Rashad Robinson's Journey From Riverhead to National Civil Rights LeadershipLong before Rashad Robinson became one of the most prominent civil rights strategists in the United States, he was a student navigating the public school system in Riverhead, New York — a small Long Island town where, by his own account, the conditions of inequality were not abstract concepts but daily realities. That formative experience has shaped every phase of his...

Oil and gas companies rarely make headlines for their charity work, but Gulf Coast Western has earned attention for exactly that. The Dallas firm's partnership with the Sadie Keller Foundation, an organization supporting children battling cancer, has become a recurring theme in Gulf Coast Western reviews written by customers and community members alike.A Friendship Behind the CauseThe Sadie Keller Foundation was started by Sadie Keller, who was...

Surgical innovation rarely happens through a single dramatic breakthrough. More often it comes from questioning an assumption that everyone else has stopped examining. That is largely the story behind the extended deep plane facelift developed by Dr. Andrew Jacono, a technique built on doubting a premise that had guided facelift surgery since its inception.For decades, facelifts operated on a simple assumption: tighten the skin, and the face...

The Covid-19 pandemic hit the energy business harder than almost any prior downturn, and Kelcy Warren has described the demand collapse that followed as one of the strangest periods in his career. Jet fuel demand cratered as flights stopped, oil demand fell alongside it, while natural gas held up comparatively well thanks to steady household and industrial use.Weathering the Demand ShockEnergy Transfer's diversified mix of oil, natural gas,...

Long before he led Gulf Coast Western, Matthew Fleeger built a resume that spanned multiple industries far removed from oil and gas. Fleeger graduated from Southern Methodist University with a degree in business, concentrating on finance and marketing, then spent seven years working for Texas-based companies, including one owned by his father.From Medical Waste to EnergyThat early experience gave Fleeger the tools to launch his own venture in...

For years, the wealth management industry has operated on a simple assumption: more specialists mean better outcomes. Hire an estate attorney, hire a CPA, hire an investment advisor, and let each expert handle their piece of the puzzle. Michael Gold, founder and CEO of Westport-based Gold Family Wealth, thinks that assumption is exactly backward.Michael Gold's practice is built around what he describes as orchestration, not accumulation. Rather...

The podcasting industry has no shortage of production companies. What it lacks, according to Greg Soros, is enough companies willing to treat audio as an art form rather than a commodity. Soros, the Portland-born podcaster and producer who founded Podcraft Media Lab in Austin, has built a career around that distinction and the market has responded.Soros launched Podcraft Media Lab in 2020 after departing a senior producer position at a prominent...

In addition to his work as Executive Chairman of Energy Transfer, Kelcy Warren serves on the University of Texas System Board of Regents, an appointment made by Governor Greg Abbott. The role places Warren at the governance level of one of the largest university systems in the country and reflects the kind of civic engagement he has maintained alongside his energy career.Ties to UT-Arlington Run DeepWarren graduated from the University of...