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Alex Edwards

Alex Edwards is a former Senior Editor of Dallas Innovates. She graduated from the University of Mis...

Alyssa Mora

Alyssa Mora is a senior at the University of North Texas Mayborn School of Journalism. She is pursui...

Amanda Kraft

Amanda Kraft: With over 15 years of management consulting experience, Amanda Kraft brings a deep und...

Amanda Kraft and Melody Mattox

Amanda Kraft: With over 15 years of management consulting experience, Amanda Kraft brings a deep und...

Angela Spears and Joslin Sansom

Angela Spears is Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy & Marketing at Animal Supply Company....

Brian Sullivan

Brian Sullivan is co-founder of the Big Design Conference.

Chase Ezell

Chase Ezell has over a decade of writing experience. A former PR agency account executive and mana...

Chase Mardis

Dallas Innovates photography intern Chase Mardis is a senior at West Texas A&M University pursui...

Chloe Bennett

Dallas Innovates Editorial Intern Chloe Bennett is a sophomore at the University of San Francisco, ...

D'Anzia Robertson

Dallas Innovates Editorial Intern D’Anzia Robertson is a senior at the University of Texas at ...

Dave Montgomery

Dave Montgomery is an Austin free-lance journalist whose career has spanned a half-century of report...

Erreka Campbell

Erreka T. Campbell Associate, Polsinelli Erreka Campbell is a business-minded real estate attorne...

Fort Worth Economic Development

Fort Worth Economic Development is a Dallas Innovates Silver Sponsor. Great cities are more than a n...

Holly Ragan

Holly Ragan is the Dallas Office Practice Leader for FKP / CannonDesign with experience helping acad...

Isabella Couture

Isabella Couture will be attending Texas A&M University this fall, majoring in biomedical engine...

Jewels Clark

Dallas Innovates Media Maverick Jewels Clark has degrees journalism and public relations with a mino...

Julia Falcon

Dallas Innovates editorial intern Julia Falcon is currently working on her bachelor’s degree ...

Katie Kelton

Dallas Innovates editorial intern Katie Kelton is a freshman at Texas Christian University pursuing...

Kevin Cummings and Quincy Preston

Kyle Lukianuk

Kyle is a social entrepreneur with a love for business and a passion for the power of millennials to...

Mallory Houser

Dallas Innovates editorial intern Mallory Houser is a senior at the University of Kansas pursuing a...

Nicholas Sakelaris

Nicholas Sakelaris has been a journalist in Dallas-Fort Worth for more than a decade covering every...

Paul Corliss

Paul Corliss is the UNT System’s Chief Communications Officer and also leads marketing and com...

Quincy Preston and Lance Murray

Rachel Linch

Dallas Innovates editorial intern Rachel Linch is a senior at the University of North Texas pursuing...

Stacie Adams

Stacie Adams is the Vice President for Corporate Citizenship at Axxess.

Taylor Lowder

Dallas Innovates editorial intern Taylor Lowder is a senior at Texas Christian University pursuing ...

Tony Osterhaus

Tony Osterhaus is chief delivery officer for Imaginuity, a full-service digital marketing agency ...

Our Voices

Alan Cohen

Assistant Superintendent of Early Childhood, Dallas ISD

Amanda Talbot

Editorial Assistant, D Magazine Partners

Anne Motsenbocker, JPMorgan Chase, and Rick Lopez, Garland ISD

Bart Showalter

Firmwide chair of the Intellectual Property Department, Baker Botts

Bill Sproull

President and CEO, Richardson Chamber of Commerce and Tech Titans

Bob Wright

Founding Member, Wright Connatser PLLC, Sponsor

Carl Soderstrom and Richard Blunk

Founding Partner, Green Park & Golf Ventures LLC and
Managing Director and General Counsel, Thermopylae Ventures LLC

Catherine Cuellar

Director of Partnerships, Luscinia Health

Charles Glover

Senior Program Officer, Meadows Foundation

Clyde Valentin

Director of the Arts and Urbanism Initiative at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts

D'Andrea Willis

Content Marketing Specialist, Sabre Corporation, Sponsor

Dupree Scovell

Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Woodbine Development Corporation

Eric Griffin

Managing Director, Research and Innovation, Dallas Regional Chamber

Gilbert Gerst

Senior Vice President, BOK Financial, Sponsor

Gloria Salinas, Managing Director, Economic Development, DRC

Gunnar Rawlings

Corporate Work Study Director, Cristo Rey Dallas Prep

Harris Eyre, MD, Ph.D.; Sanjiv Das; and Kacie Kelly

With acknowledgment to Bill Sproull; Eric W.Bennett; Debbie Beck, Ed.D.; Alyssa Dietz, Ph.D.; Erin Smith; Julie Fratantoni, Ph.D.; Andy Keller, Ph.D.; Gagan Wig, Ph.D.; Sebastian F. Winter, MD; and Sandra Bond Chapman, Ph.D.

Hayden Blackburn

Heath May

Hubert Zajicek

CEO and Co-Founder, Health Wildcatteres

Jasmin Brand

Jason Roberts

Co-Creator, Better Block Project; Founder, Oak Cliff Transit Authority, Bike Friendly Oak Cliff, Go Oak Cliff, and Art Conspiracy

Jennifer Conley

VP of Communications, Vinli

Jeremy Vickers

Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Texas at Dallas

Jessica Elliott

Jill Glass

Communications Manager, UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management, Sponsor

Joe Chiarella

Founder, Patent Index and the Inventiveness Index

Joe D. May

Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District

John Backes

Founder, Motive, Sponsor

John Olajide

John Stalle

John Steinmetz

Vice Chairman, CEO, & President of Vista Bank

Jonathan Silk

Joni Carswell and Taylor Keys

Joyce Mazero

Justin Smith

Karen Krygowski Bruno

Founder, Digital Conduit/Technology Ball

Kathleen Otto and George Goodno

Keith Bray

Kevin Moriarty

Artistic Director, Dallas Theater Center

Kevin Vela

Founding Partner, Vela Wood

Kevin Walker

Owner, CultureLab

Kim Rice

Krista Bourne

President-South Central Market, Verizon, Sponsor

Krista Nightengale

Lance Crosby

Chairman and CEO, StackPath

Larry James

Executive Director, CitySquare

Lauren Acton

Lauren Hasson

Startup and Technology Adviser

Leah Frazier

CEO & Owner, Think Three Media

Lynn McBee

Chief Executive Officer, Young Women’s Preparatory Network

Mandy Price

CEO, Kanarys

Mariah Hay

UX Director, Universal Mind, Sponsor

Mark Gilman

Manager of the Business & Technology Division, J. Erik Jonsson Library, Sponsor

Matt Alexander

Founder, Need

Matt Houston

Melanie Ferguson

Director of Special Projects, Matthews Southwest

Michael Pratt

Michael Vidikan

Founder, Future in Focus

Michael Wood

Education & Workforce, DRC

Miguel Solis

Vice President, Dallas ISD School Board

Mike Ablon

Mike Koprowski

Chief of Transformation and Innovation, Dallas ISD

Mike Pratt

Founder and CEO, Panamplify

Mike Rosa

Senior Vice President, Economic Development, Dallas Regional Chamber

Morgan Christian

Public Policy Manager, DRC

Nakia Douglas

Principal, Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy

Neal Smatresk

President of the University of North Texas, Sponsor

Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist

Voices Contributing Writer

Orlando Campos

Director of Economic Development and Tourism, Town of Addison, Sponsor

Patricia Blasquez, Director, Regional Marketing

Prisma Garcia

Director of Capacity Building, Social Venture Partners Dallas

Regina Nippert

Executive Director, The Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education

Richard Blunk

Robert Frantz

Patent Agent

Romelia Flores

Technical Executive, IBM

Sabari Raja

Founder, Nepris

Salah Boukadoum

Founder, Soap Hope

Sandra Chapman

Scott Brueggeman

Scott Harper

Co-Founder and CEO, Dialexa

Seda Maurer

Sharon Lyle

Co-Founder, Public City

Sheryl Jean

Stacie Barnett

Principal, Public Relations & Brand Management, Richards Partners

Stephanie Lee

Senior Manager of Business Development, Sabre Travel Network, Sponsor

Susan Hoff

Susy Solis

Suzanne Smith

Founder, Social Impact Architects

Tech Titans

Thomas Roderick and George "Holt" Oliver

Todd Chusid

Practice Director, Mobile and Modern Web Practice, Randstad Technologies, Sponsor