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Not Your Usual Closing Plenary Speaker

SIOP Presents Father TJ Martinez at 28th Annual Conference

By Clif Boutelle, SIOP Public Relations

Since closing plenary sessions were begun at the 2008 San Francisco SIOP Conference, there have been some notable keynote speakers, typically scientist-practitioner authorities.

SIOP members attending the closing plenary at the Houston annual conference next month are in for a treat. The speaker is from a different model. He is Father TJ Martinez, the founding president of the highly successful Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Houston.

Robin Cohen, conference chair, admitted she had never heard of Father Martinez, but after meeting him and learning what he has accomplished, she became convinced that he would be “a motivating and inspiring speaker and will reinforce how important it is to extend our influence.”

“We think he is the perfect person to address our members because his message fits perfectly with SIOP President Doug Reynolds’ theme of extending our influence beyond the workplace,” she said....Read more

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