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Legislative Leadership Program
MONDAY DECEMBER 7, 2020 ONLINE VIA ZOOM
00 9 OPENING REMARKS MATT GROSSMANN Director, Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, College of Social Science, Michigan State University SAMUEL L. STANLEY JR., M.D. President, Michigan State University
930 ISSUE BREAKOUTS
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1045 LEGISLATIVE LEADERS ROUNDTABLE REP. JASON WENTWORTH Speaker-Elect, Michigan House of Representatives
REP. DONNA LASINSKI House Democratic Leader Elect, Michigan House of Representatives SEN. MIKE SHIRKEY Senate Majority Leader, Michigan Senate SEN. JIM ANANICH Senate Democratic Leader, Michigan Senate
1145 GEORGE COOK Legislative Liaison, Office of Governor Whitmer
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100 MICHIGAN’S BUDGET -- REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES MARY ANN CLEARY, Director, House Fiscal Agency CHRIS HARKINS, Director, Senate Fiscal Agency
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215 STATE AGENCY MEETUP
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305 ACROSS THE PARTISAN DIVIDE
BRENT HILL Director, Next Generation Program, National Institute for Civil Discourse
400 QUESTIONS/CONCLUSION
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00 9 OPENING REMARKS/Q&A TERESA K. WOODRUFF Provost, Michigan State University
20 9 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
CHARLES BALLARD Economics Professor, Michigan State
University
GABE EHRLICH Director, Research Seminar in Quantitative
Economics, University of Michigan
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1030 COVID-19 AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES FOR MICHIGAN PUBLIC HEALTH
Covid-19 Testing, Contact Tracing, Innovations LEO KEMPLE Dean, College of Engineering, Michigan State University JACK LIPTON, Ph.D. Chair and Professor of Translational Neuroscience, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University JOAN ROSE, Ph.D. Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University
Covid-19, State Response DR. JONEIGH S. KHALDUN Chief Medical Executive, State of Michigan (Invited Speaker)
1130 IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS AND PITCHING SOLUTIONS
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100 ISSUES IN K-12 EDUCATION KATHARINE STRUNK Director, Education Policy Innovation Collaborative, Michigan State University
200 RACIAL EQUITY LEADERSHIP
300 ASK THE EXPERTS
330 QUESTIONS/CONCLUSION
Michigan State University’s Legislative Leadership Program is offered every two years to newly elected legislators. It is jointly produced under the auspices of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research in MSU’s College of Social Science, MSU Extension and MSU Government and External Relations.