Meeting Info
March Speaker
Fort Worth Mayor, Betsy Price
Mayor Betsy Price
Betsy Price, a Fort Worth native, was elected as the 44th mayor of the City of Fort Worth on June 18, 2011.
A successful business owner for 17 years, Mayor Price began her career in public service as Tarrant County Tax Assessor in 2000 and quickly used her business experience to make her department one of the most efficient in Texas, saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
Holding the line on costs and improving customer service, Mayor Price helped the Tax Assessor’s office win national and statewide awards for efficiency, innovation and performance. Her office efficiently handled an increasing workload — Tarrant County grew by more than 200,000 people during her tenure — and accomplished that with virtually no increase in her department’s budget.
Mayor Price’s stewardship of a department that collects $3.2 billion in taxes a year has helped Tarrant County become one of the few governments in the country to live within its means. During her time in office, the county saw no budget shortfalls or deficits.
Mayor Price has been a leader in Cowtown’s business, government and community service groups all her life — from Sunday school, the PTA and Camp Fire Girls to serving as Vice President of the Red Cross and board member of the Police Department’s Bike Officers Citizen Support Club, as well as professional associations.
After graduating from Arlington Heights High School, she earned a science degree in biology at the University of Texas in Arlington. Before being elected to office, she owned Price Cornelius Title Service. Betsy and her husband Tom, an insurance executive, have three children, two grandsons and three dogs.
February Speaker
FW Police Captain Scott Conn
Captain Scott Conn never envisioned being anything but a police officer. After four years in the Marines, in 1986, Conn joined the Fort Worth Police Department because “Fort Worth is home.” He graduated from the academy, and while working as a policeman, he took classes at the University of Texas At Arlington and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in political science, with a minor in history.
For five years after he graduated from the academy, Conn’s post was the “short south side,” the Hemphill/Berry area; all of it on the midnight shift. In 1992 he promoted to corporal and worked the West Division as a detective. In 1995 he promoted to sergeant and was assigned to the East Division, again on midnights. His supervisor was Lt. Ric Clark.
“When I came over to the Eastside, we were still having serious crime problems here. I knew I was coming into a dedicated, determined unit from talking to officers in other parts of the city.
In 1999, he was transferred to the gang unit. From then, until he was transferred as Eastside Commander in June of this year, he held various positions and posts such as North Division Criminal Investigation Unit, NPD 8 South Division Commander, third watch Incident Commander for the South and East Divisions, Training Division Commander, and third watch Duty Captain. Of those jobs, he said Incident Commander was probably most interesting.
Now that he is back on the Eastside as commander, some of his objectives include: “fostering and expanding our relationship with Code Blue; continuing to increase recruitment. I would also like to see CrimeWatch increase. The Eastside Code Blue programs are the largest in the city and we can’t allow to backslide on that. You just don’t see this level of participation on any other side of town – and because of that, many areas are envious of that and the partnership the citizens have formed with the police. I also want to maintain and increase the morale, happiness, and training of the East Division officers. And, of course, my main goal is to decrease crime.”
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January Program
Julie Wilson, Vice President - Urban Development
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Julie H. Wilson leads Chesapeake’s regional office in Fort Worth, overseeing the company’s corporate activities in the North Texas area known as the Barnett Shale. The undisputed leader in urban drilling, Chesapeake has thrice been named a Top 100 Employer by Fortune as well as the Best Managed Energy Company by Forbes. Under Julie’s leadership, the Barnett office has also been named a Top 100 Employer by both Dallas Business Journal and Dallas Morning News. Chesapeake is one of the largest natural gas producers in the U.S. and the most active driller in Texas. The company has more than 1,000 employees in Tarrant and Johnson counties, and has invested more than $10 billion in North Texas in the last five years.
An area resident since 1986, Wilson is a long-time community volunteer. The 2010-11 Campaign Chair for the United Way of Tarrant County, she also serves on the board of directors of the North Texas Commission, Petroleum Club of Fort Worth, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Fort Worth Inc., and the TCU Energy Institute, and is on the advisory committee for the Trinity River Vision Authority. She is a member of Leadership North Texas and Leadership Fort Worth, and is accredited by the Public Relations Society of America.
Described as “arguably the most powerful woman in the area’s natural gas industry” by the Fort Worth Business Press, Wilson was honored with the 2010 “Distinguished Leadership Award” by the Association of Leadership Professionals. She has been recognized as one of the “Most Influential Leaders in the Metroplex” by the Dallas Business Journal and one of the “Women Who Run Fort Worth” by Fort Worth Magazine, and has been featured in both Entrepreneur and Catalyst magazines as a “model of success.”
Fort Worth Mayor, Betsy Price
Mayor Betsy Price
Betsy Price, a Fort Worth native, was elected as the 44th mayor of the City of Fort Worth on June 18, 2011.
A successful business owner for 17 years, Mayor Price began her career in public service as Tarrant County Tax Assessor in 2000 and quickly used her business experience to make her department one of the most efficient in Texas, saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
Holding the line on costs and improving customer service, Mayor Price helped the Tax Assessor’s office win national and statewide awards for efficiency, innovation and performance. Her office efficiently handled an increasing workload — Tarrant County grew by more than 200,000 people during her tenure — and accomplished that with virtually no increase in her department’s budget.
Mayor Price’s stewardship of a department that collects $3.2 billion in taxes a year has helped Tarrant County become one of the few governments in the country to live within its means. During her time in office, the county saw no budget shortfalls or deficits.
Mayor Price has been a leader in Cowtown’s business, government and community service groups all her life — from Sunday school, the PTA and Camp Fire Girls to serving as Vice President of the Red Cross and board member of the Police Department’s Bike Officers Citizen Support Club, as well as professional associations.
After graduating from Arlington Heights High School, she earned a science degree in biology at the University of Texas in Arlington. Before being elected to office, she owned Price Cornelius Title Service. Betsy and her husband Tom, an insurance executive, have three children, two grandsons and three dogs.
February Speaker
FW Police Captain Scott Conn
Captain Scott Conn never envisioned being anything but a police officer. After four years in the Marines, in 1986, Conn joined the Fort Worth Police Department because “Fort Worth is home.” He graduated from the academy, and while working as a policeman, he took classes at the University of Texas At Arlington and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in political science, with a minor in history.
For five years after he graduated from the academy, Conn’s post was the “short south side,” the Hemphill/Berry area; all of it on the midnight shift. In 1992 he promoted to corporal and worked the West Division as a detective. In 1995 he promoted to sergeant and was assigned to the East Division, again on midnights. His supervisor was Lt. Ric Clark.
“When I came over to the Eastside, we were still having serious crime problems here. I knew I was coming into a dedicated, determined unit from talking to officers in other parts of the city.
In 1999, he was transferred to the gang unit. From then, until he was transferred as Eastside Commander in June of this year, he held various positions and posts such as North Division Criminal Investigation Unit, NPD 8 South Division Commander, third watch Incident Commander for the South and East Divisions, Training Division Commander, and third watch Duty Captain. Of those jobs, he said Incident Commander was probably most interesting.
Now that he is back on the Eastside as commander, some of his objectives include: “fostering and expanding our relationship with Code Blue; continuing to increase recruitment. I would also like to see CrimeWatch increase. The Eastside Code Blue programs are the largest in the city and we can’t allow to backslide on that. You just don’t see this level of participation on any other side of town – and because of that, many areas are envious of that and the partnership the citizens have formed with the police. I also want to maintain and increase the morale, happiness, and training of the East Division officers. And, of course, my main goal is to decrease crime.”
PREVIOUS PROGRAMS
January Program
Julie Wilson, Vice President - Urban Development
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Julie H. Wilson leads Chesapeake’s regional office in Fort Worth, overseeing the company’s corporate activities in the North Texas area known as the Barnett Shale. The undisputed leader in urban drilling, Chesapeake has thrice been named a Top 100 Employer by Fortune as well as the Best Managed Energy Company by Forbes. Under Julie’s leadership, the Barnett office has also been named a Top 100 Employer by both Dallas Business Journal and Dallas Morning News. Chesapeake is one of the largest natural gas producers in the U.S. and the most active driller in Texas. The company has more than 1,000 employees in Tarrant and Johnson counties, and has invested more than $10 billion in North Texas in the last five years.Described as “arguably the most powerful woman in the area’s natural gas industry” by the Fort Worth Business Press, Wilson was honored with the 2010 “Distinguished Leadership Award” by the Association of Leadership Professionals. She has been recognized as one of the “Most Influential Leaders in the Metroplex” by the Dallas Business Journal and one of the “Women Who Run Fort Worth” by Fort Worth Magazine, and has been featured in both Entrepreneur and Catalyst magazines as a “model of success.”
To ensure enough accommodations for everyone
be sure to call early for reservations & bring a guest!
Reservations: 817-496-9477
Lunch $15.00 members • $20.00 non-members
Doors Open 11:30, meeting starts 11:45 a.m.
Contact us at 817-496-9477
or write to us at PO Box 8861 Fort Worth, TX 76124-0861
be sure to call early for reservations & bring a guest!
Reservations: 817-496-9477
Lunch $15.00 members • $20.00 non-members
Doors Open 11:30, meeting starts 11:45 a.m.
Contact us at 817-496-9477
or write to us at PO Box 8861 Fort Worth, TX 76124-0861
