The Texas Tribune Festival 2012

Amy Hardberger is a professor at St. Mary’s School of Law who teaches property and land use planning. Before joining St. Mary’s, Hardberger worked at the Texas office of the Environmental Defense Fund. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Western District of Texas... Read More →

State Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, was elected in 2010. Larson currently serves on the House Natural Resources Committee; the Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee; and the Local and Consent Calendars Committee. Larson previously served as a San Antonio city councilman and... Read More →

Becky Motal became the Lower Colorado River Authority’s general manager in 2011. She began working for LCRA in 1972 after receiving a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin. She left to pursue a law degree before returning to LCRA in 1987 as manager... Read More →

Andrew Sansom is a former executive director of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, executive director of the Texas Nature Conservancy and founder of the Parks and Wildlife Foundation of Texas. His published works have appeared in Texas Monthly, The Texas Observer, Houston City... Read More →