Great Conversations

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Great Conversations

Great Conversations is the Annette Strauss Institute’s signature annual fundraising event benefiting our education, outreach, and research programs. 

At the event, we celebrate civic involvement through special recognitions, the presentation of the Shirley Bird Perry Longhorn Citizenship Award and the Corporate Citizenship Award, and table conversations led by prominent statewide and community leaders. 

Over the years, Great Conversations has become an annual convening of elected officials and staff, community and student leaders, university faculty and administrators, and members of the press. 

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2026 HONOREES

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2025 SPONSORS

as of February 21, 2025

PLATINUM

Chevron

H-E-B

 

ANNIVERSARY

CPS Energy

Janie and Cappy McGarr

Linda Moore

Lower Colorado River Authority

Rodney and Cristie Schlosser

Sam L. Susser

Texas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. 

 

GOLD

Texans for Lawsuit Reform

 

SILVER

Amazon

AT&T

Clifton Consulting / Sarver Strategies

Comcast and Velma Cruz

Davis Kaufman PLLC

Dell Technologies

Edward S. Knight

Greg and Arellana Levenson

Howard Energy Partners/Kelly McBeth

Integrated Advocacy Solutions

LBJ School of Public Affairs

Oncor

NRG

Samsung

The Honorable Jim and Ginny Turner

Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation


BRONZE

Association of Electric Companies of Texas

Cheniere Energy

Desk 138, LLC

Focused Advocacy/ Snapper Carr, Curtis Seidlits, & Brandon Aghamalian

Google

Jessica and Tom Oney

Lee Walker and Jennifer Vickers

Nancy and Bobby Inman

Raise Your Hand Texas

Texas Academy of Family Physicians