Press-Conferences & Briefings

Elected Officials:

  • Mexico President Felipe Calderón
  • King, Saudi Arabia
  • Head of the European Union delegation to the U.S. former Prime Minister of Ireland, John Bruton
  • United States Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates
  • Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
  • United States Senator John Cornyn
  • United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
  • United States Representative Michael Burgess
  • United States Representative Kay Granger
  • United States Representative Ralph Hall
  • United States Representative Jeb Hensarling
  • United States Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
  • United States Representative Sam Johnson
  • United States Representative Pete Sessions
  • Former United States Representative Martin Frost
  • Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration and
  • Customs Enforcement (ICE), Julie L. Myers
  • Former Commissioner of Education, Jim Nelson
  • Texas Governor Rick Perry
  • Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst
  • Former Texas Secretary Geoffrey S. Connor
  • Former Texas Comptroller, Carole Keeton Strayhorn
  • Former Texas Commissioner for Public Education, Dr. Shirley Neeley
  • Texas State Senators
  • Texas State Representatives
  • Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez
  • Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert
  • Former Dallas Mayor Laura Miller
  • Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
  • General Superintendent of Dallas ISD, Dr. Michael Hinojosa
  • Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern
  • Ambassador of Greece, Alexandros Mallias
  • Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the U.S., Lee Tae-sik,

Major Company Relocation Announcements:

  • Comerica Bank
  • Essilor of America, Inc
  • Fluor
  • Research In Motion/Blackberry
  • Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

Major Executives:

  • Joel Allison, president and C.E.O. of Baylor Health Care System
  • Robert A. Chereck, Dallas regional president for Wells Fargo
  • Richard W. Fisher, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Ronald J. Gafford, president and CEO of Austin Industries
  • Sheila Crump Johnson, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television
  • Erle Nye, chairman emeritus of TXU Corp.
  • Dr. Ray Perryman, founder and president of The Perryman Group