Speakers
Jose Beceiro – Senior Director, Global Energy 2.0, The Greater Houston Partnership; HTXelerator Board Member
Chris Bell – Former Member of U.S. House of Representative from Texas 25th District (2003 – 2004); Former Member of the Houston City Council from the at-large (1997 – 2002)
Ellen Cohen – Former Texas State Representative from District 134 (2007 – 2011); Former Member of the Houston City Council from District C (2012 – 2020)
Micheal Conklin – Manager of Economic Development & E-Mobility, CenterPoint Energy
Marc Eichenbaum – Special Assistant to the Mayor for Homeless Initiatives, City of Houston
Robert Fiederlein – Chief Financial Officer, Urban Partnerships Community Development Corporation (UP CDC)
Yvonne Forrest – Director of Water, City of Houston
Juliana Garaizar – Head of Houston Incubator; VP, Innovation at Greentown Labs
Jim Granato – Executive Director, Hobby School of Public Affairs
Carol Haddock – Director of Public Works, City of Houston
Dr. Debbie Harwell – Professor of History, University of Houston
Mark Jones – Professor Political Science, Rice University
Dr. Stephen Klineberg – Founding Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research; Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Rice University
Ryan LeVasseur – Managing Director of Direct Real Estate, Rice Management Company
R.W. McKinney – Houston Historian, Mister McKinney's Houston History Bus
Maria Del Pilar Montes – Director of Boards and Commissions, Harris County
Belinda Null – Chief of Criminal Investigations Command, Houston Police Department
Alexander Obregon – Chief Operating Officer & Deputy City Controller, City of Houston
Anise Parker – Former Mayor of Houston
Eliza Paul – District Engineer, Texas Department of Transportation
Samuel Peña – Fire Chief, Houston Fire Department
Sanjay Ramabhadran – Board of Directors, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
David Robinson – Member of the Houston City Council At-large Position 2; Chair of the Transportation, Technology & Infrastructure (TTI) Committee
Mustafa Tameez – CEO & Founder, Outreach Strategists
Margaret Wallace – Director of Planning & Development Department, City of Houston
Stephen Williams – Director of Health Department, City of Houston