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Texan by Nature Names 23 Companies to Its 2025 TxN 20, Recognizing Texas Businesses Advancing Conservation
by Lance Murray | Oct 27, 2025
From DFW Airport to Darling Ingredients, North Texas leaders join other innovators statewide proving that conservation and business can thrive together.
by Lance Murray |
Dec 13, 2024
Brad Phillips will retire on June 15, 2025, after 36 years at Darling, the company said. His position will be filled by current EVP and Chief Strategy Officer Robert Day in February. Sandra Dudley will succeed Day under the new title of EVP, renewables and chief strategy officer.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 24, 2024
TxN 20 recognizes the best and most innovative work in conservation coming from businesses based or operating in Texas. Texan by Nature Founder and former First Lady Laura Bush called the honorees "pioneers, collaborators, and changemakers."
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 20, 2024
Randy Hill is a partner at Opportune LLP, a business advisory firm focused on consulting, outsourcing and investment banking. He previously served in many roles during his tenure as a partner in the audit practice of KPMG, including audit partner-in-charge at KPMG's Dallas office.
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North Texas Companies, DFW Airport Named to 2023 Texan by Nature 20 List
by Lance Murray | Nov 8, 2023
Founded by former First Lady and Dallas resident Laura Bush, Texan by Nature recognizes the best and most innovative work in conservation coming from businesses based or operating in Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 20, 2023
As John Bullock, known for his transformational leadership, plans to retire from Darling Ingredients, the company welcomes Robert Day, a veteran with nearly three decades of agribusiness experience, to continue Bullock's legacy of innovation and strategic growth.
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by Lance Murray |
May 12, 2023
Irving-based Darling Ingredients Inc., the largest publicly traded company turning edible by-products and food waste into sustainable products and a leading producer of renewable energy, has announced changes to its executive management team....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 17, 2023
Dallas Innovates and D CEO celebrated 68 honorees and revealed the winners of our fourth-annual Innovation Awards at an event held at On the Levee in the Dallas Design District.
Here's a full list of winners and finalists.
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Follow the Money: Aerwave Lands $20M for Connectivity Platform, Align Capital Partners Raises $620M for Third Fund, and More
by Kevin Cummings | Nov 7, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about automated payment solutions startup UPAY raising new funds; Fort Worth’s Star Castle Ventures' $5.25M raise; Carlyle Group acquiring a majority stake in Dallas’ Aspen Power Partners; CenterOak Partners selling Wetzel’s Pretzels for $207M; and other deals.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 3, 2022
Now in its fourth year, the program from Dallas Innovates and D CEO honors 68 disruptors and trailblazers driving a new vision for innovation in North Texas.
Finalists will be recognized in the January/February issue of D CEO magazine and online at DallasInnovates.com. Winners will be revealed at an exclusive awards event in January.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Oct 24, 2022
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about Sinclair Digital Services’ $5 million fundraising effort; Energy Spectrum Capital helping to launch a new energy firm; Darling Ingredients’ $1.2 billion acquisition; the Dallas Cowboys’ official accounting firm merging with BKM Sowan Horan; and more.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 8, 2022
Plus: 7-Eleven acquires last-mile delivery startup; American Heart Association invests in $43M healthcare innovation fund; Fort Worth real estate investors raise $32.4M for new fund; Dallas College Lands $8.8M to boost biotech workforce; UT Southwestern researchers land funding for hypothermia therapy study; and more North Texas deals.
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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)
