president and ceo, greater:satx

Saucedo-Herrera is the president and CEO of greater:SATX, a regional economic partnership charged with growing and diversifying the eight-county San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA. During her seven-year tenure at the helm of San Antonio’s economic development team, greater:SATX has secured over 23,000 jobs for the region through recruitment and expansion projects that include work with Ernst & Young, Victory Capital, Navistar and Aisin.

Executive Editor, KUT News and The Texas Newsroom

MacLaggan starts Sept. 1 as executive editor of KUT News and The Texas Newsroom, the collaboration among NPR and the public radio stations in the state. For the past four years, she has been statewide managing editor of The Texas Newsroom, which includes KUT in Austin, KERA in North Texas, Houston Public Media and Texas Public Radio in San Antonio. Previously, she was managing editor of The Texas Tribune and served as a national correspondent for Reuters. In addition, she worked as a reporter in El Paso and Mexico City. MacLaggan grew up in Austin and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She serves on the board of Carolina Alumni.

President and CEO, Austin PBS

Luis Patiño is the chief executive officer of Austin PBS, the only locally owned and operated nonprofit public television station in Central Texas. In his role, Patiño oversees all station operations and drives the strategic direction of this mission focused public media organization. Patiño most recently served as president and general manager of Univision Media Group in Los Angeles, where he led the day-to-day management of station operations, ad sales, news, marketing, production and promotions for the leading Spanish-language television and radio group. Prior to moving to California, Patiño served as the vice president and general manager of Univision in both Austin and San Antonio. He has served on several boards including the Long Center for the Performing Arts, the Mexic-Arte Museum, the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at UT, Health Alliance for Austin Musicians and more. Patiño also served on the Austin PBS board between 2013 and 2015.

Editor-in-chief, the texas TRIBUNE

 Watkins began serving as editor in chief of the Tribune in September 2024. He is a Texas native, born in Houston and raised in Austin. He attended public schools and graduated from Texas A&M University. He’s spent nearly two decades in Texas journalism, and previously worked at The Eagle in Bryan-College Station and The Dallas Morning News. Matthew joined the Tribune in 2015 has held various roles, including higher education reporter, breaking news editor and politics editor. As a managing editor, Matthew has guided the Tribune’s award-winning journalism and other reporting of statewide significance, including coverage of elections and legislative sessions to major breaking news and ambitious storytelling about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Texas-Mexico border, the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, the impeachment of Texas attorney general and battles over public education.