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Detailed Agenda
THURSDAY | JULY 23, 2015

Congressman Joaquin Castro

Congressman Joaquin Castro, a second generation Mexican American,
is a proud product of the public school system. Castro has worked hard
to seize the opportunities created by the sacrifices of prior generations.
After finishing high school a year early, Castro left San Antonio to
graduate with honors from Stanford University in 1996. He then went
on to attend Harvard Law School, where he received his J.D. Upon his
return to San Antonio at 28 years old, Castro joined a private law practice
and was elected into the Texas legislature. He served five terms as state
representative for District 125. In 2012 Castro was elected to serve in
the U.S. House of Representatives as representative of Texas Congressional District 20. Now in
his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Castro serves on the House Armed Services
Committee, as well as the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Congressman Brendan Boyle

Elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2008,
Congressman Brendan F. Boyle represents Pennsylvania’s 170th state
legislative district. In 2014, he was elected to Congress by the citizens
of the 13th Congressional District, representing northeast Philadelphia,
part of north Philadelphia, and approximately half of Montgomery County,
PA. Since first entering public service, Congressman Boyle has served as
a champion for working and middle class families, in particular issues
relating to social and economic justice. Congressman Boyle served as an
adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Graduate School of Public Policy. In
2011, he was named an Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow. He attended the University of Notre Dame and
earned a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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