Program

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 

Agenda (tentative)

10:00 AM:        Welcome 

10:05 AM:        Strategies for Associations Seeking to Make an Impact in Today’s Policy Environment  

Lindsay Young, Chief of Staff, Speaker Matt Hall ^[INVITED]
Kathleen O’Reilly Farhat, Chief of Staff, Senate Majority Leader Brinks ^[INVITED]       

11:15 AM:          Michigan’s Budget Outlook (with Q&A)

Rachael Eubanks, State Treasurer  ^[CONFIRMED]
Jenn Flood, State Budget Director  ^[CONFIRMED]

12:00 PM:         The Honorable Gretchen Whitmer, Governor, State of Michigan ^[INVITED]

12:15 PM:         Lunch & Networking

1:00 PM:          Roundtable Conversations

Funding PACs
Telling Our Story and Doing it Well
Engaging Lawmakers
Setting Legislative Priorities
Grassroots Advocacy
Technology that Supports the Work

1:45 PM:          Baldly Bipartisan 

John Selleck, Chief Strategist and CEO, Harbor Strategic  ^[CONFIRMED]
Adrian Hemond, CEO, Grassroots Midwest ^[CONFIRMED]

2:45 PM:           Break

3:00 PM:          The Looming Threat of Tax Reforms for Associations

Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, Senior Vice President, Public Policy, ASAE  ^[INVITED]

3:30 PM:           A Conversation with Michigan’s Quadrant Leaders                              

The Honorable Winnie Brinks, Senate Majority Leader  ^[INVITED]
The Honorable Aric Nesbitt, Senate Republican Leader  ^[INVITED]
The Honorable Matt Hall, Speaker of the House  ^[INVITED]
The Honorable Ranjeev Puri House Democratic Leader  ^[CONFIRMED]

4:30 PM:           Adjourn

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