Theme: You Think You Know

TEDxSanAntonio's Spring 2016 Main Event line-up decisively balances diversity of thought and grounded vision. Topics you think you know about — from humanitarian aid to sharks and rockets — combine global perspective with local relevance. All will cause you to think more, and more deeply, with the opportunity to discuss with the TEDxSanAntonio community.

Participants will enjoy a full day of sessions and interactive exhibits. Participants and attendees of the Watch Parties gathered at various spots are invited to the After Party at Rackspace Global HQ, sponsored by the nonprofit Fiesta for the Mind.

Rackspace Global Headquarters
One Fanatical Place
San Antonio, Texas, 78218
United States

Amy Cunningham

Talent Management Consultant at CHRISTUS Health

Amy Cunningham has spent twelve years working with non-profits and mental health organizations, focused on assisting adolescents in overcoming trauma and redefining their lives. In 2011, she developed the Compassion Fatigue training program for the Center for Health Care Services, Bexar County’s community mental health agency. She currently serves as a talent management consultant for CHRISTUS Health and leads a team dedicated to the implementation and planning of all leadership development programs. Amy pioneered the development of Compassion Fatigue training for CHRISTUS and has had the honor of training over 3000 people across the nation.

Angie Mock

CEO, Boys and Girls Club of San Antonio

Angie Mock’s career covers a wide variety of disciplines including finance, marketing, operations, and human resources. Until 2002, Angie was owner and CEO of Flagstone Hospitality Management, a Memphis-based hotel management company. She sold the company in 2002 to take a short sabbati-cal to be home with her young children. Angie began a consulting practice in 2005, consulting with a wide variety of non-profit and for-profit entities. Since 2011, she has been the CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, leading all aspects of the fourth largest Boys & Girls Club in the nation.

Cariño Cortez

Chef/General Manager at Viva Villa Taquería

Chef Cariño Cortez is a third-generation foodie who grew up in the restaurant business. The family tradition began at Mi Tierra Café in San Antonio, but her passion for cooking has taken her across the country. After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Accounting, Cortez pursued a culinary arts degree from the Culinary Institute of America to marry her business foundation with her love of comida. Cortez spent her externship working in New York City three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Jean Georges, later going on to study authentic Mexican food in Chicago under Rick Bayless. She returned to her home state of Texas to share her true passion for authentic Mexican cuisine and continue the family tradition as chef/general manager for the Cortez Family of Restaurant’s newest addition to the San Antonio restaurant scene, Viva Villa Taquería.

Colin Lang

Aerospace Studies Teacher, Alamo Heights High School

Colin R. Lang is a teacher, mentor, and coach. He is in his ninth year at Alamo Heights High School where he teaches the innovative, project-based (SystemsGo) Aerospace Studies program. He has served as mentor to new teachers, coach, and presenter at science and technology conferences, as well as lead trainer and instructor for the SystemsGo program. Mr. Lang has received several awards including First Year Teacher of the Year (NISD), Spot- light on Excellence Award (AHISD), Texas High School Rugby Coach of the Year, and finalist in the HEB Excellence in Education and Trinity Prize.

Dan Cornell

CEO, Denim Group

A globally recognized application security expert, Dan Cornell has over 15 years of experience architecting, developing, and securing web-based software systems. As the Chief Technology Officer and a Principal at Denim Group, Ltd., he leads the technology team to help Fortune 500 companies and government organizations integrate security throughout the development process. He is also the original creator of ThreadFix, Denim Group’s industry leading applica-tion vulnerability management platform. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Computer Science from Trinity University where he graduated Magna Cum Laude.

Denise Hernandez

Founder, Maestranza

Denise Hernández graduated from Business Careers High School and attended Baylor University. Following encounters with explicit racism for the first time, she began to self-examine her place in society. She was selected as a “Rising Star in Their 20’s” by MySA.com in 2015 and is a co-founder of La Con Safos Beca, a scholarship for Chicano/Brown/undocumented students. She is the founder of Maestranza, which engages the community through education, outreach and activism. She is a Big Sister in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, and an advocate against injustice, particularly related to police brutality, the school-to-prison pipeline, and education systems.

Greg Stunz

Endowed Chair for Fisheries and Ocean Health Professor of Marine Biology, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

With a Ph.D. in marine biology specializing in fisheries ecology and sport-fisheries, Greg Stunz holds the Endowed Chair of Fisheries and Ocean Health at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies and is a Professor of Marine Biology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. His research includes gathering scientific data to ensure healthy environments by understanding the vital role that estuaries and near-shore waters play in sustaining marine popula-tions.

James Andrews

Principal at Overland Partners Architects

James Andrews grew up in Wales and is a principal at Overland Partners Architects. He served as Co-Chair for the AIA San Antonio Committee on The Environment (COTE), as Director of the Board for AIA San Antonio, was a founding member and Chair of United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Central Texas. He has been honored as a sustainability expert by the San Antonio Business Journal’s 2010 Going Green Awards, and his projects at Overland have been recognized with two AIA National Housing Awards, two AIA/HUD Secretary’s Creating Community Connection Awards, and the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.

Jason Rosenfeld

Assistant Director for Global Health, UTHSC-SA

A public health professional with over ten years of experience designing, implementing, and evaluating international health and development programs, Jason A. Rosenfeld began his career in Ghana, West Africa as a Community Health Advisor with the US Peace Corps. He has since worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Food for Peace program in South Africa and Zimbabwe, and with community-based health education partners in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Since 2011, Jason has served as the Assistant Director for Global Health at the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics.

Joyce Slocum

President and CEO, Texas Public Radio

Joyce D. Slocum is President and CEO of Texas Public Radio. Prior to joining TPR, she worked for National Public Radio in Washington, DC, beginning her stint there in June 2008 as General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer, and as Secretary of the NPR Board of Directors and adviser to the NPR Foundation Board of Trustees. In March 2011, Slocum was appointed Interim President & CEO of NPR. In that role, she strengthened NPR’s relationships with key stakeholders and expanded its commitment to investigative journalism, break-ing news coverage, diversity, and digital media.

Kate Hayward

Provocateur, Sticky Knowledge

Kate Hayward is an instructional designer with 30+ years experience commu-nicating with the written and spoken word. In 2007, she attended the first International VizThink Conference and recognized the power of an abandoned skill set in simple drawings. Since 2007, she has brought her discovery to audiences around the world, teaching people to draw again, with great delight. Sometimes, she even has old crayons in her pockets.

Laura Cole

Bibliotech Administrator

Since 2012, Laura G. Cole has led the development of BiblioTech, the nation’s first all-digital public library, and she continues to engage in discussion with government officials and librarians around the world about the immeasurable potential offered by digital libraries. She was keynote speaker at the 2014 International Federation of Library Associates Conference in Birmingham, UK. With a Master’s in Public Administration from UTSA, Laura is currently a Master of Library Science candidate with Texas Woman’s University.

Mark Barnett

STEM & Maker Education Consultant

Mark Barnett is a STEM and Maker Education consultant passionate about equal opportunity technology education. He has served time in the classroom teaching science and technology, and worked for State Education Agencies, local nonprofits, and startups advancing STEM and Maker Education. One of Mark's proudest accomplishments was the serving of almost 30,000 San Antonio students with the Geekbus high-tech makerspace on wheels. Mark has also helped many local organizations improve their STEM education programs, including: The DoSeum, The Boys & Girls Clubs, Judson ISD, Harlandale ISD, and many others.

Scott Allen

Designer at Perkins+Will New York

W. Scott Allen is a New York based designer for Perkins+Will. His portfolio includes a broad range of building types located on nearly every continent. Scott is developing an international reputation for buildings that are practical yet creative and inspirational. His work has been recognized with over a dozen global and local design awards. Two of his projects were finalists at the World Architecture Festival Awards, and he was named a Design Wunderkind by Engineering News Record as a winner of their 2015 New York Top 20 under 40 awards.

Victor Pagona

Chair and Professor of Photography, Southwest School of Art

Victor Pagona is Chair and Professor of Photography at the Southwest School of Art. He holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA in Photography and Sculpture from The University of South Carolina. He is a working artist with over twenty solo shows and numerous group exhibitions. He often collaborates on mixed media video installation/performance work with his wife Sarah Vaught Pagona. Victor has taught in a variety of classrooms, from large tier 1 universities to small liberal art colleges. He was instrumental in creating a new BFA program at the Southwest School of Art, which, in its inaugural year of 2014 named Victor teacher of the year.

Wayne Hartman

Senior Research Engineer at USAA

Holding three U.S. patents in mobile technology and software, Wayne Hartman specializes in iOS development, writing apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. He is a Senior Research Engineer at USAA, and in his spare time develops his own apps, some of which have been listed in Apple’s Top Education Apps, enjoying millions of uses from people worldwide. When not hacking on his own projects, Wayne is an active contributor to open source projects and a volunteer in various capacities, including teaching others how to code.

Zhiyuan (Michael) Ning

Pianist, Student, Rawlinson Middle School

Zhiyuan (Michael) Ning is currently an 8th grader at Rawlinson Middle School and has been playing piano since age six. He won first place with special honors in 2012 and 2014 at the Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Competition. In addition to solo performance, Michael also enjoys performing with other musicians. He has accompanied violin for a friend in a regional exam, and performs with his school orchestra. Recently he took part in a performance at Central Market to raise funds for his robotics team. He and his friends regularly visit nursing homes during holidays to perform for residents.