2010 Hispanic Leadership Summit
Thu March 25, 2010 at Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
As part of its Hispanic Leadership Initiative, the Center hosts an annual Hispanic Leadership Summit in partnership with the Texas Exes and the Texas Politics Project. The summit examines emerging trends and policy issues, bringing together academic and prominent leaders from across the country, and introducing undergraduates to the LBJ School and high school students to the University of Texas. The summit will include panel discussions and keynote speakers. The Texas Exes will also recognize outstanding contributions by Hispanic alumni and promote the Hispanic Challenge Grant Scholarship Fund.
The theme of the 2010 Hispanic Leadership Summit is “Education: the Key to Unlock our Future.”
Directions to the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center
Agenda:
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Opening Remarks
- William Powers, Jr.
President, University of Texas at Austin
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM Panel Discussion: Closing the Education Gap
- Moderator: Richard Flores, PhD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin - Sylvia Acevedo
President and CEO, Communicard - Mark Hugo Lopez, PhD
Associate Director, Pew Hispanic Center - Raymund Paredes, PhD
Commissioner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board - Pablo Schneider
CEO, Career Educational Services and Contributing Editor, Latino Leaders Magazine
- Keynote Remarks by Julián Castro,
Mayor of San Antonio, Texas
- Moderator: Dr. Jim Henson, PhD
Director, Texas Politics Project, The University of Texas at Austin - Antonio Flores, PhD
President and CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities - Robert Hutchings, Dean, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
- Representative Diana Maldonado
Texas State House of Representatives - Victor Saenz, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, The University of Texas at Austin - Representative Michael Villarreal
Texas State House of Representatives
