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Spring Conference 2009

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Past Meetings

Spring Conference 2009 | Power Point Presentations

 

Education Policy Task Force

STEM Education
Speakers:
  1. Dr. Adriane E.L. Dorrington, Senior Policy Analyst, National Education Association
  2. Jamie Favors, Team Lead, NASA DEVELOP
  3. Dr. David McIlroy, Professor of Physics, University of Idaho
  4. Dr. Aaron Cassill, Director of STEM Initiatives, College of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio
  5. Dr. Clayton R. Nichols, Geothermal/Geotechnical Consultant, Clayton R. Nichols, LLC

 

Energy and Environment Policy Task Force

Electricity Transmission: Overcoming Key Challenges
Speaker:
  1. Marc Spitzer, Commissioner, FERC
 
Converting Municipal and Commercial/Industrial Waste Streams into Energy
Speakers:
  1. Curtis Musgrave, Dea Thayn, TEPA Technologies, LLC

 

Financial Services Working Group

The Economic Slowdown’s Financial Impact on the States
Speakers:
  1. Sen. Carolyn S. Allen, AZ
  2. Ron Crane, Idaho State Treasurer
  3. Kenneth L. Anderson, Idaho Attorney
  4. Lerry J. Knox, Jr., P.E., Senior Vice President, Capital Markets, Chicago, Ill.

 

Health Policy Task Force

Building Blocks of Health Care Reform: State Experiences
Speakers:
  1. Tricia Brooks, Senior Fellow, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University
  2. Dr. Martha Gerrity, Clinical Evidence Specialist, the Medicaid Evidence-based Decisions Project, Oregon Health and Science University
  1. Shannon Turner, Executive Vice President, University Health Care Inc
  2. Joan Gardner, Executive Director, State Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Preventing HIV/AIDS, STDs and Pregnancy in Youth
Speakers:
  1. ·Brad Victor, Oregon Department of Education
  2. Cynthia Morrison, Washington Department of Health
  3. Representative Jennifer Seelig, UT
  4. Sen. Kim Gillan, MT

 

Interbranch Working Group

Managing the Addicted Offender to Reduce Overcrowding in Prisons and Jails
Speakers:
  1. Michael Thompson, Director, The Justice Center
  2. Senator Dan Kelly, Majority Floor Leader, Kentucky
  3. Honorable Sue Bell Cobb, Alabama
  4. Secretary J. Michael Brown, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Kentucky
  5. Patricia Kempthorne, Founder and Executive Director, Twiga Foundation, Inc.
  6. Representative Pat Colloton, Kansas
  7. Honorable Daniel Eismann, Idaho

 

Performance Measurement in the States

Looking within to Manage Change
Speakers:
  1. Mike Lawson, Director, Center for Performance Measurement, International City/County Managers Association
  2. George Grob, President, Center for Public Program Evaluation
  3. Robin Miller, Acting Chief, Government Management Accountability and Performance (GMAP)
  4. Rakesh Mohan, Director, Idaho Office of Performance Evaluations
  5. Harry P. Hatry, Director, Public Management Program, The Urban Institute

 

Public Safety and Justice Policy Task Force

Strategies to Improve Juvenile Rehabilitation
Speaker:
  1. Rand Young, Annie E. Casey Foundation

 

Technology Working Group

Health IT
Speaker:
  1. Brian Russon, Microsoft

 

Transportation Policy Task Force

Infrastructure as Economic Stimulus and the Next Authorization Bill
Speaker:
  1. Renee Radcliff Sinclair, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Northwest Regional Director of Congressional and Public Affairs