Engaging Conversations - Graves Dougherty Hearon & Moody

2007 Benefitting the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians

The mission of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians is to provide access to affordable health care for Austin's low income, uninsured musicians, focusing on prevention and wellness.

2007 Table Hosts

Art Acevedo
Police Chief for the City of Austin; former commander of the Planning and Analysis Division of the California Highway Patrol; a law enforcement professional for more than 21 years

Susan Antone
Managing owner of Antone's House of the Blues; noted photographer of music legends; long time supporter of community organization American Youthworks

Nak Armstrong and Anthony Camargo
Founding partners and creative visionaries behind Anthony Nak Fine Jewelry; winners of industry awards including the Perry Ellis Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America

Cathy Bonner
Marketing expert and community leader; founder of The Women's Museum; author of What I Want Next; leader of the effort to pass $3 billion in state bonds to create the Cancer Research and Prevention Institute of Texas

Patricia A. Young Brown
President and CEO, the Travis County Healthcare District; former CEO of the City of Austin's Community Care Services Department; board member of the Indigent Care Collaboration

Clayton Christopher
Founding partner and CEO of Sweet Leaf Tea; noted Austin entrepreneur; named 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for the Central Texas Region

Ian Crocker
Olympic gold medalist and world champion swimmer; 22-time All-American and 10-time NCAA Champion at The University of Texas at Austin; one of only three in NCAA history to win four consecutive 100-meter butterfly titles

John Cullen
Partner in private investment company Capstar Partners; former CEO of GulfStar Broadcasting and COO of Capstar Broadcasting; former President of the International Division of Clear Channel Communications

Jeff Eller
President and CEO of Public Strategies Inc.; from 1991-1994, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs in the Clinton White House; developer of strategies for numerous political campaigns

Cedric Golden
Austin American-Statesman sports columnist and online blogger ("Golden's Nuggets"); as a sportswriter, has covered two Super Bowls, two NBA Finals and three college world series

Steve Jackson
President and editor-in-chief, Steve Jackson Games; creator and publisher of popular card games, board games and roleplaying games; youngest person ever named to the Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame

Tim and Karrie League
The founders of the Alamo Drafthouse and the creative minds behind the Drafthouse's Rolling Roadshow Tour and now-legendary original-location events like Weird Wednesdays and the Quentin Tarantino Film Festival

David Oshinsky
2006 Pulitzer Prize winner in history for Polio: An American Story, which details America's obsession with the disease in the 1940s and 1950s; Jack S. Blanton Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin

Patrick Rose
Second-term Texas State Representative from District 45 and winner of the 2003 Rookie of the Year by Texas Monthly; among Texas' youngest State Representatives

Mort Topfer
Managing director and co-founder of Castletop Capital investment firm; founder and chairman of the Topfer Family Foundation, recognized by leading organizations for his charitable work; vice chairman of Dell Inc. from 1994--2000

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