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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