MONDAY

JOGGING WITH JEFF AND JASON

PLENARY BREAKFAST -Welcome to the Region
Speaker: The Honorable Geof Benson, Council Member, Town of Beverly Shores, Indiana; Northwestern
Indiana Regional Planning Commission; NARC President
Speaker: The Honorable Douglas Kindig, Mayor, La Vista, Nebraska; Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area
Planning Agency 
Speaker: The Honorable Jean Stothert, Mayor, Omaha, Nebraska; Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area
Planning Agency 
Speaker: The Honorable Don Bacon, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd Congressional District of Nebraska
Speaker: Greg Youell, Executive Director, Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency

PLENARY -What’s on the World’s Mind
Moderator: Greg Youell, Executive Director, Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency
Speaker: Jon Clifton, Global Managing Partner, Gallup

ENGAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Moderator: The Honorable Karen Keith, Commissioner, Tulsa County, Oklahoma; Indian Nations Council of
Governments; NARC Board of Directors
Speaker: Jeff Kutash, Executive Director, Peter Kiewit Foundation 
Speaker: Robert Freeman, Partner, Fraser Stryker 
Speaker: Kathleen Lomako, Executive Director, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments 

CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS, CHANGING TIMES
Moderator: The Honorable Alan D. Wapner, Council Member, City of Ontario, California; Southern California
Association of Governments; NARC Board of Directors 
Speaker: Brian Martin, Executive Director, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission 
Speaker: Gary Huttmann, Executive Director, MetroPlan Orlando 
Speaker: Kent Sovern, State Director (retired), AARP Iowa

LUNCH PLENARY -Is the World of Work Really Changing?
Moderator: The Honorable Marge Vogt, Councilmember, Olathe, Kansas; Mid-America Regional Council;
NARC President-Elect 
Keynote Speaker: Jane Oates, President, WorkingNation 
Speaker: David Warm, Executive Director, Mid-America Regional Council 
Speaker: Chuck Wemple, Executive Director, Houston-Galveston Area Council 
Speaker: Anthony W. Starr, Executive Director, Western Piedmont Council of Governments 

ECONOMIC & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Moderator and Co-Chair: The Honorable Jennifer Robinson, Council Member, Town of Cary, North Carolina;
Triangle J Council of Governments; NARC Board of Directors 
Co-Chair: Betty Voights, Executive Director, Capital Area Council of Governments
Speaker: Daria Daniel, Associate Legislative Director for Community, Economic, and Workforce Development,
National Association of Counties 
Speaker: Chuck Bean, Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Speaker: Mike Alexander, Director, Center for Livable Communities, Atlanta Regional Commission

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Co-Chair: The Honorable Fred Strong, Councilmember, City of Paso Robles, California; San Luis Obispo
Council of Governments; NARC Board of Directors 
Co-Chair: Greg Stuart, Executive Director, Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization
Co-Chair: Miriam Gillow-Wiles, Executive Director, Southwest Colorado Council of Governments 
Speaker: Egan Smith, Managing Director, Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office, U.S.
Department of Transportation 
Speaker: Susanna Hughes-Reck, Capacity Development Team Leader, Office of Transportation Performance
Management, U.S. Federal Highway Administration 
Speaker: James Garland, Transportation Planning Capacity Building Team Leader, Office of Planning, U.S.
Federal Highway Administration 
Speaker: Erich Zimmermann, Deputy Director / Transportation Director, NARC 

JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING – Environment & Public Safety
Co-Chair: The Honorable Lee Constantine, Commissioner, Seminole County, Florida; MetroPlan Orlando and
East Central Florida Regional Planning Council; NARC Board Member 
Co-Chair: Rosa De León Park, Executive Director, Stanislaus Council of Governments, Modesto, California
Co-Chair: The Honorable Byron Ryder, Judge, Leon County, Texas; Brazos Valley Council of Governments
Co-Chair: Diane Rath, Executive Director, Alamo Area Council of Governments
Moderator: The Honorable Carol Vinton, Supervisor, Mills County, Iowa; Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan
Area Planning Agency 
Speaker: Robert Haywood, Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator, U.S. Federal Emergency Management
Agency 
Speaker: Marlene Nagel, Director, Community Development, Mid-America Regional Council 
Speaker: Mike Alexander, Director, Center for Livable Communities, Atlanta Regional Commission

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COUNCIL MEETING