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52nd Annual Conference & Exhibition
MONDAY
Breakfast & Welcome to Central Florida
- Leslie Wollack, Executive Director, National Association of Regional Councils, Washington, DC
- The Honorable Bob Dallari, Commissioner, Seminole County, FL; NARC President
- Presentation of Colors and Pledge of Allegiance: Orange County Sheriff’s Color Guard
- Harry Barley, Executive Director, MetroPlan Orlando, Orlando, FL
- The Honorable Val Demings, U.S. House of Representatives, Florida’s 10th Congressional District, Orlando, FL
- The Honorable Buddy Dyer, Mayor, Orlando, FL
- Tim Giuliani, President & CEO, Orlando Economic Partnership, Orlando, FL
Building Community Resilience in the Sunshine State
- The Honorable Lee Constantine, Commissioner, Seminole County, FL
- Lynette Cardoch, National Director of Coastal Resiliency, HDR Inc., Miami, FL
- The Honorable Kristin Jacobs, Florida House of Representatives; Executive Director, Resiliency Florida, Tallahassee, FL
- James Murley, Chief Resilience Officer, Miami-Dade County, FL
Public Safety Committee
- Chair: The Honorable Byron Ryder, Judge, Leon County, TX; NARC Past President
- Staff: Neil E. Bomberg, Senior Policy Advisor, National Association of Regional Councils, Washington, DC
- Todd Husty, D.O., Medical Director, Seminole County, FL
- The Honorable Julie Pierce, Councilmember, City of Clayton, CA; NARC Board of Directors
- The Honorable Fred Strong, Councilmember, City of Paso Robles, CA; NARC Board of Directors
- Chuck Wemple, Chief Operating Officer, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Houston, TX
Leveraging Federal Opportunities to Increase Rural Broadband Access
- Tom Wilkinson, Executive Director, Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Bryan, TX
- Katherine Bates, Manager of Outreach, Broadband USA, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC
- Andrew Hayes, General Field Representative, U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development
Keynote/Panel Discussion: Civil Discourse in an Era of Political Disruption: A Plan for America’s Youth
- Moderator: William Murdock, Executive Director, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Columbus, OH; NARC Vice President
- Keynote: Stephen S. Masyada, Ph.D., Director, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
- The Honorable Justin Kiel, Town Council President, Town of LaCrosse, IN; NARC Board of Directors
- The Honorable P. Bret Millburn, Commissioner, Davis County, UT; NARC Board of Directors
- The Honorable Marge Vogt, Councilmember, City of Olathe, KS; NARC Senior Vice President
Transportation Committee
- Co-Chair: The Honorable Fred Strong, Councilmember, City of Paso Robles, CA; NARC Board of Directors
- Co-Chair: Lyle Wray, Executive Director, Capitol Region Council of Governments, Hartford, CT
- Co-Chair: Michael Parks, Assistant Executive Director, Brazos Valley Council of Governments, Bryan, TX
- Staff: Erich W. Zimmermann, Deputy Director, NARC, Washington, DC
- Spencer Stevens, Transportation Planner, Federal Highway Administration Office of Planning, Washington, DC
- Dwayne Weeks, Director, Federal Transit Administration Office of Planning, Washington, DC
Working with Community Colleges, Universities, & Workforce Development Programs
- The Honorable Joy Fuchs, Commissioner, Washington County, TX; NARC Board of Directors
- Kathleen Lomako, Executive Director, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, Detroit, MI
- Mike Temple, Director, Gulf Coast Workforce Board-Workforce Solutions, Houston, TX
- David Warm, Executive Director, Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO
Economic & Community Development Committee
- Chair: Betty Voights, Executive Director, Capital Area Council of Governments, Austin, TX
- Staff: Sarah Reed, Program Coordinator & Maci Morin, Program Coordinator, NARC, Washington, DC
- Ron Smith, Executive Director, Centralina Council of Governments, Charlotte, NC
- Sean Sullivan, Executive Director, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, Pinellas Park, FL
TUESDAY
Mission: Space. Making the Space Industry Florida’s Next Economic Development Frontier
Adapting to Regional Demographic Changes: The Graying and Browning of America
Measuring the Magic: An Update on Federal Performance Measures
- Gregory Stuart, Executive Director, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- David Hutchinson, Executive Director, Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization, Sarasota, FL
- Mark Reichert, Administrator for Metropolitan Planning, Florida DOT Office of Policy Planning, Tallahassee, FL
- Spencer Stevens, Transportation Planner, FHWA Office of Planning, Washington, DC
- Dwayne Weeks, Director, FTA Office of Planning, Washington, DC
Innovative Approaches to Public Engagement
Metropolitan Area Planning Council Video
- Amanda Linehan, Communications Manager, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Boston, MA
- Anthea Thomas, Public Outreach Manager & Erica Lychak, Communications Principal Coordinator, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Dave Behrend, Director, Department of Communications and Government Affairs, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Newark, NJ
- Elizabeth L. Sanford, AICP, Manager, Corporate and Community Engagement Group, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, GA
Indiana Secretary of Career Connections & Talent Blair Milo: Training Tomorrow’s Workforce
Reimagining Main Street U.S.A.: Implementing Complete Streets
- James Turnwald, Executive Director, Michiana Area Council of Governments, South Bend, IN
- Conor Campobasso, Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program Manager, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization, Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Billy Hattaway, Director of Transportation, City of Orlando, FL
- Robyn Wapner, Sr. Government Relations Manager, San Diego Association of Governments, San Diego, CA
Housing: Regional Solutions to Affordability & Availability
- The Honorable Jennifer Robinson, Councilmember, Town of Cary, NC; NARC Board of Directors
- Mike Alexander, Director, Center for Livable Communities, Atlanta Regional Commission, Atlanta, GA
- Larry Mattson, Executive Director, Yakima Valley Council of Governments, Yakima, WA
- Art Yoon, Director, Policy & Public Affairs, So. California Association of Governments, Los Angeles, CA
Reshaping the Role of Parks, Recreational Areas, & Green Space to Enhance Livability
- The Honorable Geof Benson, Commissioner, Town of Beverly Shores, IN; NARC President-Elect
- Suzanne Huggett, Outreach Manager, Wilderness Inquiry, Minneapolis, MN
- Fred Milch, Project Review Manager, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, Orlando, FL
- Larry Wiseman, Chief Executive Officer, Centerline Strategy LLC, Washington, DC
Tomorrowland: Imagining, Studying, & Implementing the Transportation System of the Future
- Eric Hill, Director of Transportation System Management & Operations, MetroPlan Orlando, Orlando, FL
- Grace Gallucci, Executive Director, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, Cleveland, OH
- MacCallister Higgins, Director of Growth and Co-Founder, Voyage, Mountain View, CA
- Rusty Roberts, Vice President of Government Affairs, All Aboard Florida/Brightline, Orlando, FL
- Ben Walker, Florida Director of Multi-Modal Planning, HNTB Corp., Tampa, FL, Representing Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise