9:15am – DC Office
Denise Feriozzi
Denise is one of the country’s leading campaign strategists with an expansive network of relationships with political leaders and elected officials all across America. Denise spent the majority of her career working to elect Democratic women to office, directly on campaigns and as Deputy Executive Director and Political Director at EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics. Denise has experience running independent campaigns to elect progressive candidates and win on progressive causes, like her work to defeat privatization of Social Security; elevate education as a key issue in gubernatorial races; and manage a coalition of LGBT, women’s and labor groups to elect Tammy Baldwin to the U.S. Senate. Bio here.
Lean more about Civitas here. Interesting quote: “We know that for substantive wins with lasting results, this work has to be done on both sides of the aisle. Our team includes Democrats, Republicans, and Independents with deep and long-lasting relationships at the local, state, and federal level. We work with the leading pollsters and consultants from across the political spectrum who share our commitment to results.”
11:45am – at DC Center
(Matt Dalbey and Tim Torma)
Matt Dalbey
From Matt’s LinkedIn: “Experienced Office Director with a demonstrated history of working in the government administration industry. Skilled in Land Use Planning, Sustainable Development, Policy Analysis, Land Use, and Economic Development. Strong community and social services professional with a Ph.D. focused in Urban Planning from Columbia University in the City of New York.”
Tim Torma
Senior Advisor – US EPA. View his career here.
EPA – More about their office:
Office of Community Revitalization: The Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) (formerly the Office of Sustainable Communities) supports locally-led, community-driven efforts to revitalize local economies and improve environmental and human health outcomes. To accomplish this work, OCR collaborates with other EPA programs, federal agencies, regional, state, and local governments, and a broad array of nongovernmental and private-sector partners to bring additional resources to communities and to leverage public and private sector investments. Assistance is provided at the community’s request on issues such as the reuse and redevelopment of abandoned and underused properties; diversifying economies and revitalizing main streets through local and regional food systems, broadband infrastructure investments, light manufacturing, health care organizations and other community assets; disaster recovery and resilience and green and compete street designs.
1pm – at DC Center
Matt Weil (twitter; @MattIWeil)
Matthew Weil is director of BPC’s Elections Project. Prior to joining BPC in February 2013, he worked at the Department of the Treasury on domestic finance issues in the office of public affairs. Previously, he served as a research and policy analyst at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, working on National Voter Registration Act regulations, drafting congressionally-mandated reports, and directing the Election Management Guidelines program. He also served as a staff member on the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project. Matt’s bio can be found here.
Matt’s recent work is here.
About the Bipartisan Policy Center.
2:30pm – at Fairlines Office
Address: 916 Prince Street, in Old Town Alexandria
Adam Kincaid (twitter: AdamPKincaid)
A recent article about Kincaid: here.
Afternoon: Group Presentation Work Time
DCSI - American Politics 