Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and former Mayor of Atlanta
Shirley Franklin joined the LBJ School of Public Affairs as the Barbara Jordan Visiting Professor of Ethics and Political Values in 2013. Franklin served as Mayor of the City of Atlanta from 2002 to 2010. Upon her election, she became the first African-American woman elected mayor... Read More →
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Lex Frieden is one of the foremost policy experts, researchers, and disability rights activists in the United States. He is best known as one of the architects of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Frieden is currently a professor of Biomedical Informatics and Physical Medicine... Read More →
Hall of Fame center for the NBA San Antonio Spurs and honored philanthropist
Named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, David Robinson led the San Antonio Spurs to the 1999 and 2003 NBA Championship Titles. Robinson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009 and is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist.Robinson has raised... Read More →
Humanitarian, journalist and former First Lady of California
Maria Shriver is a mother of four, a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer, a six-time New York Times best-selling author, and an NBC News Special Anchor covering the shifting roles, emerging power, and evolving needs of women in modern life.
Since 2009, Shriver... Read More →
Steve Stoute has made a career of helping Fortune 500 companies thrive in the world of popular culture. He is the founder and CEO of the marketing firm Translation, whose client roster includes iconic brands like State Farm, McDonald’s Corporation, and Anheuser-Busch InBev. In... Read More →
Thursday April 10, 2014 2:05pm - 3:00pm CDT
LBJ Auditorium
