Sarah Holliday is a writer and editor. She received her B.A. as a University Scholar from Baylor University before earning an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Vanderbilt University. She lives in Plano, TX with her husband and their four rescue animals.
Jeremy Schwartz is a reporter for Propublica and investigator for The Texas Tribune.
Nahla Owens attends Phillips Exeter Academy in Houston. She has worked on political campaigns as a member of her school’s Democratic Club. She is a state leader for Students Demand Action and has served as an ACLU research fellow and volunteer and Borgen Project intern.
Nancy Sims is a parent, public relations professional, professor (lecturer) and a pundit. She has been teaching Women in Politics for nearly 20 years at the University of Houston.
William Treadway is a former U.S. Army Officer from Houston, Texas. He attended The Kinkaid School in Houston before heading to West Point. He led soldiers from the First Infantry Division in combat against the Taliban. He left the military in 2014 and returned to Houston where he now lives and works.
Bio for op-ed today: Dr. M. Ray Perryman is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Perryman Group, an economic and financial analysis firm which has served the needs of over 2,500 clients over the past four decades, including more than half of the Fortune 100, two-thirds of the Global 25, and ten US Cabinet Departments.
