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80 Finalists Announced for 2026 Innovation Awards; Ross Perot Jr. Named First ‘Legacy of Innovation’ Honoree
by Quincy Preston | Oct 23, 2025
Now in its seventh year, the annual D CEO and Dallas Innovates awards honor innovators shaping the future of North Texas.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 4, 2023
A retired BNSF executive has been appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission.
Fort Worth resident Roger Nober’s term is set to expire on Feb. 1, 2027.
Nober is a retired executive vice president of BNSF Railway and is a principal at Salten Point Consulting....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jul 11, 2022
Arun Agarwal, CEO of Dallas home textile company Nextt, and Katie Farmer, president and CEO of Fort Worth-based railway giant BNSF, have been named to the Texas Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors. Along with seven other Texas execs tapped by Governor Abbott, they will market Texas across the U.S. and abroad as a place to relocate a business and create new jobs.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 16, 2021
The nonprofit is uniting industry and conservation as we move faster and faster towards progress.
How do we radically shape the future? In November, the Laura Bush-founded Texan by Nature hosted a conservation summit to tackle the topic. CEO Joni Carswell urged an audience of innovators, collaborators, and changemakers to “Ask yourself ‘what if?’ Do something different and new and more.”
Here are takeaways.
How do we radically shape the future? In November, the Laura Bush-founded Texan by Nature hosted a conservation summit to tackle the topic. CEO Joni Carswell urged an audience of innovators, collaborators, and changemakers to “Ask yourself ‘what if?’ Do something different and new and more.”
Here are takeaways.
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DI People: Jacobs, BNSF, Kimberly-Clark, Transwestern, and More Make Moves
by Alex Edwards | Sep 18, 2020
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Kirkland & Ellis, UNT Dallas, Munck Wilson Mandala, WiNGS, YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, and GridLiance, among others.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2018
Jarred Howard will establish the Start-Up Fort Worth Foundation; work with the city on incubators and innovation labs; and develop free entrepreneur and small business support services.
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Sep 1, 2016
BNSF Railway is helping the Federal Aviation Administration navigate new commercial drone rules.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
