Lisa Falkenberg speaks at 2016 conference. (Photo by Jack Plunkett)
The FOI Foundation of Texas state conference features a keynote speaker from journalism, politics or other fields.
Past conference keynote speakers have included:
- State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, 2023
- Rep. Todd Hunter & Sen. Nathan Johnson, 2022
- Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, 2021
- State Sen. Kirk Watson, 2019
- Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, September 2018
- James Madison Award recipient, Jim Moroney, 2017
- Lisa Falkenberg, Pulitzer Award-winning journalist, 2016
- Mark Updegrove, director of LBJ Presidential Library, 2015
- Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, 2014
- State Sen. Wendy Davis, 2013