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Natasha Cruz-Sánchez Named Recipient of 2026 Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award

Aug. 17, 2026
Natasha Cruz-Sánchez, a proud Puerto Rican, nurse, truck driver, logistics professional, industry advocate, and participant in the LBJ Women’s Campaign School at The University of Texas at Austin, was named a recipient of this year’s Women in Supply Chain Forum™ Award in the DEI Pioneer category.
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LBJWCS in Action: Meet Allison Bush

Aug. 12, 2026
Allison Bush is a graduate of Cohort 6 of the LBJ Women's Campaign School and now serves on the LBJWCS Advisory Council. Today, she is the Democratic nominee for Texas State Board of Education, District 5.
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LBJ Women's Campaign School Open Applications for Eighth Cohort

Aug. 10, 2026
The LBJ Women’s Campaign School, part of The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, is accepting applications for its eighth cohort.
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LBJ Women's Campaign School Announces Seventh Incoming Class

March 23, 2026
The LBJ Women’s Campaign School, part of The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, proudly welcomes 55 exceptional leaders into its seventh cohort. The campaign school’s training provides comprehensive support for change-makers seeking to run for office or lead political campaigns, regardless of party affiliation.

LBJ Women's Campaign School Announces Hope Osborn as New Executive Director

Jan. 15, 2026
The LBJ Women’s Campaign School and the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin are proud to announce Hope Osborn as the next Executive Director of the LBJ Women’s Campaign School. Osborn brings extensive experience in public policy, government affairs, and nonprofit leadership, along with a longstanding commitment to advancing women in political leadership.
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The LBJ Women’s Campaign School hosts the 50th Anniversary Women in Public Life Symposium: A Bipartisan Path Forward

Nov. 17, 2025
Fifty years later, the LBJ Women’s Campaign School brought leaders from across the country for the 50th Anniversary Women in Public Life Symposium: A Bipartisan Path Forward to honor the past and build on that legacy.

LBJ Women’s Campaign School to Host '50th Anniversary Women in Public Life Symposium' in Austin on Nov. 14 

Sept. 9, 2025
In 1975, Lady Bird Johnson and Liz Carpenter hosted the largest international women's conference in the United States at The University of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs — the Women in Public Life Conference. To mark the 50th anniversary of this historic event, the LBJ Women's Campaign School will host the Women in Public Life Symposium: A Bipartisan Path Forward on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025 at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium in the LBJ Presidential Library at UT Austin.
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LBJ Women's Campaign School announces sixth incoming class

March 26, 2025
The sixth incoming class at the LBJ Women’s Campaign school includes change-makers from across the country representing a wide range of political parties and ideologies, with plans to run for school board, city council, judge, state legislature, and Congress.
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LBJWCS Women on the Ballot: 9 Races to Watch

Nov. 5, 2024
9 LBJWCS are on the ballot on November 5, 2024. They are running for railroad commissioner, state legislatures, city councils, school districts, and judge. The number of LBJWCS women candidates has doubled in this election cycle in contract to the nationwide decline in women running for office.
L to R, front to back: LBJWCS Cohort 5 Members Francesca Francois Haas, Vanessa Johnson, Dalia Zamora, Cathy McHorse, Alexandria Andersen, Regina Cochran, and Christopher Ludiker stroll out of the Texas State Capitol after Day One of training.

Leaders on the rise: LBJ Women’s Campaign School kicks off fifth cohort

June 27, 2024
The LBJ Women's Campaign School kicked off its fifth cohort, welcoming 55 new change-makers to Austin for a three-day introduction including a conversation with Dasheika Ruffin, former senior staff on the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton presidential campaigns. She urged her trainees to find their "why" when it came to running for office or managing a campaign for their candidate.