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- 1. GRA Annual Conference ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA J U L Y 2 1 - 2 4 , 2 0 1 9 Governmental Research Association
- 2. Welcome This year, in my role as president of the GRA, I traveled to Seattle, Detroit, Philadelphia, Colorado, New York City, and Florida. I learned a lot about the leaders of our organizations, our research, the challenges and opportunities we face, and how the work of “think-tanking” is changing. I believe how well we manage change will be the primary driver of whether our organizations – and the GRA – survive or thrive in the 21st century. Last year in the Harvard Business Review, there was an article about how think tanks measure the impact of ideas. Ask yourself, “Where does your supply curve intersect with competitive demand in the marketplace of ideas?" We are facing a complicated web of public problems, including the polarized world we live in, and it is more important than ever that everyone, including philanthropists and policymakers, understand what we do, how we do it, and why we do this work. Take them to see the issues, the places you study. Arm them with their own stories of why our work matters. When we teach people about our work, we create awareness about public problems, we reorient the focus towards the solutions, and we lay the groundwork for change. Earned media is still important, but we have a whole lot of new tools in our toolboxes, and you are going to hear at this conference why you need to become your own newsmaker. Do not underestimate the power to publish, the power to build your own audience. At the Aspen Institute they talk about connecting the leadership of the self, the leadership of the organization, and the leadership of society. You do this each and every day. You are the “meaning makers” and “wayfinders” of our world, addressing our public problems now in people’s lives and building hope for a better tomorrow. Robots and computers will never be able to do our work. We are among the few, as Martin Ford notes in Rise of the Robots, “paid primarily to engage in truly creative work or ‘blue-sky’ thinking.” Collectively we, as our Governmental Research Association, will continue to make sure the public in public policy drives change in the 21st century for everyone, for all of our neighborhoods and all of our communities, for my state and yours, for our nation and our world. I am proud of you and your leadership. I am proud of the research we are doing and the future we are shaping. On behalf of Florida TaxWatch and the GRA, thank you for joining us. Mebane Rash President, Governmental Research Association CEO, Editor-in-Chief, EducationNC and the NC Center for Public Policy Research
- 3. On July 21-24, 2019, hosted by Florida TaxWatch and the Governmental Research Association, think tank leaders and policy researchers from across the country will join together in St. Pete to learn about the most vexing current public policy issues, exchange ideas, and recognize outstanding research efforts. Most events take place at The Vinoy® Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort or Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Sunday, July 21, 2019 3:00pm | Registration | Lobby, Vinoy 4:00-5:30pm | Organizational roundup | Mebane Rash, President of GRA | Plaza A-B, Vinoy 6:00pm | Opening reception | Birchwood | 340 Beach Dr NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 7:00pm | Dinner | Plaza C-D, Vinoy 7:30pm | State budgeting technology: The budget game | Chris Barry, Director of Communications & External Affairs, Florida TaxWatch | Plaza C-D, Vinoy Monday, July 22, 2019 7:30am | Trustees breakfast | Vinoy Restaurant 8:45am | GRA welcome | Dominic Calabro, President & CEO of Florida TaxWatch | Marly Room, MFA 9:00am | How policy organizations can leverage the new media landscape | Bill Nichols, Vice President at Freedman Consulting, LLC; on the team of Spotlight on Poverty & Opportunity; and former founding Managing Editor and Editor-at-Large of POLITICO | Marly Room, MFA 9:45am | Multimedia focus on school leaders: Through the eyes of a student, Miracle | Marly Room, MFA
- 4. 9:50am | Spotlight & Skills Starting wage policy – Jeff Hornstein, Executive Director of the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia; Dominic Calabro, President & CEO of Florida TaxWatch; Jordon Newton, Research Associate at Citizens Research Council of Michigan; Phyllis Resnick, Executive Director and Lead Economist of the Colorado Futures Center; Heath W. Fahle, Director of Policy and Research at Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation | Marly Room, MFA Framing grants for policy research- Kelley O’Brien, Principal Consultant of KTO Strategy & Communications, LLC | Bayview Room, MFA 10:35am | Multimedia focus on school leaders: Through the eyes of a teacher, Patrick Archer | Marly Room, MFA 10:40am | Spotlight & Skills Criminal justice – Peter Reichard, President of Utah Foundation; Lisa R. Margulies, Esq., Senior Policy Specialist at the Crime and Justice Institute; Chelsea Murphy, Florida State Director for Right on Crime | Marly Room, MFA Hacking maps for people on a budget or a deadline – Joe Adams, Research Coordinator at Public Affairs Research Council Alabama | Bayview Room, MFA 11:25am | Multimedia focus on school leaders: Florida TaxWatch’s Principal Leadership Awards | Marly Room, MFA 11:30am | Break 11:45am | Energy deregulation | Robert Weissert, Executive Vice President & General Counsel at Florida TaxWatch; John J. Reed, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board for Concentric Energy Advisors; Catherine Stempien, State President of Duke Energy | Marly Room, MFA 12:30pm | Lunch | Marly Room, MFA 1:00pm | Climate change: The data and why the unknowns shouldn’t drive policy | Ellen Prager, PhD, Earth2Ocean, Inc | Marly Room, MFA 1:45pm | From research to recommendations | Mebane Rash, CEO, Editor-in-Chief at EducationNC and the NC Center for Public Policy Research | Marly Room, MFA 7:10pm | MLB Tampa Bay Rays v. Boston Red Sox | Tropicana Field | 1 Tropicana Dr., St. Petersburg, FL 33705
- 5. Tuesday, July 23, 2019 7:45am | Presidents breakfast | Vinoy Restaurant 9:00am | Welcome young members and newcomers | Criketa Matlock, Research Projects Director at Public Affairs Research Council Louisiana | Marly Room, MFA 9:15am | Multimedia focus on school leaders: BEST NC’s Let’s Go to the Principal’s Office | Marly Room, MFA 9:20am | Finding Efficiency: Discussing OPM’s recent clarification allowing state contractors to comply with merit system principles | David Casey, Senior VP at MAXIMUS; Marsha Simon, PhD, President MJ Simon & Company | Marly Room, MFA 10:15am | Break 10:20am | Multimedia focus on school leaders: Tools for principals in Opportunity Culture® schools 10:30am | Spotlight & Skills Medicaid expansion and healthcare – Timothy Michling, Research Associate at Citizens Research Council of Michigan; Jason Stein, Research Director of the Wisconsin Policy Forum; Shawn Teigen, Vice-President and Research Director at Utah Foundation | Marly Room, MFA Social media boosting and surveying – Analisa Sorrells, Chief of Staff and Associate Director of Policy at EducationNC | Bayview Room, MFA 11:15am | People-first policy development: Understanding history and developing relationships to plan for the future | Jen Zuckerman, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the World Food Policy Center| Marly Room, MFA 12:15pm | Break 12:3opm | Lunch | Marly Room, MFA 12:45pm | Using priorities projects to lift citizen voice up in the 2020 elections | Mebane Rash, CEO, Editor-in-Chief at EducationNC and the NC Center for Public Policy Research; Bert Brandenburg, Senior Counsel at Ward Circle Strategies; Joe Karaganis, Vice President of The American Assembly at Columbia University; Shawn Teigen, Vice President and Research Director at Utah Foundation; Phyllis Resnick, Executive Director and Lead Economist of the Colorado Futures Center; Ryan C. Hankins, Executive Director at Public Affairs Research Council Alabama; Analisa Sorrells, Chief of Staff and Associate Director of Policy at EducationNC | Marly Room, MFA 2:30pm | Dali Museum | 1 Dali Blvd, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
- 6. 6:00-7:00pm | Awards reception | Fred’s, The Vinoy Preparing states for upcoming fiscal and economic challenges – Jeff Chapman, Director of State Fiscal Health at Pew Charitable Trusts 7:00-9:00pm | Awards dinner and keynote | Plaza A-B-C, The Vinoy State government budgets – Thomas Ross, President of the Volcker Alliance Wednesday, July 24, 2019 9:00am | Annual meeting | Year in review to year ahead: The conference, the GRA, your organization | Mebane Rash, President of GRA | Marly Room, MFA 9:50am | IGNITE GASB | Dean Mead, Senior Research Manager and GASAC Coordinator at GASB; Phyllis Resnick, Executive Director and Lead Economist of the Colorado Futures Center | Marly Room, MFA 10:00am | Balancing Act | Phyllis Resnick, Executive Director and Lead Economist of the Colorado Futures Center | Marly Room, MFA 10:15am | IGNITE award presentations | Marly Room, MFA 11:00am | Conference wrap and surprise | Mebane Rash, President of GRA; Dominic Calabro, President & CEO of Florida TaxWatch | Marly Room, MFA Notes: ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________
- 8. THANK YOU MAXIMUS Brian Auld, President of the Tampa Bay Rays Florida Power & Light Florida TaxWatch EducationNC