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Agenda subject to change
February 11, 2019
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Resolutions Database & Membership IT Training (Montgomery Room, NGAUS)
- State Association POCs only
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm No-Host Social (The Dubliner, 4 F Street, NW, Washington, DC)
February 12, 2019 Legislative Workshop
All events will take place in the NGAUS Hall of States unless otherwise noted
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registrant Check-In; Continental Breakfast (Downstairs Foyer, NGAUS)
8:00 am – 8:15 am NGAUS Welcome, Brig. Gen. (Ret) J. Roy Robinson, NGAUS President
8:15 am – 9:00 am NGAUS Legislative Priorities | View Presentation
- NGAUS Legislative Staff
9:00 am – 9:30 am Congressional Professional Staff Perspectives
- Will Todd, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
- John Wason, Senate Armed Services Committee
9:30 am – 10:00 am National Guard State Perspectives
- Marcy Weldin, Director of Government Affairs, Texas Military Department | View Presentation
- Lt. Col. Brian Winter, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota National Guard | View Presentation
10:00 am – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 am – 12:00 pm Political Dynamics & Defense Spending in Congress | View Presentation
- Mark Harkins, Government Affairs Institute, Georgetown University
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH (On Your Own)
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Perspectives from the Governors
- Mary Catherine Ott, Homeland Security & Public Safety Legislative Director, National Governors Association & Council of Governors
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Perspectives from EANGUS
- Daniel Elkins, Legislative Director, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S. (EANGUS)
1:45 pm – 2:15 pm National Guard Priorities in Congress
- Craig Abele, National Security Advisor, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
- Sherman Patrick, Military Legislative Assistant, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Adjutant General Perspectives
- Maj. Gen. Donald Dunbar, The Adjutant General, Wisconsin
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Air National Guard Update | View Presentation
- Maj. Gen. Steven Nordhaus, Commander, Air National Guard Readiness Center
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Army National Guard Update
- Lt. Gen. Timothy Kadavy, Director, Army National Guard
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm The State of the National Guard | View Presentation
- Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm NGB-LL Update | View Presentation
- Col. Mike Frank, Deputy Director, National Guard Bureau Office of Legislative Liaison (NGB-LL)
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm EVENING RECEPTION (Downstairs Foyer, NGAUS)
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