Elliott Witney is chief program officer of Good Reason Houston’s program team, where he oversees district and school support, early childhood work, and human capital strategy. Prior to joining Good…

Sandra Guerra Thompson is the Newell H. Blakely Professor in Law and Director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. She is the recipient of the…

Lyn Ragsdale is the Radoslav A. Tsanoff Professor of Public Affairs and professor of political science at Rice University. She has written five books and numerous articles on the American…

Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton is the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston, Texas. This seven-time National Poetry Slam Competitor, and Head Coach of the Houston VIP Poetry Slam Team, has been…

Nizar Farsakh is a principal at Farsakh Training Consulting LLC;  Chairman of the Board of the Museum of the Palestinian People in Washington, D.C.; and a lecturer at the Elliott…

Galia Golan is professor emeritus and former head of the political science department of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a founder of the activist advocacy group Peace Now, and…

Michelle García is a journalist and essayist and recent Soros Equality fellow with Open Society Foundations. In 2019, she completed the prestigious Dobie Paisano writer’s residency, while roaming a 200-acre…

Lindita Camaj is an associate professor at the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication at the University of Houston. She researches individual and societal factors that determine the impact of…

Perry Allen Price joined HCCC as executive director in 2016. Prior to coming to Houston, he was director of education at the American Craft Council in Minneaoplis and curator of…

Stephen Vladeck is a nationally recognized expert on the federal courts and constitutional law. He has argued many cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the lower federal courts and…