Sister Helen Prejean is a Roman Catholic nun of the Congregation of St. Joseph, a leading activist for the abolition of the death penalty, and the founder of Survive, an…

Aralee Dorough is principal flutist of the Houston Symphony Orchestra and first appeared as soloist with the HSO in 1992, at the beginning of her second season as principal. Ms.…

Daron Shaw is Professor, University Distinguished Teaching Professor & Frank C. Erwin, Jr. Chair of State Politics at the University of Texas, Austin. He serves on the editorial board for…

Deborah Cramer is a Visiting Scholar at the Environmental Solutions Initiative at MIT. Her book, Smithsonian Ocean: Our Water, Our World, is the companion publication to the Sant Ocean Hall, a…

Timothy Hester is professor of piano and director of Keyboard Collaborative Arts at the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. Mr. Hester has performed as a soloist…

Desmond Hoebig is professor of cello and principal cellist at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. As guest soloist, Mr. Hoebig has performed with the Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego, Madison,…

Bob Cavnar is a 30-year veteran of the oil and gas industry with deep experience in operations, start-ups, turn-arounds, and management of both public and private companies.  He holds degrees…

Marsha Recknagel is a writer and artist who received her Ph.D. from Rice University, where she taught creative writing and was named writer-in-residence in 2002. In 1988, Dr. Recknagel was…

J. Dennis Huston is Professor Emertius of English at Rice University, where he taught from 1969 until 2017. He has won a number of George R. Brown teaching awards, the…

Roderick P. Hart is the dean and the Allan Shivers Centennial/Cronkite Chair of the College of Communication at the University of Texas, Austin, and was also the founding director of…