Associate Leadership Council (ALC) 

This program day explores the history Dallas was built upon, the strengths and challenges facing our economy and community, and the role each individual plays as a leader in our city.

Previous speakers include: Mike Ablon (PegasusAblon), Jeff Swope (Champion Partners), and former Dallas Mayor Thomas C. Leppert

This program focuses on what it takes to gain confidence as a young leader, leading through periods of adversity and organizational change, and charting one’s rise as an entrepreneur.

Previous speakers include: Lucy Billingsley (Billingsley Company), Bill Cawley (Cawley Partners), Michael Dardick (former founding partner and CEO of Granite Properties), Sarah Hinkley Kennington (Thirty-Four Commercial),

This program explores the services that Dallas-area school systems provide students throughout their academic careers and the challenges administration faces.

Previous speakers include: Todd Williams (The Commit Partnership), Tony Dona (Thackeray Partners), and Dallas College Chancellor Dr. Justin Lonon

This program examines Dallas’ economy through an artistic lens as we explore the impact that creative spaces, industries, innovation, and culture have on the identity of our city.

Previous speakers include: Lily Cabatu Weiss (Dallas Arts District), Erin Cluley (Erin Cluley Gallery), Jed Morse (Nasher Sculpture Garden), and Julian Rodarte (Trinity Groves)

This program focuses on the inner workings of the City of Dallas and how local governments throughout North Texas affect the commercial real estate industry.

Previous speakers include: Scott Rohrman (42 Real Estate), J.H. Cullum Clark (George W. Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative), Mattye Jones (Coats Rose, P.C.), and former Dallas Mayor Ambassador Ron Kirk

This program delves into our city’s healthcare systems, innovation within the healthcare industry, and the access Dallas residents have to healthy lifestyle choices through private and publicly-funded services.

Previous speakers include: Dr. Marc A. Nivet ( Executive Vice President, UT Southwestern Medical Center) and Christina Mintner (Senior Vice President of Population Health, Parkland Health and Hospital System)

This program examines our region’s economic health drivers and provides a deep dive on economic development, including negitiating for new development, public incentives, and equitable, inclusive development.

Previous speakers include: Robin Bentley (Assistant City Manager, City of Dallas), Jennifer Staubach Gates (former Dallas City Council member), Robert Kaplan (former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

This program analyzes our city’s physical sustainability and the challenges Dallas faces as its population and demand for resources continues to grow.

Previous speakers include: Steven Duong (AECOM), Jim Knight (KFM Engineering & Design), and Michael Morris (North Central Texas Council of Governments)

Each of our previous programs culminate as we explore how the interconnectedness of our city’s history, governance, infrastructure, education, economy, and healthcare work together to create a profound effect on the communities that have experienced disinvestment throughout Dallas.

Previous speakers include: Mike Geisler (Venture Commercial Real Estate), Eddie Garcia (Chief of Police, Dallas Police Department), Daron Babcock (Bonton Farms), and Kristian Teleki (Matthews Southwest)