2009 Conference Photos

Tenth Annual Conference of the
National Association of State Highway and Transportation Unions (NASHTU)
Tuesday, April 28-Thursday, April 30th 2009
Phoenix Park Hotel Washington, D.C.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

8:00 a.m. – Breakfast – Ballroom, First Floor

8:30 a.m. –  Congressional Speaker – Representative Donna Edwards (D-MD)

9:00 a.m. –  Welcome Remarks – Mark Sheahan, President, Professional Engineers in California Government (PECG)

9:30 a.m. – Congressional Discussion: What are the Issues Facing Congress – Federal Stimulus, 2009 Transportation Authorization, Financing Moderator: Dennis Houlihan – AFSCME

  • Kathy Dedrick – Senior Policy Director for Transportation, Senate Committee on Environment and Public works

10:30 a.m. – Ed Wytkind – President of Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO

11:00 a.m. – Jack Basso – Director of Management and Business Development, AASHTO

11:30 a.m. – Congressional Speaker – Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA)

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. –  Report: Design and Engineering Firm’s Indirect Costs Claimed on Federal-Aid Grants

  • Terrence Letko, Program Director, Office of the Assistant Inspector General, Acquisition and Procurement Audits

1:30 p.m. – Honorable Ray LaHood – Secretary, United States Department of Transportation

2:00 p.m. – Fraud Awareness

  • Bruce Quintero and Dennis O’Campo, Senior Special Agents, Washington Investigative Operations

2:30 p.m. – Break

3:00 – 4:15 p.m. – Workshop: Getting the Public on Our Side to Raise Revenue and Fight Privatization

  • Jennifer Munt – Public Affairs Director, AFSCME Minnesota Council 5

6:30 p.m. –  NASHTU Group Dinner – Uno Chicago Grill, Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE (www.unos.com)

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

8:00 a.m. – Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – Public Private Partnerships – Using Public Pension Funds for PPPs – Good or Evil?

  • Bruce Blanning – Professional Engineers in California Government
  • Richard Ferlauto – American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

9:45 a.m. – Government Accountability, Transportation Financing and PPPs Moderator: Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME

  • Michelle Vaughn – Senior Associate, The PEW Center on the States
  • Scott Amey – General Counsel, Project on Government Oversight

10:30 a.m. – Break

11:00 a.m. –  Lobbying NASHTU’s Legislative Agenda

  • Mary Richards – Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)

12:30 p.m. – Congressional Speaker – Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Lobbying in Capitol Hill

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Congressional Reception – US Capitol, Room S-115 (Family Dining Room)

Thursday, April 30, 2009

8:00 a.m. – Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – Lobby Day Report – ALL

9:00 a.m. –  Panel and Discussion: Developments at Highway Departments Throughout the Nation.

  • Bruce Blanning – PECG
  • Stephen Livingston – Connecticut State Employees Association, SEIU Local 2001
  • Joe Dorant – Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES)

9:30 a.m. – Congressional Speaker – Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR)

10:45 a.m. – Break

11:00 – Action Plan for NASHTU for 2009-2010

  • Dennis Houlihan, AFSCME
  • Mary Richards, MOSES
  • Jimmy Tarlau, CWA
  • Bruce Blanning, PECG

1:00 p.m. – Adjournment