Dallas Business Leadership Briefing Series

The NDCC Dallas Business Leadership Briefing Series features influential business leaders who offer current information that a businessperson and others in the community can put to practical use. The presentations explore timely business issues, and speakers are available immediately following each seminar for questions.

Date Wednesday, February 22
Time 7:30 a.m.
Location North Dallas Chamber of Commerce, 10707 Preston Road

Speaker Thomas C. Royer, MD, Interim CEO of Parkland Health & Hospital System

Cost No charge for NDCC members, $15 for prospective members. Continental breakfast will be provided. Please RSVP by Feb. 20.

Register online.

Sponsor Haynes and Boone LLP

Speakers at previous briefings include:

Edwin Flores, Dallas ISD Trustee

Lois Finkelman, Chairman, City of Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force

Mark Weinstein, President & CEO, AT&T Performing Arts Center

Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm

Dallas Mayoral Candidates

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins

Andy Rittler, Director of Corporate Affairs, LBJ Express

John Ellis Price, President, University of North Texas Dallas Campus

Dallas Police Chief David Brown

Texas Senator Florence Shapiro

Talmage Boston, Partner, Winstead and Baseball Historian

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle

Cheryl Hall, Business Columnist, The Dallas Morning News

Dr. Ron Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Parkland Memorial Hospital

Dallas ISD Board, District 1 Candidates Edwin Flores, Kyle Renard, Linus Spiller and Melvin Cannon

Dallas County Commissioner Maurine Dickey

Dallas City Council Members Linda Koop, Ann Margolin and Ron Natinsky

Tony Pederson, Belo Distinguished Chair in Journalism at SMU

Rebecca Dugger, Director, Trinity River Corridor Project

Ann Margolin and Brint Ryan, Dallas City Council District 13 Candidates

Ebby Halliday, Founder & Chairman of the Board, Ebby Halliday Real Estate, Inc.

Max Wells, Vice Chairman, Sterling Bank

Ron J. Anderson, MD, MCAP, President and Chief Executive Officer of Parkland Health & Hospital System

Lee Jackson, University of North Texas Chancellor

Tim Cowlishaw, The Dallas Morning News

Congressman Pete Sessions

Craig Reynolds, DISD Facilities Task Force and Dr. Edwin Flores, DISD Trustee

Lisa Bormaster, Dallas Business Journal

Bill Hale, TxDOT District Engineer

Bill Lively, President & CEO, Dallas Center for the Performing Arts

Margaret Keliher, Executive Director, Texas Business for Clean Air

John Crawford, President & CEO, and Kourtny Garrett, Vice President-Marketing, Downtown Dallas

Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk

Don Raines, Wallace Roberts & Todd, LLC

David Dean, Chairman and CEO, Dean International.

State Representative Rafael Anchia.

Mayoral Runoff Candidates Tom Leppert and Ed Oakley.

Dallas Mayoral Candidates Forum Featuring Sam Coats, Gary Griffith, Don Hill, Darrell Jordan, Tom Leppert, Ed Oakley and Max Wells

Craig Watkins, Dallas County District Attorney

Mary Frances Burleson, President, Ebby Halliday, REALTORS

Willis Winters and Rebecca Dugger, City of Dallas

Linda Koop and Ron Natinsky, Dallas City Councilmembers

Peggy Weaver, Galleria Dallas, Billy Hines, NorthPark Center and Robb Jackson, Valley View Mall

U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions and U.S. Rep. Tom Fenney

John Sharp, Former Texas Comproller

Steve Orsini, Athletic Director, Southern Methodist University

Britt Berrett, President and CEO, Medical City Dallas Hospital

Dr. David Daniel, President, University of Texas at Dallas

Sam Coats, Former CEO, Schlotzsky's Inc.

Phillip Jones, President, Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau and DCVB Board Members Billy Hines, Arthur Hollingsworth and Peggy Weaver

Edwin Flores, Dallas ISD Trustee

Janet Tharp, City of Dallas - Forward Dallas and Paul Maute, Carter & Burgess

Norm Hitzges, SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket

Dr. Michael Hinojosa, General Superintendent, Dallas ISD

Linda Paulk, President, Snelling Personnel Services

Lupe Valdez, Dallas County Sheriff

Ron Kirk, Former Dallas Mayor

David Johnson, Business Analyst, KRLD NewsRadio 1080

Donald W. Hill, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, City of Dallas

William A. Blase, Jr., CEO, SBC-Southwest

Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Founder, President and CEO, The Cooper Aerobics Center

Keven Ann Willey, Vice President and Editorial Page Editor, Dallas Morning News

Florence Shapiro, State Senator - District 8

Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Judge and Ron Harris, Collin County Judge

Dr. Jesus Carreon, Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District

Judge Margaret Keliher, Dallas County Judge

Phil Ritter, Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments

Pete Kline, Chairman, Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau

Ted Benavides, Dallas City Manager

Dr. Albert W. Niemi Jr., Dean, SMU Cox School of Business