2008 Conference Photos

 

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