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July 21-23, 2025 | JW Marriott, Austin, TX
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2025 Texas Housing Conference | 110 E 2nd St, Austin, TX 78701, USA | JW Marriott Austin |
2025 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Scholarship Luncheon Keynote
Monday, July 21st, 11:00am
Rudy Ruettiger
Emmy Award-Winning Motivational Speaker
Against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in twenty- seven seconds, carved his name into history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the nation’s best example of a true underdog success story of defeating the odds through perseverance. The son of an oil refinery worker and third of 14 children, Rudy rose from valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacle of success. Today, Rudy is one of the most popular motivational speakers in the United States. It took years of fierce determination to overcome obstacles
Today, as an Emmy Award Winning and highly sought-after motivational speaker, Rudy entertains audiences with a unique, passionate, and heartfelt style of communicating. He speaks to corporations, universities, school children, sports teams and professional athletes with the same enthusiasm, portraying the human spirit that comes from his personal experiences of adversity and triumph. His captivating personality and powerful message of “Dream Big & Never Quit” stays with his audiences forever.
Rudy will keynote the TAAHP Foundation Scholarship Luncheon on Monday, July 21st.
Opening Keynote
Monday, July 21st, 4:00pm
Ali Wolf
Chief Economist - Zonda
Ali Wolf is the Chief Economist for Zonda, the largest new home construction data company in North America. As head of the Economics Department, Ali manages and analyzes the content for Zonda, runs special research projects, strategizes with the nation’s largest homebuilders, and presents nationwide covering topics across the housing market and wider economy.
Ali is the creator of Zonda’s proprietary indices, including the New Home Pending Sales Index and the New Home Lot Supply Index. Ali has focused much of her career on understanding prior recessions and led the charge on ‘Millennials discussing Millennials’ in the homebuilding space. Highly regarded as an industry expert, Ali is quoted frequently in national publications including CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Yahoo! Finance, and has also appeared on national and international TV and radio programs such as Bloomberg TV and Marketplace. Further, Ali serves as an advisor to the White House, providing data and insights on the U.S. housing market.
Prior to joining the Zonda team, Ali worked for another consultancy firm and was a researcher for both the Canadian and UK Parliaments. Ali holds a Bachelor’s Degree from The Ohio State University in Economics and a Master’s Degree from the London School of Economics in Real Estate Economics and Finance.
We are excited to have Ali as our Opening Keynote on Monday, July 22nd, 4pm.
Luncheon Keynote
Tuesday, July 22nd, 12:00pm
Dr. Kevin Elko
Dr. Kevin Elko received his Bachelors in Biology Education and Coaching from California University of Pennsylvania where he was later inducted into the University’s Hall of Fame. He then went on to West Virginia University where he received two Masters and a Doctorate and was later inducted into the West Virginia University Hall of Fame.
Originally, Kevin had a successful private family practice, but eventually entered the world of pro and collegiate sports, where he has accumulated 30 Superbowl titles or National Championships with storied organizations like The Pittsburgh Steelers, The Dallas Cowboys, The Philadelphia Eagles, The Green Bay Packers, Florida State Football, L.S.U. Football, The University of Miami Football, The University of Alabama Football, and more.
Kevin also works one on one with some of the biggest named athletes in all of professional sports from baseball to tennis to hockey. As a performance consultant, his corporate clients over the last two decades have included many of the Fortune 1000 companies and their C-Suite executives.
Kevin is a bestselling author with five books published, and a sixth on the way, including: Nerves of Steel, The Pep Talk, True Greatness and his latest, Believing is Seeing, of which the forward was written by the greatest coach in college football history, Nick Saban. Kevin has worked closely with Saban during every one of the seven National Championships he has won as head coach of LSU and Alabama Football.
Kevin had been featured by numerous publications and national media including ESPN.com, Sports Illustrated, The Bleacher Report, and on ESPN Radio with his very own segment, “The NFL Psychological Report”. He has keynoted at the NFL Hall of Fame Ceremonies as well as many other notable events in and out of sport.
We are excited to have Dr. Elko as our luncheon keynote, Tuesday, July 23rd.
