Ninth Annual Conference of the
National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)
Monday, April 28-30, 2008
Phoenix Park Hotel Washington, D.C.
Monday, April 28, 2008
8:30 a.m. – Breakfast – Ballroom, First Floor
9:00 a.m. – Welcome Remarks – Mary Richards, Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)
9:30 a.m. – Congressional Panel Discussion: What are the Issues Facing Congress – Reauthorization, Bridge and Tunnel Inspections, Financing?
Moderator: Ted Toppin, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)
- Helena Zyblikewycz, Senior Professional Staff Member, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Kathy Dedrick, Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Aaron Klein, Chief Economist, Senate Banking Committee
10:30 a.m. – Break
10:45 a.m. – Ed Wytkind, President of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO
11:15 a.m. – Emil Frankel, Transportation Policy Director, Bi-Partisan Policy Center
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
- Jack Basso, Director of Management and Business Development, AASHTO
1:30 p.m. – Screening of Amazing: The Rebuilding of the MacArthur Maze, PECG-Sponsored Documentary
2:15 p.m. – Break
2:30 p.m. – Public Private Partnerships – Presentation by USPIRG, GAO
Moderator: Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME
- Jayetta Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office
- Phineas Baxandall, Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Policy, US PIRG
3:30 p.m. – Nancy Humphrey, Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation, Transportation Research Board
4:30 p.m. – Susan Binder, Transportatin for Tomorrow, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission
6:00 p.m. – NASHTU Group Dinner, Hawk’n’Dove Restaurant, 329 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – Panel: Federal Transportation Reauthorization Issues – Advancing NASHTU’s Agenda in Congress
Moderator: Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME
- Anne P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Project
- John V. Wells, Director, Office of Economic and Strategic Analysis, USDOT
10 a.m. – Lobbying NASHTU’s Legislative AgendaModerators:
- Ted Toppin, PECG
- Mary Richards, MOSES
10:30 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Michael Replogle, Transportation Director, Environmental Defense
12:00 p.m. – Lunch
- David Kusnet — Love your work? But not your job? Here’s why.
1:00 – 5::00 p.m. – Lobbying on Capitol Hill
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Congressional Reception – Rayburn HOB, B-338
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
8:00 a.m. – Breakfast
9:30 a.m. – Panel and Discussion: Developments at Highway Departments Throughout the Nation. Moderator: Bruce Wyngaard, OCSEA/AFSCME Local 11
- Bruce Blanning, Professional Engineers in California Government
- Stephen Livingston, Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001
- Claude Fort, AFSCME Local 375 DC 37 (New York City)
- TBD, Minnesota, AFSCME Council 5
10:45 a.m. – Break
11:00 a.m. – Action Plan for NASHTU for 2008-2009
- Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME
- Mary Richards, MOSES
- Jimmy Tarlau, CWA
- Ted Toppin, PECG
1:00 p.m. – Adjournment