• Antonio Furino, Ph.D., Director, Center for Health Economics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX

• Jim Reid, President, Southern Dallas Development Corporation

• Pedro R. Garza, Regional Director, Economic Development Administration, Southwest Region, U.S. Department of Commerce, Austin, Texas

• The Honorable Ron Kirk, Mayor, City of Dallas

• Norm Kaderlan, PhD, Director, Austin Technology Incubator, Austin, TX

• Fred Shultz, PhD, Director, Meridian Technologies, Stillwater, OK

• Don Carruthers, Deputy Director, Startech Technology Development Center, Richardson, TX

• Jim Reid, President, Southern Dallas Development Corporation, Dallas, TX

• John Ware, President, Vision 21, Dallas, TX

• Ray Covey, Manager, Economic and Community Development, Central Power and Light, Corpus Christi, TX 

• John Paul Moore, Fellow, Texas Rural Communities, Inc., Austin, TX

• Delore Zimmerman, Senior Fellow for Community and Enterprise Development, Center for the New West, Denver, CO

• William Archey, President and CEO, American Electronics Association

• Deaton Bednar, Director, EnterTech Project, ICē Institute, Austin, TX

• Gilbert Leal, PhD, President, Texas State Technical College, Harlingen, TX

• Judith Carrier, PhD, President, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX 

• John Butler, PhD, Graduate School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

• Cheri Hensley, Executive Director, Rural Education and Action Learning (REAL), Austin, TX

• James Todd II, Educational Resource Development Group, Oakland, CA 

• John Niles, President, Global Telematics, Seattle, WA

• Grace Chen, Chairman and CEO, e-CommLink,Inc., Houston,TX

• Chris Gehring, Director, Public Online Business, Dell Computer, Austin, TX

• Dionn Schaffner, Vice President of Marketing, Garden.com, Austin, TX

• Mike Acosta, Associate Director, Texas Center for Border Economic Development, The University of Texas At El Paso, El Paso, TX

• Jacqui Varma, The John C. Ford Program, Dallas, TX

• Pat Foy, Intel, Fort Worth, TX

• Jon Roberts, Angelou Economic Advisors, Austin, TX

• George J. Friberg, Director, Technology Ventures Corporation, Albuquerque, NM

• Paul Myers, The Capital Network, Austin, TX

• Stan Corvin, President, Economic Development Capital Corporation, Plano, TX

• Roland Arriola, Vice President for External Affairs, The University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX

• Emily Sopensky, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Austin, TX

• Chip Barba, CSSI Systems Inc., Dallas, TX

• Deirdre Mendez, PhD, President, Foreign Business Management Consultants, Austin, TX

• Laura Loyacono, Director of Economic Development Program, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, CO

• Dan Berglund, Executive Director, State Science and Technology Institute, Westerville, OH

• John Ahlen, President, Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, Little Rock, AR

• Ann Guissinger, Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Baton Rouge, LA

• Nick Salazaar, President, North Central New Mexico Economic Development District, San Juan Pueblo, NM

• Sheri Stickley, Associate Director, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, Oklahoma City, OK

• Carol Conway, Director, Southern International Trade Council, Southern Growth Policies Board, Research Triangle Park, NC

• George Raphael, Chief Economist, St. Louis Regional Commerce Growth Association, St. Louis, MO

• Laurie Thompson, Director of Programs, National Association of Development Organizations, Washington, DC

• Sharon Strover, PhD, Director, Telecommunications and Information Policy Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

• Mike Stagg, Rural Digital Initiative, Lafayette, LA

• John Shelnutt, PhD, Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

• George Kozmetsky, ScD, Chairman, ICē Institute, Austin, TX

• Roger Caves, PhD, Director of Research, World Foundation for Smart Communities, San Diego, CA

• Martha Russell, PhD, College of Communications, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

• Phillip A. Singerman, PhD, Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC

• Richard Zukowski, Senior Economic Adjustment Specialist, Economic Adjustment Assistance, EDA, Washington, DC 

• John Shelnutt and Terre McLendon, Institute for Economic Advancement, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

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