Conference Agenda - Thursday, April 11 and Friday, April 12, 2019

Thursday, April 11

4:30-4:45 PM – Welcome: Karen L. McGuinness, MPA *85, Associate Dean for Graduate Education, Woodrow Wilson School

4:45-5:45 PM – Opening Remarks: Michael Huerta, MPA *80, Former Administrator of the FAA

6:00 PM – Proceed to Reception/Dinner

6:15 PM – Reception at Palmer House

7:00-9:00 PM – Dinner at Palmer House with Students and Speakers

10:00 PM – Guests Proceed to Hotel

Friday, April 12

8:00-9:00 AM – Registration and Networking Breakfast

9:00-9:15 AM – Introduction to the Day: Steven Strauss, Lecturer and John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School

9:15-10:30 AM – Session I: Making Urban Government Work – What is the role of Innovation and Technology?

• Moderator: Jennifer Widner, Professor of Politics & International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
• Nigel Jacob, Co-founder Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics
• Gabriella Gómez-Mont, Founder and Director, Experimentalista
• Stacey Matlen, Senior Mobility Strategist at City of Detroit Office of Mobility Innovation
• Micah Lasher, Head of Policy and Communications at Sidewalk Labs

10:30-10:45 AM – Networking Break

10:45AM-Noon – Session II: Making Government Work – Bloomberg Associates
Summary: Bloomberg Associations represents a bold new approach to making government work better combining elements of management consulting with philanthropy. In this session we will discuss some of their existing work, clients and methodologies.

• Moderator: Ernesto Freire, Chief of Staff, Bloomberg Associates
• Troy Schulte, City Manager City of Kansas City, MO
• Brian Kelsey, Chief Strategy Officer, Nashville Mayor's Office
• Richard Cox, Chief Operating Officer, City of Atlanta, GA

Noon-1:30 PM – Session III:  Lunch Roundtable Discussions

• Public Sector Consulting
  • ​Ernesto Freire, Chief of Staff, Bloomberg Associates
• Alumni table:
  • ​Lisa McNeilly, MPA*94
  • Katie Hammer, MPA*11
  • Adam Petkun, MPA*10
• Planning for the City of Tomorrow:
  • ​Gabriella Gómez-Mont
  • Stacey Matlen
  • Carl Weisbrod
  • Santiago Garces
• What do startup and early stage investors do?
  • Tony Clancy
  • Stonly Baptiste
  • Ben Berkowitz
  • Jessica Lawrence Quinn
• Philanthropy and the Not-for-Profit Sector:
  • ​Maureen Conway
  • Faiza Issa

1:30-1:45 PM – Return to Plenary Room

1:45-3:00 PM – Session IV: Making Government Work: A Practitioner Perspective

• Moderator: Patricia Kirkland, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School
• Carl Weisbrod, Senior Advisor, HR&A Advisors, Board Member MTA, Former Chairman NYC Planning Commission, Former President of Trinity Church Real Estate, Founding President NYC Economic Corporation
• Anthony Shorris, MPA *79,  Former First Deputy Mayor of NYC and Weinberg/Goldman Sachs Visiting Professor, Woodrow Wilson School
• Roy Kojo Jawara "Jay" Williams, President, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

3:00-3:15 PM – Networking Break

3:15-4:30 PM – Session V: Alumni Panel

• Moderator: Barbara Hampton, Director of Graduate Career Services and Alumni Relations, Woodrow Wilson School
• Alisia Gill, MPA *96, Chief People Officer at NYC Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
• Katie Hammer, MPA *11,  Deputy Chief Operating Officer, City of Detroit
• Lisa McNeilly, MPA *94, Director of Sustainability, City of Baltimore
• Midori Valdivia, MPA-URP *08,  Chief of Staff to MTA President, Metropolitan Transportation Agency

4:30-4:45 PM – Closing Remarks: Jeffrey Oakman, MPA *03, Associate Director of Finance and Administration, Graduate Program Office, Office of Graduate Career Services, Woodrow Wilson School

4:45-5:45 PM – Reception