The Travis County Medical Society (TCMS) was chartered in 1853, when Texas had been a state only eight years and construction of the State Capitol had just begun. On October 22, 1853, the Texas Medical Association officially organized the Travis Medical Society. Since that time, Travis County physicians have worked in partnership to address issues of public health, ethics, training, medical standards, and more. Today, TCMS has over 4,000 physician members. Physicians throughout Travis County rely on TCMS to lobby at the Capital for doctor and patient rights, provide resources to make the practice of medicine easier to navigate as well as providing up to the moment communication and educational opportunities.

The Texas Trial Lawyers Association was founded in 1949. More than seven decades later, our mission remains the same: empowering trial lawyers. When trial lawyers have the tools to best represent their clients, Texas is a better, safer, and healthier place to live and work. That’s why our service-oriented approach is designed to give our members an edge in the courtroom, at the Capitol, and in their practices. Our list servers and networking opportunities provide members with access to the full power of our members’ collective wisdom and experience. Our legislative advocacy and political involvement puts TTLA members at the center of every fight to protect the 7th Amendment and the right to trial by jury. Our cutting edge education seminars, as well as products, services, and information, help our members keep pace with the ever-changing legal environment. With members from every corner of the state and firms of every size, TTLA is the largest, most connected organization of plaintiff’s lawyers in Texas. Our membership is united by shared vision that everyone deserves access to our courts and no one is above accountability. We will continue to empower our members to fight for the rights of every Texan.

The alumni association of UT Austin, serving more than 110,000 members and more than 540,000 alumni.

The Texas Classroom Teachers Association is the leading teacher association in Texas, with 50,000 members statewide. TCTA has been protecting the rights of teachers and advocating on their behalf since 1927. We are an independent nonprofit, nonunion professional association for educators with no labor union affiliations. Our mission has never wavered. TCTA represents classroom teachers and other instructional personnel who are not classified as administrators. Learn more at tcta.org.

Municipal Advisory Partners is a financial services company based out of 26 Park St Ste 2010, Montclair, New Jersey, United States.

The Texas Automobile Dealers Association (TADA) is the statewide trade association representing over 1,200 franchised automobile dealerships in nearly 300 communities throughout the state of Texas. It represents the dealer body before the Texas Legislature, Congress, and all regulatory agencies. As the voice of Texas’ franchised automobile dealers in public policy and regulatory matters, TADA advocates on behalf of its members for fair and ethical business practices to better serve consumers in Texas. TADA is also a resource for its members, providing access to business best practices, educational training programs, legal support, and an annual conference. TADA promotes the best interests not only of franchised dealers but also consumers. The association supports programs for the resolution of consumer complaints and places high priority on consumer welfare by promoting motor vehicle and driver safety as well as a safe, reliable highway system. By supporting laws that benefit franchised dealers, the automobile industry and consumers, TADA can further promote a business climate that fosters growth, opportunity and financial stability. Above all, TADA members are committed to creating jobs, providing quality service, and giving back to their communities through time and resources. The Texas Automobile Dealers Association is a member of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), the association representing all franchised automobile dealers in the United States.

Formed in 1974, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) represents Texas community banks. The Austin-based group is the largest state community banking organization in the nation, with membership comprised of more than 2,000 banks and branches in 700 Texas communities. Providing safe and responsible financial services to all Texans, IBAT member bank assets range in size from $27 million to $39 billion with combined assets statewide of nearly $256 billion. IBAT member banks are committed to supporting and investing in their local communities.

The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) is a statewide trade association representing every facet of the Texas oil and natural gas industry including small independents and major producers. Collectively, the membership of TXOGA produces in excess of 80 percent of Texas’ crude oil and natural gas, operates over 80 percent of the state’s refining capacity, and is responsible for the vast majority of the state’s pipelines. In fiscal year 2020, the oil and natural gas industry employed more than 400,000 Texans in direct jobs and paid $13.9 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties, funding our state’s schools, roads and first responders. Founded in 1919, TXOGA is the oldest and largest oil and gas trade association in Texas representing every facet of the industry.

Serving Texas by Providing Confidence and Security for Over 100 Years Founded in 1908, TLTA is a statewide trade association representing the Texas title insurance industry and currently serving over 13,000 professionals involved in the safe and efficient transfer of real estate. In the course of their daily work, our membership serves over a million consumers each year. With active members in every Texas county, TLTA membership comprises over 90 percent of all title insurance agents and underwriters licensed to do business in Texas. TLTA members provide certainty, efficiency and security to real estate transactions by conducting title searches, examinations, closings and issuing title insurance to protect real property owners and mortgage lenders against losses from defects in titles. TLTA provides a comprehensive program of regulatory and legislative advocacy on the state and federal level, a full line-up of educational programming, including a professional certification program and the most up-to-date industry news and information through our e-newsletters, website and other resources. For more than 100 years, TLTA has played a vital role in the success of the land title industry in Texas and continues to be a vibrant and responsive organization for the benefit of its members and consumers they serve.

Forté’s community of motivated and inspiring women is changing the balance of power in the workplace. We open doors for those who identify as women to reimagine what they can achieve in business—from launching first jobs to advancing to the C-suite. Our powerful alliance of talented women, influential companies, leading undergraduate and business schools, and pioneering donors empowers women to change their career trajectories, their earning power, and their lives. Through business education, role models, professional networks, and leadership training, Forté shows women how to build the credibility, skills, network, and confidence to thrive as leaders and change the status quo.

Global Conservation was founded to protect our most important and endangered wild places. We are the only nature conservation group whose mission is the direct funding of park protection systems for national parks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in developing countries. We are working with our conservation partners and supporters to bring our Global Park Defense program to 25 global parks by 2025. Through Global Park Defense, we can enable “No Cut, No Kill” protection for the world’s most critical national parks and UNESCO World Heritage Sites. As wild spaces become scarcer, it becomes increasingly important to protect World Heritage Sites and National Parks. Illegal poaching, logging, mining, land clearing and$ human encroachment are destroying our last intact wild places. Over the next decade we will destroy over 50% of our remaining intact wildlife habitats for endangered megafauna like tigers, primates, bears, lions, elephants and rhinos. At current rates of deforestation, protected areas will be the only remaining places to harbor intact primary forests in developing countries.