This lecture series brings a prominent policymaker and a subject-matter expert together on a stage for an informative, public discussion of their common interests.
2026: Powering Texas – Challenges and Opportunities
Chairman Bill Flores, Chair of the Board of Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
Powering Texas Video | Bush School News Article | Powering Texas Event Page
2025: Home to Rest: Research Perspectives on the Border Humanitarian Crisis
Emma Newman, Crossing Latinidades Fellow and Remote Wildlands Search and Recovery Volunteer
Victoria Soto, Doctoral Research Assistant for Operation Identification
Deputy Don White, Remote Wildlands Search and Recovery Leader and Brooks County Sheriff Deputy
Home To Rest Video | Bush School News Article | Home To Rest Event Page
2024: Agriculture and Immigration: Voices of American Farmers
Mary Nowak Armstrong, Director of Government Affairs for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Rick Naerebout, CEO of the Idaho Dairymen’s Association
Darren Turley, Executive Director of the Texas Association of Dairymen
Agriculture and Immigration Video | Bush School News Article | Agriculture and Immigration Event Page
2021: Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World
Marc P. Giannoni, Senior Vice President & Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Economic Challenges Post-COVID | Bush School News Article | Economic Challenges Post- COVID Event Page
2020: Where Do We Go from Here? The Economic Outlook for 2021
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum
Where do we go Video | Bush School News Article | Where do we go Event Page
2019: Trade, Finance & Development: A New Role for the United States
David Bohigian, Head of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Trade, Finance, and Development Video | Bush School News Article | 2019: Trade, Finance & Development Event Page
2019: Immigration Policy Challenges Facing Congress
U.S. Congressman Will Hurd, Representative of the 23rd District of Texas
Immigration Policy Challenges | Bush School News Article | Immigration Policy Challenges Event Page
2019: The Economic Impact of Trump’s Trade Policy
Anne O. Krueger, Former First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
2018: Trade and Energy Policy Challenges Facing Congress
US Congressman Bill Flores, Representative of the 17th District of Texas
2018: The Affordable Care Act: Will It Survive and What Comes Next?
Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Economics Professor, Technical Consultant to the Obama Administration on the Affordable Care Act
2017: A Discussion of Economic Conditions and the Role of Monetary Policy
Robert S. Kaplan, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
2016: Changing Structure of the Mexican Economy: Mexico as a Regional Leader
Dr. Manuel Sánchez González, Deputy Governor, Banco de México
2016: Freedom of Religion and the Global Growth of Democracy
Michael K. Young, President of Texas A&M University
2016: Restoring Trust: Financial Crises and Regulatory Responses in the Bush Era and Beyond
The Honorable Richard C. Breeden, 24th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Former Assistant to the President for Issues Analysis
2015: Reflections on Globalization
Richard Fisher, Former President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
