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Conference Agenda NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PARK DIRECTORS CONFERENCE | SEDONA, AZ SEPTEMBER 4 - 8 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SUNDAY, september 2nd 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Grand Canyon National Park Main Entrance Meet with Park Superintendent Best Practices monday, september 3rd 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 5:00 AM – 4:00 PM Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Main Entrance “Behind the Scenes” Guided Hike and Lunch 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Evening Networking Cascade Pool Sponsored by Leisure Interactive tuesday, september 4th Offsite Activities Sponsored by Itinio 5:00 AM – 4:00 PM Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park Main Entrance “Behind the Scenes” Guided Hike and Lunch 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM Golf Outing Hotel Lobby 7:00 AM – 12:00 PM ATV Adventure Main Entrance 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM Kayak Adventure Main Entrance 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Jeep Tour Main Entrance 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Horseback Riding Main Entrance 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Biking Adventure Main Entrance 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Historic Jerome Visit Main Entrance 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Conference Registration Hotel Lobby 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Exhibitor Setup Canyon, Dry, & Oak 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Board Meeting (with working lunch) Ironwood Suite 4:00 PM– 5:00 PM New Director’s Orientation Ironwood Suite 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Evening Welcome Reception Hilton Tap & Sponsored by Guest Services Table 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Evening Networking Cascade Pool Sponsored by Leisure Interactive wEDNESDAY, september 5th 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Canyon Ballroom 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Vendor Exhibition Hours Canyon, Dry, & Oak 8:00 AM Welcome to Arizona, Sue Black (AZ) Tequa Ballroom Color Guard, Pledge of Allegiance/Anthem “Be Better” Tequa Ballroom Deborah Pfingston Welcome to Sedona, Mayor Sandy Moriarty Tequa Ballroom 8:30 AM NASPD Welcome, Linda Lanterman (KS) Tequa Ballroom Grady Spann (AR), Roll Call Rick May, Senior Advisor to Secretary, U.S. Dept. of Interior Dan Smith, Deputy Director/Acting NPS Director 9:15 AM Keynotes on Parks and Health, Lewis Ledford Tequa Ballroom Dr. Robert Zarr, Parks Prescription, ParkRxAmerica.org, Jason Urroz Kids In Parks, Track-Trail Tequa Ballroom 10:00 AM Break Canyon, Dry, & Sponsored by Gravely, an Ariens Company Oak 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM Vendor Speed Meetings (concurrent breakout) Canyon Ballroom 10:45 AM Directors’ Business Meeting, Linda Lanterman Tequa Ballroom Reports: President, Executive Director, Budget Committee Strategic Plan – Erika Rivers (MN) 11:30 AM Directors’ Roundtable, Linda Lanterman Tequa Ballroom 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Canyon Ballroom Sponsored by NIC Outdoor Recreation 1:30 PM America’s State Parks Photo Contest Tequa Ballroom Malia French, Aspira - Winter Activities - Friends & Family - Scenic & Seasons - Camping and Wildlife - Grand Prize Winner 1:45 PM State Parks and Health Survey Jennifer Zuckerman Grant Funded by Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation of N.C. 2:00 PM Healthy Youth, Kids to Parks Day Tequa Ballroom Grace Lee, National Park Trust wEDNESDAY, september 5th 2:15 PM Student Conservation Association Tequa Ballroom Jamie Matyas Pennsylvania Youth Conservation Corp John Norbeck 3:00 PM The Golden Age of RVing: Everything Tequa Ballroom You Need to Know Bob Wheeler, Airstream 3:45 PM Sessions End 4:00 PM Bus to Slide Rock Main Entrance Transportation Sponsored by Conduent 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Slide Rock State Park Dinner Dinner Sponsored by STIHL 7:00 PM Bus back to Hilton Transportation Sponsored by Conduent 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Evening Networking Cascade Pool Sponsored by Leisure Interactive tHURSDAY, september 6th 6:00 AM – 8:00 AM Breakfast Canyon Ballroom 8:00 AM Announcements, Linda Lanterman Tequa Ballroom 8:10 AM Reaping the Benefits of Interpretation Tequa Ballroom In State Parks Dr. Ted Cable, Kansas State University Kelly Farrell, Arkansas State Parks 9:00 AM Outdoor Industry Report Tequa Ballroom 9:30 AM NASPD Talks (3) Tequa Ballroom 10:00 AM Break Canyon, Dry, & Sponsored by RVIA Oak 10:45 AM Diversity Committee Report Lisa Sumption (OR) Tequa Ballroom 11:00 AM NASPD Talks (3) Tequa Ballroom 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch Canyon Ballroom 11 Survivor Awards, Ben Ellis (MO) Bear Trap Award, Dan Bortner (IN) tHURSDAY, september 6th 1:30 PM Girl Scouts of America and NASPD Tequa Ballroom Christy Tafoya (NM) Peggy Sanchez Mills, Girl Scouts of NM CEO Lynelle McKay, Girl Scouts, USA 1:50 PM Directors’ Business and Roundtable Continued, Tequa Ballroom Regional Representative Reports Representatives Selected for Board Director Updates 3:30 PM End of Business Meeting 4:00 PM Bus to Red Rock Main Entrance 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Red Rock State Park Awards Dinner Reception and dinner sponsored by Aramark & Aspira 7:00 PM Bus back to Hilton 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM Evening Networking Cascade Pool Sponsored by Leisure Interactive FRIDAY, september 7th 6:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast Canyon Ballroom 9:00 AM Management Experience: Bus to Rockin’ River Main Entrance 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Rockin’ River Ranch Management Experience: Tour 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Management Experience: Food Truck Lunch 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Management Experience: Bus to Tempe Marriott 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Tempe Courtyard Marriott Check-in Evening at your leisure SATURDAY, september 8th Shuttles to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport from Tempe Courtyard Marriott Hotel Lobby 12 SPEAKERS Dr. Robert Zarr, Founder & Medical Director of Park Rx America Dr. Robert Zarr is a board-certified pediatrician at Unity Health Care, located in Washington, DC, where he cares for low-income and immigrant populations. He is Founder and Medical Director of Park Rx America (www.ParkRxAmerica. org), a community health initiative to prescribe nature to patients and families to prevent and treat chronic disease and promote wellness. He previously served as the Park Rx Advisor to the National Park Service in his national advocacy to connect people to parks. Dr. Ted Cable, Professor at Kansas State University Ted Cable is Professor of Park Management and Conservation at Kansas State University. He has authored 15 books, several book chapters, and more than 200 articles, reports, and presentations dealing with nature, travel and heritage interpretation. Dr. Cable has traveled and worked extensively in Africa, Asia and Latin America, teaching and consulting about heritage interpretation. While in Mali he tracked desert elephants near Timbuktu with a National Geographic TV film crew while collecting ecotourism data in villages along the route. In 2005, he received both the William C. Everhart Award as part of Clemson Universi- ty’s George B. Hartzog Environmental Awards Program as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of Missouri Interpreters. In 1996, he received the National Association for Interpretation’s Master of Interpretation Award and in 2000 he received their highest honor by being named a Fellow of the National Association for Interpretation. John Norbeck, Deputy Secretary for Parks and Forestry at DCNR John Norbeck became DCNR Deputy Secretary for Parks and Forestry in August 2015. As deputy, he oversees operations of the bureaus of State Parks, Forestry, and Facility Design and Construction, and helps advance DCNR’s strategic initiatives. Norbeck served as the director of the Bureau of State Parks from 2006-2012. During his tenure, the bureau was awarded the National Gold Medal for Best Managed State Park System in the country, 2009-2011. Norbeck spearheaded outstanding infrastructure investments in the Pennsylvania Wilds, including the Bald Eagle Nature Inn, Elk Country Visitor Center, Kinzua Bridge Skywalk, and the Sinnemahoning Wildlife Center. Additionally, he served as the lead for the Lower Susquehanna Conservation Landscape, increased public private partnerships from 100 to 145 over six years, updated the agency’s revenue enhancement program from $13 million to $21.5 million annually, and established a Green Parks Initiative resulting in reducing the bureau’s carbon footprint and increasing energy efficiencies throughout the agency. Prior to joining DCNR, Norbeck served nearly 30 years through the ranks as a state parks professional in Maryland Department of Natural Resources, State Forest and Park Service. In 2012 he was awarded the President’s Award from the National Association of State Parks Directors. Norbeck also has served as the chief operating officer of PennFuture, a statewide environmental advocacy organization. 13 Grace Lee, Executive Director of the National Park Trust She joined NPT in 2006 and has overseen the significant expansion of National Park Trust’s mission of park preservation and youth programs, including a renewed focus on high-priority land acquisition projects to benefit the National Park Service, and in 2009 the launch of NPT’s innovative Buddy Bison School Program which currently provides outdoor environmental education for 69 Title I schools. This was followed in 2011 by the creation of National Kids to Parks Day, held annually on the 3rd Saturday in May, and organized by NPT in collaboration with national partners — representing all 50 states and Washington, DC. In 2018, more than 1 million participants celebrated the day, enjoying more 1,200 park events and programs. Grace holds an AB degree in chemistry (biologic specialization) from Duke University, worked as an analytical chemist at the National Institutes of Health, and then as an editor for Analytical Chemistry published by the American Chemical Society. For ten years, Grace served on the board of the Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland, playing a leadership role in the school’s strategic plan and development initiatives including two capital campaigns and the annual fund.
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