2025
Acme Brick Company
Fort Worth, Texas
We are excited to bring you the Texan by Nature 20 (TxN 20) for its seventh year! The TxN 20 is an effort to recognize the best work in conservation coming from businesses operating and based in Texas. It’s an opportunity to showcase innovation, commitment, and best practices from a variety of industries.
See how the 2025 TxN 20 Honorees are committing to conservation–Download the 2025 TxN 20 Industry Report
To select the 2025 TxN 20, the TxN Team evaluated submissions as well as conducted independent research across 2,000+ of Texas’ publicly traded and private companies within 12 industry sectors. All companies were evaluated on a 17-point scoring system to narrow down the list of the top 60 companies in Texas. A selection committee of top industry leaders was formed to evaluate the top 60 companies and select the final honorees for the TxN 20.
The TxN20 program is catalyzed by
2025 Selection Committee
Andrejs E. Avots-Avotins, MD, PhD, The Elizabeth & Drayton McLane, Jr. Chair in Health & Wellness Vice President of Medical Affairs – Baylor Scott & White Health – Temple
Tracee Bentley, President & CEO – Permian Strategic Partnership
YC Chua, Sustainable Supply Chain Associate – Cirrus Logic
Gary Cocke, Senior Director of Sustainability – Baylor University
Brent Crossland, Founder – 5 Loc Cotton, LLC
Edward Craner, Sr. Vice President – HOLT Group
Matthew Crommett, Managing Director – LH Capital, Inc / Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Ed Ferguson, Former Chief Sustainability Officer
Gabriella Farnham, Director, Environmental Data Analytics and Reporting – Phillips 66
Jesse Hereford, Head of Strategic Partnerships & Stakeholder Engagement – North American Development Bank
Bob Malone, Chairman, President & CEO – Sonora Bank
Richard McDonald, Corporate Director Sustainability – Sundt Construction Corporation
Sandra Montalbo, Design Performance Manager – Overland, Architecture + Urban Design
J Purvis, President – Reatta Energy, Inc
Jason Reed, Vice President, Operations Services – Martin Marietta
Jayme L. Shy, Board of Directors – Texan by Nature
VJ Smith, Principal, CSR & Tribal Affairs – Marathon Petroleum
Preston Smith, Co-Founder and Managing Partner – Wildwood Environmental Credit Company
Audrey Templeton, Enterprise Risk Manager – Molson Coors
2025 TxN 20 Honorees
