2013 Texas Tribune Festival

Galbraith covered energy and environment for The Texas Tribune from 2010 to 2013. Previously she reported on clean energy for The New York Times from 2008 to 2009, serving as the lead writer for the Times' Green blog. She is the co-author of The Great Texas Wind Rush, a book about... Read More →

Boyuls, a Fredericksburg native, is running for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission. He is currently a partner at St. Augustine Capital Partners, an energy-focused investment firm. He practiced law at the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher where he specialized in regulatory law... Read More →

Carter, R-Dallas, is running for the Texas Railroad Commission and has represented District 102 in the Texas House since 2011. She serves as the vice chairwoman of the Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and sits on the Appropriations and Criminal Procedure Reform committees. In 2011... Read More →

Craddick was elected in 2012 to serve a six-year term on the Texas Railroad Commission. She is an attorney specializing in oil and gas, water, electric deregulation and environmental policy. From 2002 to 2011, she served as the chief political and legal adviser to the speaker of the... Read More →

Shepperd has served as president of the Permian Basin Petroleum Association since 2006. He represents oil and gas interests before legislative and regulatory bodies in Texas, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. He has more than 20 years of experience working on state legislative and regulatory... Read More →