Catalyzing a New Era of Growth and Discovery

Where else but Fort Worth? As one of the fastest-growing cities in the nation and located squarely in the heart of Tarrant County and in the middle of a region with nearly eight million residents, Fort Worth is perfectly positioned to be the leading hub for innovation and economic growth. The city’s new Innovation District will merge academic research into entrepreneurial product design. Fort Worth has a long history of innovation going all the way back to the Chisholm Trail, the western railroad, and the energy Industry. Now, with Texas A&M growing its Tier 1 research presence in Downtown, Fort Worth is again ready to lead the way in groundbreaking discoveries, partnerships, and sustained economic progress. Where else?

Partners

Board Members

John Goff

Chair
Chairman, Goff Capital / Cresent Real Estate

Susan Ballabina

Board Member
Executive Vice Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

Scott Baum

Board Member                        COO, SEMPRE

Laura Bird

Board Member
President, Anthracite Realty Partners, LLC

Jay Chapa

Board Member
City Manager, City of Fort Worth 

GK Maenius

Board Member
Former County Administrator, Tarrant County

Maegan South

Board Member
Economic Development Manager, Tarrant County

Roger Venables

Board Member
Aviation System Director,
City of Fort Worth

Our Team

Darryl Heath

Executive Director
FWTCIP

Nina Petty

Senior Advisor
FWTCIP
Executive Director
Texas A&M University

Jarratt Watkins

Board Secretary
FWTCIP
Legal Counsel
Winstead – Shareholder

Jon Hockenyos

President
TXP

Alex Feldman

Managing Director
U3 Advisors

Antonina Simeti

Senior Associate
U3 Advisors

Mariko Krause

Associate
U3 Advisors

Tracy Moskowitz

Financial Controller
U3 Advisors

Hub Leadership

Aerospace & Aviation

Ivett Leyva, PhD

Associate Dean for Research, Texas A&M-Fort Worth, Professor and Arthur McFarland Professor of Aerospace Engineering

 

Agriculture &
Food Innovation

Kelly Essler

AgriLife Research Director of Research Employee Experiences

Extended Learning & Workforce Development

Amy Vance, EdD

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

Healthcare Innovation

Susan Rudd Bailey, MD

Medical Director, Institute for Healthcare Access

Special Assistant to the Dean for Strategic Initiatives

Texas A&M University Naresh K. Vashisht College of Medicine

Media & Entertainment

David Parrish

Director of the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M-Fort Worth 

Startup, Entrepreneurship, and Commercialization (SEC)

Denise Canales

Executive Director of Innovation & Strategic Partnerships for Texas A&M–Fort Worth

Executive Director of the North Texas Market Sector for the Texas A&M System

CONNECT WITH US

For the Fort Worth Tarrant County Innovation Partnership, this is just the beginning. Today in North Texas, we are building a better tomorrow for the world. To find out more, contact us here.

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