This should be very interesting.
Greater Houston Pachyderm Club
Join us for our weekly meeting
Tuesday, June 24, 2014This week our special guest speaker is
Judge Robert Eckels
President, Texas Central RailwayPlease join the Greater Houston Pachyderm Club in welcoming this week’s special guest speaker, our former Harris County Judge, Robert Eckels! Judge Eckels will be sharing with us his work on the privately-funded Texas high-speed rail project.
Robert’s long and distinguished career in the public sector gives him a keen sense of what it takes to make large infrastructure projects a reality. As Texas Central Railway’s President, Robert is doing what he does best – engaging and bringing together potential investors and project partners, managing key relationships with community and elected officials and TCR’s current partners, and keeping the public and critical stakeholders informed of the project’s progress. Robert’s widely acclaimed leadership acumen and his determination to succeed, especially in efforts offering a significant positive impact to the state of Texas, have placed TCR squarely on the path to success.
After serving six terms in the Texas legislature, Robert served as County Judge for Harris County, Texas from 1995 until 2007 when he joined the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP as a Partner focused on Transportation and Infrastructure, Public Finance, Public Private Partnerships (US P3), Homeland Security and Disaster Law, Government Relations and Public Law. Robert has operated his own independent legal practice and is today a Member of the Texas based law firm, Gray Reed & McCraw, P.C.
Join us Tuesday at Tony’s to hear this great speaker!
The GHPC meets at 11:30am each Tuesday at
Tony’s Restaurant
3755 Richmond Ave.
@ Timmons in Greenway Plaza
$25 / 3-course Luncheon / Complimentary Valet
This will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn about the proposed PRIVATELY funded high speed train between Houston and Dallas. I’m certain that there will be a question/answer period, so if you have questions, you should bring them.