11:00 AM
Registration Opens

11:30 AM
Welcome
Washington Update: A Business Perspective for Texas
Ambassador Kristen Silverberg
President & COO, Business Roundtable

12:15 PM
Luncheon
Presentation of the Woody L. Hunt Legislative Leadership Award
The Honorable Cody Harris
Texas House of Representatives
The Honorable Charles Perry
Texas Senate

1:30 PM
Powering Texas’ Economic Future: Aligning Education with Opportunity
Joe Esparza
Chairman, Texas Workforce Commission
Mike Morath
Commissioner of Education
Wynn Rosser, Ed.D.
Commissioner of Higher Education
Kelle Kieschnick (moderator)
Vice President of Policy, Texas Business Leadership Council

2:30 PM
Adjourn