Dixie Friend Gay is a nationally acclaimed artist with a prolific career that spans more than three decades. She is best known for her public art commissions, including those at…
Emily Reichert is the CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest climate tech startup incubator in North America. As the organization’s first employee in 2013, she spearheaded the rapid growth of…
Stephen Klineberg is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Rice University, founding director of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, and is the recipient of twelve major teaching awards at Rice…
Claudia Gee Vassar is the President and General Counsel at the Houston Botanic Garden. Vassar holds a B.A. from Rice University and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Jeff Davis holds an M.F.A. in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Davis is an artist, author, and founder of Davis Editions, a…
Deborah Liles is an Associate Professor and the W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History at Tarleton State University. She is the coeditor of “Women in Civil War Texas: Diversity…
