David D. Parker

As Managing Director of Longbow’s North Texas operations, David splits time between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin delivering creative state and local solutions for the most challenging problems. His professional career has landed him in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, and Fort Worth with a variety of rural and urban responsibilities, enabling him to build a strong, strategic network throughout Texas.

Experience

Prior to joining Longbow, David served as Vice President of Legislative and Public Affairs for AT&T where he worked for 15 years as a graduate of the company’s prestigious Leadership Development Program. He advocated on behalf of the corporation’s various departments and subsidiaries on policy issues such as taxation, utility regulation, real estate, licensing, insurance, economic incentives, consumer protections, and environmental matters.

More recently, David led an effort to craft and pass Texas’ most progressive ridesharing policy for a large metropolitan city. This policy has now been used as the deregulatory platform for the Texas Legislature’s passage of statewide legislation for seamless mobility across all Texas regions. In addition to passing state legislation and local ordinances, he has secured critical sales tax policy interpretations from the Texas Comptroller’s office; assisted out-of-state clients with securing licensing before Texas commissions; and landed procurement deals to implement state of the art anti-bullying software in various Texas public and higher education institutions.

Professional Affiliations

David is a 2014 graduate of Leadership North Texas, was recently named to the National Review Institute’s inaugural Texas class of Fellows, serves as a university adjunct professor of both Micro and Macroeconomics, and serves on numerous civic boards including the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Texas Wesleyan University, and Texas Health Resources Harris Hospital. He also chaired the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce’s Governmental Affairs Committee, the Tarrant County College Foundation, and was named to the Fort Worth Business Press’ “40 Under 40” list.

David holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from SMU and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Texas A&M University where he served as a Ross Volunteer in the Corps of Cadets.

He and his wife Mattie met working around the Capitol in Austin. They have three children and reside in the heart of Fort Worth.