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Wednesday, April 26
7:30 am – 8:15 am
BREAKFAST: Art of Management Attendees Light Breakfast
Room: Colorado
PRE-CONFERENCE
8:30 am – 2:30 pm
Colorado Room
WORKSHOP: Art of Management
Workshop for managers on the job five years or less. Managers and presenters will share wisdom and knowledge gained from experience. It’s the stuff they don’t teach in graduate school, but you don’t have to learn the hard way! See workshop schedule.
MAIN CONFERENCE
3:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Devereaux Room
WELCOME
Jenn Ooton, CCMA President
Dr. Beverli Marshall, City Manager, Glenwood Springs
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Nicole Lance, Author and Executive Coach
“Awesome on Your Own Terms”
CCCMA AWARDS RECOGNITION
WELCOME RECEPTION
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Roosevelt Room
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Thursday, April 27
7:30 am – 8:15 am
BREAKFAST: Join us for a light breakfast
Room: Colorado
ALUMNI BREAKFAST: School of Public Affairs
Room: Roosevelt Room
8:30 am – 9:30 am
KEYNOTE: Amanda Henderson, Director of the Institute for Religion, Politics & Culture at the Iliff School of Theology
Two Truths and Two Lies
Room: Devereaux
9:30 am – 10:00 am
BREAK
10:00 am – 10:45 am
CONFERENCE TOPIC ONE: Land Use & Housing Resources
PRESENTER: Andy Hill, DOLA
Room: Colorado
CONFERENCE TOPIC TWO: Navigating Paid Family and Medical Leave
PRESENTER: Melissa McDuffey, American Fidelity
Room: Roosevelt
CONFERENCE TOPIC THREE: Wheat Ridge Versus Black Cat – Lessons Learned From a Recent Cyber-Attack
PRESENTERS: Patrick Goff, City Manager; Allison Scheck, Deputy City Manager; Marianne Schilling, Assistant City Manager; Jesse Dubin, IT Manager
Room: Devereaux
CONFERENCE TOPIC FOUR: How an Effective Parking Management Program Can Increase Vibrancy in Your Downtown Core
PRESENTER: Gareth Lloyd, Interstate Parking
Room: Garden/veranda Room
11:00 am – 11:45 am
CONFERENCE TOPIC ONE: Reset: Leveraging Culture & the Employee Cycle to Overcome the Great Resignation
PRESENTERS: Kayla Barber-Perrotta and Traci McLean, City of Brighton
Room: Colorado
CONFERENCE TOPIC TWO: Managing the Why, How, and Outcomes of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Strategies Across Different Colorado Communities
PRESENTER: Brandy Reitter, Executive Director of the Colorado Broadband Office, State of Colorado, CCCMA DEI Committee Chair
Room: Roosevelt
CONFERENCE TOPIC THREE: Going to the Voters for Funding: Stories, Strategies, Best Practices
PRESENTERS: David Flaherty, Magellan Strategies; Scott Trainor, City of Fountain; Mike Foreman, City of Monument
Room: Devereaux
CONFERENCE TOPIC FOUR: Decarbonization, Electrification and GHG emissions reduction
PRESENTER: Oscar Rangel, Veregy
Room: Veranda/Garden
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
LUNCH: Meet with colleagues and enjoy a grab and go lunch
Room: Colorado Room
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm
CONFERENCE TOPIC ONE: The Science Behind Workplace Distractions and Associated Stress
PRESENTER: Drew Sanders, City of Cortez
Room: Colorado
CONFERENCE TOPIC TWO: Proactive leadership for BOLD IDEAS: Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity and Accessible Services
PRESENTER: Chantal Unfug, DOLA
Room: Roosevelt
CONFERENCE TOPIC THREE: Rock of Ages – Leveraging Talent (from all generations) to harmonize the workplace
PRESENTERS: Anne McCord and Jen Volmer, ILG
Room: Devereaux
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
CONFERENCE TOPIC ONE: Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs Operational Overview
PRESENTER: David Callahan, Colorado Division of Veterans Affairs
Room: Colorado
CONFERENCE TOPIC TWO: THERE’S NO LAUGHING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Eight observations from the front lines on communications and engagement and what to do about them.
PRESENTERS: Kim Newcomer and Ryan Burke, Slate Communications
Room: Roosevelt
CONFERENCE TOPIC THREE: Innovative Approaches to Addressing Wicked Problems in Local Government Through Collaborative Management
PRESENTERS: Brian Wilkerson, Corporate Vice President, hrQ Inc. and Melissa Antol, Director of Consulting Services & Public Sector Practice Lead, hrQ Inc.
Room: Devereaux
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
EXHIBIT BREAK: Visit our Partners and Sponsors in the exhibit area. There will be giveaways and useful information for your organizations!
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Ethics
PRESENTER: Karen Daly, ICMA and Greg Schulte, Senior Advisor
Room: Devereaux
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
DEI Mixer
Room: Colorado
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
RECEPTION
Room: Roosevelt