September 5th Luncheon

This luncheon will be at Maggiano's!!

Speaker: Bill King

                Bill King is a life-long resident of the Houston area.  He earned undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Houston.

                Mr. King has enjoyed a varied business and legal career, including serving as the national managing partner of Linebarger, Goggan, Blair & Sampson, Of Counsel to Bracewell & Giuliani and the president of Southwest Airport Services, Inc.  He is currently the managing director of a real estate investment firm and serves on the board of the Methodist Retirement Communities, a faith-based non-profit that operates twelve senior care facilities in Texas.

He wrote for the Houston Chronicle from 2005-2015.  From 2010-2015 he authored a bi-weekly column and served on the editorial board.  He has also authored two books.  His most recent is Unapologetically Moderate: My Search for Rational Center in American Politics.  He is a regular contributor to Real Clear Politics and publishes his own widely followed blog at www.BillKingBlog.com. 

                Mr. King’s community involvement includes numerous public service and volunteer organizations.  From 1992-2005, he served in various positions with the City of Kemah including two terms as Mayor.  In the wakes of Hurricanes Rita and Ike Mr. King served on gubernatorial commissions and chaired a regional task force on the disastrous Rita evacuation.  The recommendations of that task force became the basis of new evacuation plans adopted for the region.  In 2015 and 2019 he was a candidate for mayor of Houston.

He has also served in many capacities with charitable and civic organizations, including Interfaith Ministries, Methodist DeBakey Heart Council, HISD Foundation, Crime Stoppers, Galveston Bay Foundation, Memorial-Hermann Foundation, Trees for Houston, and many others.