board. Since taking office, Mayor Turner passed four balanced budgets; led the city’s remarkable rebound from Hurricane Harvey; and expanded municipal investments in renewable energy. 3 Lunch-Out Presenters Jenifer L. Bratter, Ph.D. Dr. Jenifer L. Bratter is a Professor of Sociology at Rice University and the founding director of BRIDGE (Building Research on Inequality and Diversity to Grow Equity). Her current research explores the growing complexity of race and ethnicity in the 21st century and its bearing on the formation of families, identity, and social inequality. She has authored several peer-reviewed articles and co- edited “Unmaking Race and Ethnicity” (with Michael Emerson and Sergio Chavez). Through the Kinder Institute, Dr. Bratter has organized several events including “Having the Talk: Teaching Race in the Undergraduate Classroom” and “Measuring the Multiple Dimensions of Race.” She was awarded the 2009 Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation for Career Enhancement to study patterns of residential patterns of mixed-race families. The Honorable Lina Hidalgo Lina Hidalgo is the head of Harris County’s governing body. She is the first woman to be elected County Judge and only the second to be elected to the Commissioners Court. Harris County is the third-largest county in our nation with a population of more than 4.5 million. The Judge and four County Commissioners oversee a $4.3 billion budget that funds key county services and institutions. The Judge is the presiding officer on the Commissioners Court. As the main governing body of Harris County, it plays a critical role that is administrative, legislative and judicial. By state law, the Judge is also the county’s director of emergency management, leading the Harris County Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Management. In addition to her formal duties, Judge Hidalgo plays an important advocacy role for the County. Judge Hidalgo believes our region will remain competitive only through proactive and creative leadership on issues like flood control, transportation, criminal justice reform and education. She is committed to ensuring that Harris County government is transparent, accessible and accountable to every resident. She wants Harris County to be a place where everyone can attain the American Dream. 4 Lunch-Out Presenters Stephen L. Klineberg, Ph.D. Keynote Speaker Dr. Stephen L. Klineberg has been shaping local thought on the ongoing trends in the Houston metropolitan region for 40 years. As the director of the annual Kinder Houston Area Survey (1982–2021), he has tracked the economic outlooks, demographic patterns, experiences and beliefs of area residents during a period of remarkable change. Klineberg’s book, Prophetic City: Houston on the Cusp of a Changing America, explores the national implications of the first 38 years of this research and was published in June 2020 by Simon & Schuster.