The Forrest Files: October 29, 2020 — Doreen Lorenzo is a successful leader of global creative firms and has advised Fortune 100 companies on design and innovation issues for decades. …

The Forrest Files: October 27, 2020 — Jessica Shortall is an advocate, author, and speaker, focusing on the economic and human case for people being able to bring their whole selves to work and their communities. She runs Texas Competes, a coalition of more than 1,450 Texas employers making the economic case for Texas to be welcoming…

The Forrest Files: October 23, 2020 — Danielle Barnes is the CEO of Women Talk Design, where she works with hundreds of speakers and event organizers to get a more diverse group of speakers on stage and to inspire more women and nonbinary folks to raise their hands to speak. She also co-founded and co-organizes Austin Design…

The Forrest Files: October 20, 2020 — U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett represents communities from San Antonio to Austin. He serves as Chairman of the Heath Subcommittee on the House Ways & Means Committee, the oldest committee of the US Congress. …

The Forrest Files: October 13, 2020 — Sharron Rush is the award-winning co-founder and Executive Director of the Austin-based nonprofit advocacy, consulting, and training company Knowbility. Since 1998, Sharron has been a leader in raising awareness and skills around the issue of access to technology for people with disabilities. …

The Forrest Files: October 8, 2020 — Since 2017, Brad King has worked as the Editorial Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s ETC Press, an open access publishing press that specializes in trade and peer-reviewed books, academic journals, conference proceedings, and editorial content for the general public. He earned his Masters in Journalism from the University of California…

The Forrest Files: October 6, 2020 — Gerald Youngblood is the Founder of Tankee, Inc., an award-winning media company dedicated to the future of family-friendly digital entertainment. He is also the Head of Brand, Consumer & Creative Services for NSF International, an organization dedicated to protecting and improving global health since 1944. …

The Forrest Files: October 1, 2020 — Dr. Oksana Malysheva is an Austin-based investor, entrepreneur and business executive. She is the Managing Partner and CEO of Sputnik ATX, an accelerator that funds and mentors early-stage startup companies. She is also the Managing Partner and President of Linden Venture Fund. She was born and raised in Ukraine and…

The Forrest Files: September 29, 2020 — Phyllis Snodgrass has been a leader in community engagement for almost two decades. During her 17 year Chamber of Commerce Career, she served as President/CEO of three local chambers before going on to become the VP of Chamber Relations for the Texas Association of Business. Snodgrass then spent four years…