Roy Spence, Chairman and Co-Founder of GSD&M Roy Spence is one of the founders of ad giant GSD&M. Spence has brought in two other Texas based marketing organizations, Harbinger and Harman Friday. Together they are partnering with Texas State University’s Meadows Center for Water and the Environment and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) on a project to raise awareness in Texas on water use. What drew you to your new collaboration with the TWDB and the
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q&a+water: Congressman Beto O’Rourke
Beto O’Rourke, Congressman & U.S. Senate Candidate In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, invited U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke, to share their thoughts on Texas water through an identical candidate questionnaire. While the Cruz campaign ultimately declined to participate, the O’Rourke campaign returned the questionnaire. Rep. O’Rourke has served in Congress since 2013, and previously served as a member of the El Paso City Council from 2005-2011. An alumnus of Columbia University, Rep.
q&a+water: John Nielsen-Gammon
John Nielsen-Gammon, State Climatologist of Texas In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Dr. John Nielsen-Gammon, the State Climatologist of Texas. John Nielsen-Gammon is a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University. Dr. Nielsen-Gammon joined the faculty of Texas A&M University in 1991 and was appointed Texas State Climatologist by then-Governor George W. Bush in 2000. Dr. Nielsen-Gammon conducts research on large-scale and local-scale weather, climate, and air pollution. He teaches courses in weather analysis
q&a+water: Brad Farbstein
Brad Farbstein, Owner & President of Real Ale Brewing Company In this issue’s Q&A, Texas+Water Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Todd Votteler, interviews Brad Farbstein, Owner & President of the Real Ale Brewing Company. During his homebrewing days as an Economics major at the University of Texas, Farbstein quickly realized his calling: beer would not just be his hobby – it would be his career. After successfully securing a job in sales for the then-unknown Saint Arnold
q&a+water: Tom Kula
Tom Kula, Executive Director & General Manager of the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) With an annual operations and capital budget of more than $500 million, NTMWD provides drinking water treatment and delivery, wastewater collection and treatment and solid waste services for a population of 1.7 million people in one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. NTMWD operates one of the nation’s largest advanced water treatment plants at Wylie, TX, with a capacity