2013 Texas Tribune Festival

Kofler is an award-winning reporter and television producer who has served as KERA’s news director, the Austin bureau chief and a legislative reporter. In addition to her work in journalism, she founded and operated her own communications firm, Kofler Communications, in Dallas and... Read More →

Eckels is president of Texas Central Railway, a private enterprise seeking to build a high-speed rail system linking the Dallas-Fort Worth area to Houston. Previously, he served as county judge of Harris County and chairman of the Harris County Toll Road Authority.

Fickes was first elected Tarrant County commissioner in 2006. He is also the president of the Texas High-Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation. He is a member of the North Central Texas Council of Government Regional Transportation Council and vice chairman of the Transportation... Read More →

LeCody is the president of Texas Rail Advocates, a nonprofit organization working toward providing information and education on freight and passenger rail issues in Texas. He serves on the TxDOT I-35 Corridor Advisory Committee, the TxDOT Rail Division Steering Committee and the National... Read More →

Stockton oversees the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and serves as the designated liaison to the Texas A&M vice chancellor for research. He also serves as the Institute's principal liaison with the Texas Department of Transportation. Stockton received his Ph.D. in civil engineering... Read More →