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We are excited to welcome a select number of premier sponsors and supporters to participate in the Festival as partners.</p> <p dir="ltr">To learn more about sponsorship opportunities for the 2015 Texas Tribune Festival, please contact <a href="/web/20150708133853/http://www.texastribune.org/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b6a63626560676e4b7f6e736a787f7962697e656e2564796c">April Hinkle</a>.</p> <p><span> </span></p> </div> <div class="sponsors-list grid"> <h2>Title Sponsors</h2> <div id="south-by-southwest" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.sxsw.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-sxsw.png" alt="South by Southwest"> </a> <p>Internationally renowned for its music, film and interactive technology industry conferences and festivals, South by Southwest now produces acclaimed events for professionals in the fields of education (SXSWedu), sustainability (SXSW ECO) and venture capital entrepreneurism (SXSW V2V). Since 1987, the SXSW brand has a hallmark for events that celebrate the marketplace of ideas and commerce.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/sxsw"> @sxsw </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="the-university-of-texas-at-austin" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.utexas.edu/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/UT_PrimaryStacked_450x225.jpg" alt="The University of Texas at Austin"> </a> <p>The University of Texas at Austin is a world-class research community tackling society’s greatest issues. With students from every state and more than 100 countries, UT is creating the next generation of leaders who will make an impact in Texas and around the world.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/UTAustin"> @UTAustin </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <h2>Major Sponsors</h2> <div id="association-of-texas-professional-educators" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.atpe.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/_450x225_ATPE.jpg" alt="Association of Texas Professional Educators"> </a> <p>The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) is committed to making a difference in the future of Texas public education. With more than 100,000 members, ATPE is the largest independent education association for Texas public school employees. The organization strives to provide every child an equal opportunity to receive an exemplary public education.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/OfficialATPE"> @OfficialATPE </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="att" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.att.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-ATT.png" alt="AT&T"> </a> <p>AT&T; brings it all together, from an industry leading smartphone portfolio to next-generation home automation services and sophisticated solutions for multi-national businesses. For more than a century, AT&T; has provided innovative, reliable, high-quality products and services and excellent customer care. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/ATT"> @ATT </a></li> <li><a href=""> @ATTPublicPolicy </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="beer-alliance-of-texas" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.beeralliance.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/_450x225_beeralliance.jpg" alt="Beer Alliance of Texas"> </a> <p>The Beer Alliance of Texas is a trade association representing beer distributors from the coastal region to the panhandle, far West Texas to the Valley. Our members strictly adhere to today's state-based regulatory model, including maintaining the three-tier system, while exploring new technologies and marketing to better serve the interests of Texas retailers and consumers in the malt beverage industry.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.twitter.com/TXBeerAlliance"> @TXBeerAlliance </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="blue-cross-blue-shield-of-texas" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://bcbstx.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-BCBS.png" alt="Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas"> </a> <p>As the largest, most experienced health care benefits company in the state, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (BCBSTX) provides its members with access to affordable, quality health benefit plans. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas serves 4.9 million members in all 254 Texas counties, which includes employer groups, individuals and government units. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/BCBSTX"> @BCBSTX </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="deloitte" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.deloitte.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-Deloitte.png" alt="Deloitte"> </a> <p>In the United States, Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries have 57,000 professionals with a single focus: serving clients and helping them solve their toughest problems. Deloitte LLP works in four key business areas — audit, financial advisory, tax and consulting — but their real strength comes from combining the talents of those groups to address clients’ needs.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/deloitteGov"> @DeloitteGov </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="google" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.google.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-google.png" alt="Google"> </a> <p>Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="h-e-b" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.heb.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-HEB.png" alt="H-E-B"> </a> <p>H-E-B operates 350 stores in Texas and Mexico. The company is recognized for its fresh food, quality products, convenient services and a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability. It strives to provide the best customer experience at everyday low prices. Based in San Antonio, H-E-B employs more than 80,000 partners.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/heb"> @HEB </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="hatton-w-sumners-foundation" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.hattonsumners.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/HattonSumner_450x225_9pg5ULm.jpg" alt="Hatton W. Sumners Foundation"> </a> <p>The Hatton W. Sumners Foundation supports programs and activities that will result in an increased understanding by the public of the benefits of individual freedom and civic and personal responsibility, and the corresponding threat to liberty posed by a lack of informed, active participation by citizens at all levels of government.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div id="lockheed-martin-aeronautics" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.lockheedmartin.com/aeronautics/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/lockheed-150x150.jpg" alt="Lockheed Martin Aeronautics"> </a> <p>Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The company supplies U.S. and allied military forces with leading combat aircraft, tactical and strategic airlift, special mission aircraft, and global sustainment programs.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="lumina-foundation" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.luminafoundation.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-Lumina.png" alt="Lumina Foundation"> </a> <p>Lumina Foundation is an independent, private foundation committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025. Lumina’s outcomes-based approach focuses on helping to design and build an accessible, responsive and accountable higher education system while fostering a national sense of urgency for action to achieve Goal 2025.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/LuminaFound"> @LuminaFound </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="methodist-healthcare-ministries-of-south-texas" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.mhm.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-Methodist-Healthcare-Ministries.png" alt="Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas"> </a> <p>Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas is a private, faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing medical, dental and health-related human services to low-income families and the uninsured in South Texas. The mission of the organization is "Serving Humanity to Honor God" by improving the physical, mental and spiritual health of those least served in the Southwest Texas Conference area of The United Methodist Church. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/mhmstx"> @mhmstx </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="monument-group" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.monumentgroupllc.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-monument-group.png" alt="Monument Group"> </a> <p>The Monument Group, LLC, established in 2008, is an Austin-based business advisory and public affairs communications consultancy.The Monument Group provides select clients with public affairs/government relations strategy, business intelligence, corporate positioning, advocacy communications, coalition and grassroots issues management, media services and procurement advice. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/TheMonumentGRP"> @TheMonumentGRP </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="pearson" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.pearson.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-pearson_1.png" alt="Pearson"> </a> <p>As the world’s leading learning company, Pearson’s mission is to improve lives through learning. We are driven by our efficacy commitment—to make a measurable impact on learning outcomes. By combining our deep experience in education and creating engaging content with innovative technologies and digital delivery, we partner with institutions and faculty to help people learn and teach more effectively.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/PearsonNorthAm"> @PearsonNorthAm </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="raise-your-hand-texas" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.raiseyourhandtexas.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/textribfest14-sponsor-RYHT.png" alt="Raise Your Hand Texas"> </a> <p>Raise Your Hand Texas is a non-profit education advocacy organization working to strengthen public education in Texas. Raise Your Hand Texas advocates for public policies to strengthen and improve our public schools for all 5 million Texas students, and invests in programs that develop public school leaders to lead effective change in their schools for the benefit of students and families. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/ryhtexas"> @ryhtexas </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="southwest-airlines" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.southwest.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/Southwest-Airlines-450x225.jpg" alt="Southwest Airlines"> </a> <p>In its 42nd year of service, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines is now America's largest low-fare carrier, serving more customers domestically than any other airline with a unique combination of low fares, friendly customer service, safe and reliable operations and an extraordinary corporate culture.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/SouthwestAir"> @SouthwestAir </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="st-davids-foundation" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.stdavidsfoundation.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/StDavidsFoundation_150x150.jpg" alt="St. David's Foundation"> </a> <p>St. David's Foundation invests in a healthy community through funding, hard work, and initiatives to better care for the underserved and uninsured in Central Texas. We help people in every corner of the community through our signature programs and collaborations with more than 60 nonprofit partners.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div id="st-davids-healthcare" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="www.stdavids.com"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/SDH_450x225.jpg" alt="St. David's HealthCare"> </a> <p>St. David’s HealthCare (SDH)—one of the largest hospital systems in Texas—is a unique partnership between St. David’s Foundation, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Georgetown Health Foundation. With locations throughout Central Texas, SDH operates six hospitals, six ambulatory surgery centers, four free-standing emergency departments, four urgent care clinics, rehabilitation facilities and numerous physician practices.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div id="texas-am-university-system" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.tamus.edu/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-TAMU_Sys_Update.png" alt="Texas A&M University System"> </a> <p>The A&M; System is one of the largest systems of higher education in the nation. Through a statewide network of 11 universities, seven state agencies, two service units and a comprehensive health science center, the A&M; System educates more than 131,000 students and makes more than 22 million additional educational contacts through service and outreach programs each year. As chancellor, John Sharp serves as chief executive officer of the A&M; System under the direction of the Board of Regents. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/tamusystem"> @tamusystem </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="ut-southwestern-medical-center" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/UTSouthwestern_450x225.jpg" alt="UT Southwestern Medical Center"> </a> <p>UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world-renowned for its research, widely respected for its teaching and training, and highly regarded for the quality of clinical care its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and its affiliated hospitals.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div id="valero" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.valero.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-valero.png" alt="Valero"> </a> <p>Valero Energy Corporation, through its subsidiaries, is an international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, petrochemical products and power. Valero subsidiaries employ approximately 10,000 people, and assets include 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 2.9 million barrels per day, 11 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.3 billion gallons per year, and a 50-megawatt wind farm. Valero is a Fortune 500 company based in San Antonio.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div id="zachry-holdings-inc" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.zachrygroup.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/_450x225_zachry.jpg" alt="Zachry Holdings Inc."> </a> <p>Zachry Group is America's pace-setter in turnkey construction, engineering, maintenance, turnaround and fabrication services to the power, energy, chemicals, manufacturing and industrial sectors.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <h2>Supporting Sponsors</h2> <div id="aarp" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.aarp.org\tx/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-AARP.png" alt="AARP"> </a> <p>AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with a membership of nearly 38 million, including more than 2 million in Texas. AARP helps people turn their goals and dreams into real possibilities, strengthens communities and fights for the issues that matter most to families such as healthcare, employment and income security, retirement planning, affordable utilities and protection from financial abuse.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/AARPTX"> @AARPTX </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/AARPTejas"> @AARPTejas </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/SafeStreetsTX"> @SafeStreetsTX </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="annette-straus-institute-for-civic-life" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://annettestrauss.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-AnnetteStraussInstitue.png" alt="Annette Straus Institute for Civic Life"> </a> <p>The Annette Strauss Institute envisions a democracy where all citizens are informed, vote, and are actively involved in improving their communities. Through nonpartisan research, education, and outreach, the Institute seeks to understand and overcome obstacles to civic engagement. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/https://twitter.com/AStraussInst"> @AStraussInst </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/https://twitter.com/UTVotes"> @UTVotes </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/https://twitter.com/TexasVotes"> @TexasVotes </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/https://twitter.com/WhyBotherTexas"> @WhyBotherTexas </a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/https://twitter.com/NewPolitixforum"> @NewPolitixforum </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="crosswind-media-public-relations" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.crosswindpr.com/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/txtribfest14-crosswind.png" alt="Crosswind Media & Public Relations"> </a> <p>One of Texas’ top independent firms, Crosswind Media & Public Relations is headquartered in Austin, Texas. We direct communication strategies that strengthen relationships, build brand awareness and create shareholder and stakeholder value for leading clients in energy, financial services, healthcare, higher education, technology, public advocacy and non-profit sectors.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/crosswindpr"> @crosswindpr </a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <hr/> <div id="cynthia-and-george-mitchell-foundation" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://cgmf.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-Mitchell-Foundation.png" alt="Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation"> </a> <p>The Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation is a mission‐driven grantmaking foundation that seeks innovative, sustainable solutions for human and environmental problems. The foundation works as an engine of change in both policy and practice in Texas, supporting high-impact projects at the nexus of environmental protection, social equity and economic vibrancy.</p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://twitter.com/MitchFound"> @MitchFound </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="educate-texas" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.edtx.org /"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/TxTribFest13-sponsor-Educate-Texas.png" alt="Educate Texas"> </a> <p>A leading catalyst for progress, Educate Texas, a public-private initiative of Communities Foundation of Texas, is an innovative alliance of public and private groups that share a common goal: strengthening the public education system so that every Texas student is prepared for success in school, in the workforce and in life. </p> <ul class="handle_list"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.twitter.com/EducateTexas"> @EducateTexas </a></li> </ul> </div> <div id="greater-texas-foundation" class="sponsor_box cell w-4"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150708133853/http://www.greatertexasfoundation.org/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150708133853im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/festival/sponsors/GreaterTexasFoundation_150x150.jpg" alt="Greater Texas Foundation"> </a> <p>Greater Texas Foundation supports efforts to ensure all Texas students are prepared for, have access to, persist in, and complete postsecondary education. 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