Texas Tribune Festival 2019

Watkins began as politics editor for the Tribune in June after serving as the Tribune’s breaking news editor. Before becoming an editor, he wrote about higher education and the business of college sports for the Tribune. Previously, Watkins covered local government as the Dallas... Read More →

Steinmetz was first appointed to the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents in 2011. He currently serves as chair of the Academic, Clinical and Student Affairs Committee and is a member of the Regents’ Rules Review Committee. Steinmetz is CEO of Vista Bank, where he oversees... Read More →

Del Conte has served as vice president and athletics director at the University of Texas at Austin since 2017. Previously, he served as director of intercollegiate athletics at Texas Christian University and as athletics director at Rice University. Del Conte has also worked in sports... Read More →

Khator joined the University of Houston System in 2008. As chancellor, she oversees a four-university system of nearly 74,000 students. She also serves as board chair for the American Athletic Conference. Previously, Khator served as board chair for the American Council on Education... Read More →

Bjork was selected as Texas A&M University’s athletic director in May. Previously, he served as director of athletics at the University of Mississippi. Bjork has also served in various athletic department leadership roles at schools including Western Kentucky University, UCLA, the... Read More →