speaker series

The Real Estate Council offers a wide range of stimulating programs and must-attend fundraisers along with unlimited opportunities for involvement. Programs and events receive wide participation because of their prestige, exposure and the opportunity for members to engage in purposeful networking and philanthropy.

Bank of texas Speaker Series Presented by The Dallas Morning News
Thursday, January 24 - 7:30 am - The Belo Mansion
Community Breakfast: What's Your Purpose

Roy Spence, founder, chairman and CEO of Austin-based ad agency icon GSD&M, has a great gift for getting to the heart of the matter: “Without a purpose that improves peoples’ lives and contributes to the greater good, organizations will struggle.” Join us to hear an inspirational message from this innovative leader and author and discover more about the purpose-driven life.

Bank of Texas Speaker Series presented by the dallas morning News
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 7:30 AM - The Belo mansion
Presidential Legacy
Join us on Tuesday, December 4 at the Belo Mansion for our next installment of the Bank of Texas Speaker Series presented by The Dallas Morning News. Well on its way to a spring 2013 opening, the $250 million George W. Bush Presidential Center is a game changer for the Central Expressway corridor. Our speakers will be The Honorable Mark Langdale, president of the George W. Bush Foundation, and Alan Lowe, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The Bush Center is America's 13th presidential library complex and will include the George W. Bush Library, which houses the archives and museum, and the George W. Bush Institute, which seeks to improve the human condition through education reform, global health, human freedom and economic growth. Register Now


Bank of Texas Speaker Series Presented by The Dallas Morning News
Friday, October 26, 2012 - 7:30 a.m. at the Westin Galleria
As CEO of the Panama Canal Authority, Alberto Alemán Zubieta is at the helm of the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, due to be completed in 2014. Join us at The Westin Galleria to hear from this Texas A&M graduate about one of the world's most ambitious engineering projects in decades that is changing the global transportation system. Thank you to our sponsors: Compatriot Capital and Stewart Title.  

      

Bank of Texas Speaker Series Presented By The Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 7:30 AM - The Belo Mansion
Capital Markets Forecast
With capital markets loosening up and optimism in vogue, our nationally esteemed panel of experts will provide an analysis of today's makets and what's to come in 2012 and beyond. The panel will be moderated by Mark Gibson, Managing Director of HFF and Chairman of The Real Estate Council. The panelists are: Kurt W. Day, Director and Regional Manager, Real Estate Investments, Metlife; Robert S. Aisner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC; Len O'Donnell, President and Chief Operating Officer, USAA Real Estate Company.  
        
             

The Bank of texas speaker series presented by the dallas morning news
Wednesday, february 1, 2012 - 7:30 am - The Belo Mansion
Guerrilla Philanthropy: Taking Giving Personally
Dallas business legend and philanthropist Morton H. Meyerson is making a big impact on small grassroots efforts with his personal brand of guerrilla philanthropy. Join us for what promises to be a motivating morning as Meyerson explains his fervent motivations and innovative methods of helping those in need. Thank you to our sponsors: Bank of Texas, The Dallas Morning News, Stewart Title, Ernst and Young and Holt Lunsford Commercial.

                 


The Bank of Texas Speaker series presented by the dallas morning news
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 - 7:30 am - The Belo Mansion
Game Changer: The Impact of Sports on Our Regional Economy
Join Norm Hitzges, Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket, Donnie Nelson, The Dallas Mavericks, Dr. Joshua Price, The University of Texas at Arlington, and Trey Yelverton, The City of Arlington, to discuss the big business of sports in our region. We’ll address the importance of post-season action, the influence of mega-events such as the Super Bowl and NBA All Star Game, the ripple effect of first-class venues, and the intangible benefits of sports teams beyond income, property values, jobs and taxes.Thank you to our sponsors:
      

The Bank of Texas Speaker series presented by the Dallas Morning News
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 7:30 am - The belo Mansion
Capital Markets Update
Our second installment of The Real Estate Council's Bank of Texas Speaker Series presented by The Dallas Morning News was held at The Belo Mansion. Moderated by The Real Estate Council Chairman Mark Gibson with HFF, an esteemed panel will provide their analysis of what's up next for capital markets. Panelists include: Steven Ganeless, Senior Vice President with Brookfield Asset Management; Steven R. LeBlanc, Senior Managing Director - Private Markets with Teacher Retirement System of Texas; and Mark Myers Group Head/Executive Vice President - Special Situations with Wells Fargo.

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The Bank of Texas speaker series Presented By The Dallas Morning News
april 1, 2011 - The belo Mansion
World View: Global Influence of Business in North Texas
Featuring Richard W. Fisher, CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Unrest in the Middle East, an earthquake in New Zealand, movement in the Asian stock markets ... how are events around the world influencing how we do business tomorrow in North Texas? Members gathered for insight and answers from Richard W. Fisher, CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Fisher, who assumed this post in 2005, is a member of the powerful Federal Open Market Committee, the Federal Reserve's principal monetary policymaking group. Hear Richard Fisher's "world view" now.