PRESENTER BIOS
Lightning Round
Energy:
Energy performance disclosures – Andrew Burr, Institute for Market Transformation
Solar Renewable Energy Credits – Kevin Lucas, Maryland Energy Administration
Biomass P3’s – Tiffany Potter, EcoAnalytics
Transportation & Smart Growth:
Housing affordability & transit – Jeffrey Lubell, Center for Housing Policy
Transforming the property tax into a value capture user fee– Rick Rybeck, Just Economics LLC
VMT fees for trucks – Richard Mudge, Delcan
Tolling interstates – Eric Sundquist, State Smart Transportation Initiative
Community centered schools – Tom Cassidy, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Education:
Out‐of‐School Time Systems and the AfterZone Model – Tina Kauh, Public/Private Ventures
Teacher performance in tenure and force reduction – Margie Yeager, EducationCounsel
Using data to support college and career readiness – Ken Weil, College Summit‐Colorado
Health:
Mindfulness‐based programs in schools – Lisa Flook, Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
Healthy people through healthy places – Caroline Fichtenberg, American Public Health Association
Government Performance & Revenue:
Smart State Budgeting – Eric Schnurer, Public Works
Performance incentives for probation depts – Richard Jerome, Pew Public Safety Performance Projec
Economic Security:
Family champions – David Riemer, Community Advocates
State benefits access systems – Elizabeth Lower‐Basch, Center for Law and Social Policy
UI Trust Fund solvency – Rebecca Dixon, National Employment Law Project
Work‐sharing – Neil Ridley, Center for Law and Social Policy
Auto‐IRA’s & “Zombie” Debt – Uriah King, Center for Responsible Lending
No Kid Hungry campaign – Melissa Roy, Share Our Strength
Leveraging Private Investments & Localizing Finance
Green banks – Ken Berlin, Coalition for Green Capital
Infrastructure banks – Scott Bernstein, Center for Neighborhood Technology
Smart venture capital – Eric Cromwell and Dan Schmisseur, Cromwell Schmisseur LLC (formerly with the TN Technology Development Corporation)
State Partnership banks – Sam Munger, Center for State Innovation
State Health Exchanges and Other ACA Issues
Deborah Chollet, Mathematica
David Riemer, Community Advocates
Sarah Lueck, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
State Spending
State Pension Reform – Stephen Fehr, Pew’s Stateline
Corrections Reforms – Richard Jerome, Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project
Cost benefit analysis and performance management – Gary VanLandingham, Pew’s Results First
Regional Economic Development/Clean Tech Economy
Regional business plans and economic development – Amy Liu, Brookings Institution
State energy policy and economic devopment – Tom Peterson, Center for Climate Strategies
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