Join The Texas Tribune in person or on our livestream for a conversation with Marvin Odum, chief recovery officer for the city of Houston, moderated by Texas Tribune co-founder and CEO Evan Smith. Odum was appointed by Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner in 2017 to lead the city’s recovery effort from the historic damage it suffered as a result of Hurricane Harvey. Previously, he served as chairman and president of Shell Oil Company and as an executive committee member of Royal Dutch Shell, where he directed a broad portfolio, from traditional oil and gas development to emerging technologies in a wide range of areas, including heavy oil, onshore gas, light tight oil, deepwater, wind and biofuels. Odum also served as CEO of InterGen, a global power development and generation company. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a board member for the National Urban League. Details This event is free and open to the public. Coffee and networking begin at 7:30 a.m., followed by the interview at 8 a.m. Paid visitor parking is available in the AT&T Conference Center garage (parking fee not included in registration). The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. Learn more and become a member at texastribune.org. This series of conversations on business in Texas is presented and hosted by the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. It is supported by the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, the Texas Association of School Business Officials, Anheuser Busch and HoustonFirst. Additional foundation support is provided by the Houston Endowment, the George & Cynthia Mitchell Foundation and the Brown Foundation. Though donors and corporate sponsors underwrite The Texas Tribune events, they play no role in determining the content, panelists or line of questioning.
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