Speakers

The Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce brings together public and private-sector strategic partners to identify trends and address challenges that will positively affect the future of our community. As Arlington’s oldest and largest business organization, we are committed to serving our 1,000+ members and advocating for the ‘Can Do' business community of greater Arlington. The Chamber provides numerous opportunities for you to engage with the business community. We encourage you to participate in Chamber programs, initiatives and events that can deliver value to you, your business and your community.

We believe in a world where no story is cut short or silenced by AIDS.

We are working toward a future where every single person living with HIV/AIDS receives life-saving care, gains spiritual hope, and lives a flourishing life without stigma.

We exist to embrace and equip people to live a life beyond AIDS. Our model is unique. We search for our clients and find them in their greatest time of need. Once they are enrolled in the program, clients are offered integrated care that addresses their physical, emotional, spiritual, and economic health. We are working toward a future where every single person living with HIV receives life-saving care, gains spiritual hope, and lives a flourishing life without stigma.

Women Inspiring Philanthropy is a community of women that seeks to transform lives in Arlington, Texas through high-impact and life-long giving. Our members combine annual donations to fund large grants, which are awarded in the summer of each year to local organizations.

Tim O'Hare, the current Tarrant County Judge and former Mayor of Farmers Branch, Texas, advocates that local government is the most impactful level of government on a citizen's day-to-day life.

Throughout his tenure, O'Hare has emphasized that decisions made by county officials regarding property taxes, law enforcement, and local regulations have a more immediate effect on people's finances and safety than those made in Washington, D.C.

Families to Freedom is a Texas-based nonprofit providing free, confidential transportation for survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking—helping individuals and families move from danger to safety and begin again. Since 2015, we’ve worked alongside shelters, hospitals, advocates, churches, and law enforcement to bridge one of the most overlooked gaps in survivor support: transportation.

Whether helping someone reach emergency shelter, supportive family, a hospital, or long-term relocation, we often serve as the “final mile” to safety for survivors and their children.

To date, Families to Freedom has provided more than 1.7 million miles to safety across Texas and beyond.

In 2025 alone, our team helped transport thousands of survivors, children, and even pets to safe destinations while continuing to expand partnerships across North Texas, East Texas, Houston, and surrounding regions. 

We look forward to sharing more about the mission, the realities survivors face, and how transportation can often become the deciding factor between danger and safety.

Imagine. Risking illness and death every day because your drinking water comes from untreated surface water, wells, or rainwater. For tens of thousands of schoolchildren and families in Laos who lack access to safe drinking water, this isn’t something they imagine. It’s something they live with every day. 
At TerraClear Foundation, we’re changing that reality—and doing it in a way that’s innovative, sustainable, and affordable. 
A U.S.-based nonprofit (EIN: 85-3275435), TerraClear Foundation has brought clean, safe drinking water to tens of thousands of schoolchildren and families in Laos. Together with our partners, we’ve provided subsidized ceramic filters and community training that help to reduce illness, improve education, and break the cycle of poverty—all while caring for the environment. 

Southwest Transplant Alliance is a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to fulfilling the gifts of organ and tissue donation. They provide hope to the families grieving a tremendous loss and to the individuals awaiting a life saving transplant.

Real Texas cowhands lead a herd of legendary longhorns down East Exchange in the Stockyards at 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. It’s free for all, and every detail, from the drovers’ saddles and chaps to their boots and hats, embodies authentic Texas heritage. 

It's not every day you see cattle roaming the streets of a modern metropolis — unless you're in Texas' own Unexpected City.