The Texas Tribune To Host A Conversation With Barry Smitherman December 7, 2012

AUSTIN, TX – Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman will be featured in The Texas Tribune’s next series of conversations with prominent elected officials and newsmakers on the morning of Thursday, December 13 at The Austin Club. Evan Smith, The Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-In-Chief, will serve as the moderator of the in-depth discussion.

Appointed to the Railroad Commission of Texas in July 2011, Smitherman has been the chairman since February 2012. He currently serves as Texas’ representative on both the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission and the Southern States Energy Board, and as Vice Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Gas Committee and on the Coastal Land Advisory Board.

Coffee will be served before the conversation begins, and a question-and-answer session will follow. The Texas Tribune’s series of conversations is generously sponsored by AT&T, BP, Raise Your Hand Texas, Christus Health and Texas Coalition of Dental Service Organizations; and is supported through contributions from founding investors and members. The promotional sponsor is Deborah Ingersoll of Legislative Solutions.

WHAT: A Conversation With Barry Smitherman

WHO: Barry Smitherman, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas

Evan Smith, CEO & Editor-In-Chief, Texas Tribune (moderator)

WHEN: Thursday, December 13

7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m.

Event promptly to begin at 8 a.m.

WHERE: The Austin Club

110 East Ninth Street

Austin, TX 78701

RSVP: Reservation required by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12.

[email protected] or call (512) 716-8626

More information: www.texastribune.org/events

About The Texas Tribune

The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public media organization whose mission is to promote civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government and other matters of statewide interest. In its first two-and-a-half years of operation, the Tribune has won a slew of national recognitions, including four Edward R. Murrow awards, a Knight-Batten award for innovations in journalism and a General Excellence award from the Online News Association.

Official Website: http://www.texastribune.org/events