The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act offers unique opportunities for your organization and our region to innovate, create jobs and address pressing community and business needs.

We are gathering national and state experts with the latest information to talk about:

• How funding will flow
• Relevant opportunities for your group
• How to position your group to leverage these opportunities
• Impact on your industry/organization

Keynotes:

Dale Bonner, California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing

and

Al Gordon, CEO, National Strategies, LLC

    - national business-to-government consulting firm

Breakout Sessions:

• Energy and environment
• Health IT
• Technology & broadband
• Public infrastructure
• Education

Agenda

9:15-9:45 am Networking and registration – Coffee and refreshments

9:45-11:15 am – General session

• Al Gordon, CEO, National Strategies, LLC
• Dale Bonner, California Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing

11:15-11:30 am – Break: light refreshments

11:30 am-1:00 pm Breakout sessions

Energy and environment

• Clean tech
• Renewables
• Energy efficiency
• Smart grid

Kevin Matthews, Vice President, Energy and Environment, National Strategies, Inc.

Gregg Albright, Deputy Secretary, Environmental Planning and Integration, California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency

Panama Bartholomy, California Energy Commission, Advisor to Commissioner Douglas

Health IT

• Alex Kam, Acting Director, California Health and Human Services Agency's Office of Health Information Integrity

• Timi Leslie, Managing Director, Manatt Health Solutions

• Jeff Gruen, MD, Director and Co-head, Healthcare Practice, PRTM Management Consultants

Information Technology

• Direct and indirect funding
• How companies position themselves and apply for this money
• Areas include broadband, green IT (e.g., data centers), and contracts for energy and environment, education technology, etc.

Roy Cales, Managing Director, Technology Sector, National Strategies, Inc.

Public sector infrastructure

• Transportation, housing and smart growth
  

Jim Bourgart, Deputy Secretary, Transportation and Infrastructure, California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency

Mary Ann Crotty, President, Macro Associates

Chris Westlake, Deputy Director, Department of Housing and Community Development

Education

• Early Childhood Education (pre-K):

Scott Moore, Senior Policy Advisor, PreSchool California

• K-12 funding:

Andrea Ball, Deputy State Superintendent, Government Affairs Branch, California Department of Education

*If you are not able to attend, please consider offering your ticket to a friend or coworker. Please call the Leadership Group to make arrangements. Cacnellations/refunds are not accepted. 408-501-7864