Theme: The Difference That Makes a Difference

Sharing their life-changing ideas, our live speakers are: Former Texas Senator Wendy Davis, Children at Risk President and CEO, Dr. Robert Sanborn and, Applied Psychologist and Florida State Family & Child Sciences Department Head, Dr. Joe Grzywacz. In addition, the audience will be treated to two TED videos selected by the event staff.

Gateway Center Ballroom
801 North Texas Blvd
Denton, Texas, 76201
United States

Bob Sanborn

Dr. Sanborn is a noted leader, advocate, and activist for education and children and the President and CEO of CHILDREN AT RISK. Dr. Sanborn earned his undergraduate degree at Florida State University and his doctorate at Columbia University in New York City. Before entering the non-profit sector, he had a distinguished career in higher education at institutions such as Rice University and Hampshire College. He has worked and served as a senior leader with many organizations, always bringing with him a focus on innovation, collaborations with like-minded groups, resource developing partnerships, and a belief that all children deserve extraordinary opportunities to succeed.

Joe Gryzwacz

Dr. Grzywacz is an interdisciplinary social scientist whose research focuses on human health, both the absence of illness or morbidity and the presence of human thriving. The primary focus of his research program is the health-implications of everyday work and family life. With over 10 years of ongoing support from the National Institutes of Health, he has studied the structural and psychosocial aspects of work and family that pose direct health threats. This focus is illustrated by research studies focused on nonstandard work schedules, flexible workplaces, and specific worker populations like immigrant workers and the "low wage" or "precarious" workforce. He is also keenly interested in the pathways through which everyday work and family circumstances contribute to human health.

Wendy Davis

Wendy Russell Davis is an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Fort Worth, Texas. Davis served as a Texas Senator from 2009 to 2015. On June 25, 2013, Davis held an eleven-hour-long filibuster to block Senate Bill 5, a measure which included more restrictive abortion regulations for Texas. The filibuster played a major role in Senate Democrats' success in delaying passage of the bill beyond the midnight deadline for the end of the legislative session, though it ultimately passed in a second session