(Agenda is DRAFT and subject to change)
Guest Arrival & Registration
8:45 AM-9:30 AM
Opening Remarks
9:30 AM- 10:00 AM
State Policy Roundup: Recent News & What’s Next
10:00 AM-11:30 AM
Moderated by Liz Kurantowicz, Media Pundit & Political Analyst
Matthew Brokman
Chief of Staff,
Governor Lamont
Bob Duff
Senate Democrat Majority Leader
Jason Rojas
House Democrat Majority Leader
Brian O’Connor
Director of Public Policy, CCM
Heather Somers
Deputy Senate Republican Leader
Lunch
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Local Land Use: How Projects Actually Get Done
12:30 PM-1:45 PM
Moderated by Dale Kroop, Executive Director, New Colony Development Corp.
Savannah-Nicole Villalba
Community Planning Director, NVCOG
Christina Costa
Town Planner & Zoning Enforcement,
Old Saybrook
Todd Dumais
Town Planner,
West Hartford
Benjamin Lovejoy
Planning Analyst,
Department of Housing
Innovation: A Better Way to End Homelessness
1:45 PM-2:00 PM
Catherine Zall
Executive Director
Homeless Hospitality Center
Kara Capone
CEO
Community Housing Advocates
Carmen Colon
President & CEO
Pacific House Inc.
John McKinney
Political Analyst and
Former State Senator
Coffee Break
2:25 PM-2:35 PM
In this Economy? Building Affordable Housing is Less Risky
2:40 PM-4:00 PM
Moderated by Lewis Brown, Managing Principal, Honeycomb Real Estate
Seila Mosquera-Bruno
Connecticut Housing Commissioner
Nandini Natarajan
CEO,
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
Tony Lyons
Managing Director, National Equity Fund
Kevin Gremse
Managing Director,
Grow America
Michael Weinstock
Regional President,
M&T Bank
Ned Lamont, Governor
State of Connecticut
4:30 PM
Networking Reception
5:00 PM-6:30 PM