2025 Annual Conference Friday

Friday, April 25


7:30 am – 8:15 am

BREAKFAST: Meet with colleagues and enjoy breakfast
ROOM: Lobby
ALUMNI BREAKFAST: University of Colorado Denver, School of Public Affairs
ROOM: Roosevelt
SENIOR ADVISOR MEETING
ROOM: 1893 Board Room

8:30 am – 9:15 am

SESSION ONE: It’s Going to be EPIC! 

PRESENTER: City of Lafayette: Kady Doelling City Administrator; Ernesto Chavez, Chief Technology Officer; and  Sarab Khalsa, Human Resources Director 
ROOM: Devereaux

SESSION TWO: Beyond Charity: The Economic Power of Nonprofits in Rural Communities

PRESENTER: Cato Kraft, Executive Director, Estes Nonprofit Network
ROOM: Roosevelt

SESSION THREE: Outcomes Matter: How a Rural County and Municipality are Advancing DEIB Not Through Language but Through Outcomes

PRESENTER: Town of Hayden: Mat Mendisco, Town Manager and Eagle County: Jeff Shroll, Manager
ROOM: Colorado

SESSION FOUR: Join the Veterans Committee! Learn About Veterans Service in Local Government in Colorado
(This session will end at 9:00 am)

PRESENTER: CCCMA’s Colorado Veterans Leading Government (COVLG) Committee 
ROOM: 1893 Board Room

9:30 am – 10:15 am

SESSION ONE: Logic & Emotion: Put Your Oxygen Mask On First!

PRESENTER: Chapman Foundation for Caring Communities: Heather McDermott, 
ROOM: Devereaux

SESSION TWO: Go Ahead, Ask Us Anything

FACILITATOR: Town of Snowmass Village: Clint Kinney, Town Manager
PANELISTS: Lone Tree: Seth Hoffman, City Manager, Delta: Elyse Ackerman Casselberry, City Manager, Fort Collins: Tyler Marr, Deputy City Manager, Aspen: Jen Ooton, Senior Project Manager, Pitkin County: Kara Silbernagel, Deputy County Manager
ROOM: Roosevelt

SESSION THREE: Stronger Together: Regional Collaboration and Creative Crisis Exercises in Emergency Management

FACILITATER: Town of Paonia: Stefen Wynn, Town Administrator and Treasurer
PANALISTS: Delta County: Kris Stewart, Emergency Manager, Town of Paonia: Matthew Laiminger, Chief of Police, Hotchkiss Fire District: Chief Doug Fritz, Fire Chief
ROOM: Colorado

10:30 am – 11:30 pm

KEYNOTE: Dr. Richard Wobbekind
Colorado Economic Overview

ROOM: Devereaux

11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Annual Meeting & Update
Special Guest:
Kevin Bommer, CML Executive Director
ROOM: Devereaux