Texas Tribune Festival 2019

Conley serves as chief business and operations officer, where she is responsible for the district's budget and capital program. In 2018, she was appointed to the Texas Commission on Public School Finance by then-Speaker Joe Straus. Prior to joining AISD, Conley worked for several... Read More →

Swartz is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. Previously, she was a staff writer at both Talk and The New Yorker and spent 13 years as a reporter at Texas Monthly. She is a two time National Magazine Award winner and is the author of “Ticker: The Quest to Create an Artificial... Read More →

Chambers has served as superintendent of Alief ISD since 2011.  In 2013, he helped the Texas House develop House Bill 5, which revamped the state’s curriculum and graduation requirements. Chambers also helped the House develop HB 22, which reformed the state’s A-F school rating... Read More →

Scott served as Texas Commissioner of Education from 2007 to 2012. Previously, he served two terms as the Texas Education Agency’s acting commissioner and served four years as chief deputy commissioner, in which role he managed daily TEA operations. Scott has also served as senior... Read More →

Trevino is a founding member, past president and current vice president of Texans Advocating for Meaningful Test Assessment. In 2016, she served as a governor appointee to the Texas Commission of Next Generation of Assessment and Accountability. Previously, Trevino worked in private... Read More →

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