AMERICAN GOVERNANCE

AMERICAN FEDERALISM AND U.S. PUBLIC POLICY

Washington, D.C. – Saint Louis, MO

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May 8 – 18, 2013

Seminar Program Coordinators Washington, DC

The HONORABLE TOBY GATI Vice Chair Supporters of Civil Society in Russia Board Member Moscow School of Political Studies

TOM RHODENBAUGH Supporters of Civil Society in Russia

Seminar Program Coordinators St. Louis, MO:

DR. TERRY JONES JEROL ENOCH University of Missouri – St. Louis

JULIANNE STONE Local Government Partnership

TOM RHODENBAUGH RUSS SIGNORINO Supporters of Civil Society in Russia

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ORGANIZED AND SUPPORTED BY

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER Library of Congress

SUPPORTERS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN RUSSIA, INC.

MOSCOW SCHOOL OF POLITICAL STUDIES

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - SAINT LOUIS Office of International Studies and Programs

AMERICAN COUNCILS FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Board and Contributors- Supporters of Civil Society in Russia Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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The Moscow School of Political Studies was established in 1992 as a non-governmental organization. Its mission is to promote the development of civil society in Russia.

Washington D.C. Seminar

Wednesday, May 8th

Arrival Washington DC United Airlines Flt. 917 Arrive 3:10 PM

Hotel: Embassy Suites Hotel 1250 22nd Street NW Washington, DC 20037 (202) 857-3388

6:00 Dinner – Diplomat Room - Embassy Suites Hotel

Thursday, May 9th

8:45 AM Bus To Library of Congress

9:30 Welcome and Introductions - Library of Congress, Mumford Room James Madison Building Sixth Floor

Open World Leadership Center Ambassador John M. O'Keefe, Executive Director

Supporters of Civil Society in Russia The Honorable Toby Gati, Vice Chair

Ambassador John O'Keefe is the Executive Director of the Open World Center at the Library of Congress. Before assuming this role in 2007, Ambassador O’Keefe had a long and distinguished career in the U.S. State Department. O’Keefe served as Acting Director General and then Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department from February 2006 to August 2007. From 2003 to 2006, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of the Director General, Bureau of Human Resources, and head of the Office of Career Development and Assignments. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan from August 2000 to July 2003.

Toby T. Gati is Senior International Advisor at the law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. She focuses on Russia, Central Europe, the Newly Independent States, and various

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politically sensitive regions of the world, as well as the workings of international political and economic institutions.

Mrs. Gati served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and the Eurasian States at the National Security Council in the White House in 1993 and then as Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research (INR) until May 1997. Before joining government, Mrs. Gati was Senior Vice President for Policy Studies at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA), where she worked for over 20 years.

Mrs. Gati is a member of the Board of Directors and International Advisory Council of the Moscow School of Political Studies, a board member of the NGO “Suporters of Civil Society in Russia,” a member of the Board of the U.S.-Russia Business Council (USRBC), a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and she serves on the Advisory Board of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

10:00 “Twenty Years of Investing in Emerging Markets and Private Equity in Russia: Risks and Rewards”

Drew Guff, Managing Director and Founding Principal, Siguler, Guff and Company

Drew J. Guff is a Managing Director and founding principal of Siguler, Guff and Company’s emerging markets, direct investment and merchant banking activities and sits in the Investment Committees for of all of the Firm’s funds. Prior to founding Siguler Guff he was with PaineWeber for eleven years in a range of both principal and advisory capacities.

In 1994 Mr. Guff was instrumental in the formation of the Russia Partners Company L.P., the first major private equity fund to invest in Russia. Before establishing Russia Partners he was Principal within PaineWeber’s Merchant Banking Group, where he was engaged in structuring and managing investments using the firm’s capital. PaineWeber’s Merchant Banking Group owned controlling stakes in businesses across a broad range of manufacturing, and service industries including broadcasting, retail, media, industrial services and consumer goods. He also served for four years as Assistant to the President of PaineWeber.

Mr Guff sits on the board of directors of a number of Russia Partners’ portfolio companies, including EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE:EPAM). He is a board member of the U.S. Russia Business Council and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a trustee of the Philips Academy Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers. Mr Guff holds a A.B. in Economics from Harvard College.

11:00 “An Assessment of U.S. Russia Relations and a Look Ahead”

Angela E. Stent, Ph.D, Professor of Government and Director, Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies, Georgetown University

Angela Stent is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She is also a Senior Fellow (non-resident) at the Brookings Institution. Stent’s academic work focuses on the

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triangular political and economic relationship between the United States, Russia and Europe. Her latest book is The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century, to be published by Princeton University Press this fall. She is a member of Admiral Stavridis’ NATO Advisory Panel and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies, World Policy Journal and International Politik. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Eurasia Foundation and of “Supporters of Civil Society in Russia.” Dr Stent received her B.A. from Cambridge University, her MSc from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her MA and PhD from Harvard University.

12:00 “What does a Citizen have a Right to Know about what Government is Doing?”

Thomas Blandon Executive Director, The National Security Archive

Thomas S. Blanton is Director of the National Security Archive at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The Archive won U.S. journalism's George Polk Award in April 2000 for "piercing self-serving veils of government secrecy, guiding journalists in search for the truth, and informing us all." The Los Angeles Times described the Archive as "the world's largest nongovernmental library of declassified documents." Blanton served as the Archive's first Director of Planning & Research beginning in 1986, became Deputy Director in 1989, and Executive Director in 1992.

His books include White House E-Mail: The Top Secret Computer Messages the Reagan-Bush White House Tried to Destroy, which The New York Times described as "a stream of insights into past American policy, spiced with depictions of White House officials in poses they would never adopt for a formal portrait." He also co-authored The Chronology on the Iran-contra affair, and served as a contributing author to three editions of the ACLU's authoritative guide, Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws, and to the Brookings Institution study Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940. His latest book, Masterpieces of History: The Peaceful End of the Cold War in Europe, 1989, co-authored with Svetlana Savranskaya and Vladislav Zubok, won the Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations. His articles have appeared in The International Herald-Tribune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Slate, the Wilson Quarterly, and many other publications.

A graduate of Harvard University, where he was an editor of the independent university daily newspaper The Harvard Crimson. He won Harvard's 1979 Newcomen Prize in history.

1:00 Lunch - Library of Congress

1:45 "Lobbying the Federal Government on Issues of Importance to States and Local Governments: Why and How"

Bert Lee Steele III, Managing Partner, The Roosevelt Group

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Together with John Simmons and Christopher Goode, Bert Steele founded the Roosevelt Group in 2012. The company provides government affairs and defense consulting services to clients in the defense and national security industries.

Before found the Roosevelt Group, Mr. Steele was a Senior Advisor at the international law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, where he represented clients before Congress and the executive branch on a wide range of issues, including defense, homeland security, military base enhancement, federal appropriations and the intelligence community.

Currently a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps reserves, Mr. Steele deployed to Iraq in 2007-08, where he commanded an intelligence unit in the Al Anbar province. Following his deployment, Mr. Steele served on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition as chief of staff for the Intelligence Community Agency Review Team.

Prior to joining Akin Gump, Mr. Steele served on active duty as a Senate liaison officer in the Marine Corps Office of Legislative Affairs. While working on Capitol Hill, he advised the Senate as to the Marine Corps position on various programmatic, budgetary and policy issues.

Prior to working at the Senate, Mr. Steele served in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy as the White House liaison for the Marine Corps, where he helped coordinate the military-political relationships between the Department of the Navy and the Executive Office of the President.

Mr. Steele received his B.S. in political science in 1994 from the U.S. Naval Academy and a certificate degree in global trade in 1999 from St. Peter’s College, Oxford University.

2:50 Departure by Bus for the White House and National Security Council

3:30 “The State of U.S.-Russian Relations: Challenges and Opportunities”

Alice G. Wells, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia, National Security Council

Alice Wells is Senior Director for Russia and Eurasia at the National Security Council. Until March 2012, Ms. Wells served as Executive Assistant to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Previously, she was Chief of Staff for Under Secretary of State William J. Burns (2009- 2011).

Since joining the Foreign Service in 1989, Ms. Wells has held various positions overseas and in Washington, including: Political Minister Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (2006- 2009), Director of the Office of Maghreb Affairs (2005-2006), Deputy Director of the Office of Egypt and North African Affairs (2004-2005), Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi (2000-2001) and at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad (1997-2000), political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh (1995-1997), political and economic officer at the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe (1992-1994), and political-military and consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh.

Ms. Wells received a B.A. from Stanford University and a M.A. from the Rand Corporation and University of California, Los Angeles.

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5:30 Walking Tour and Photo Opportunities in the White House area And City Tour

6:30 Return to the Hotel

7:00 Dinner - Diplomat Room-Embassy Suite Hotel

Friday, May 10th

8:45 AM Departure for the Newseum Pennsylvania and Sixth Street N.W. 6th Street Entrance – Freedom Forum

9:30 Tour of the Newseum

10:30 “The Media and the Press in an Open and Democratic Society”

Shelby Coffey III, Vice Chairman, Freedom Forum and trustee, Newseum

Shelby Coffey III is the Vice Chairman of the Freedom Forum and a Trustee of the Newseum. He was President of CNN Business News and CNNfn, the financial network, from 1999 to 2001. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of ABC News. He worked as editor and Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles Times from 1989 to 1997 and was named “Editor of the Year” by the National Press Foundation in 1995. Mr. Coffey was also editor of U.S. News & World Report and the Senior Vice President and Editor of the Dallas Times Herald. Mr. Coffey began his journalism career at The Washington Post as a sports reporter and held a variety of editorial positions there over the next 17 years. He is also a member of the Board of “Supporters of Civil Society in Russia” (SCSR).

11:30 Lunch – Newseum Cafeteria

12:30 Bus leaves for Library of Congress Tour

1:00 Tour of the Library of Congress

1:45 Walk to Russell Office Building

2:30 “The Role of Congress in American Political and Civic Life”

Jason Rauch, Legislative Assistant to Senator Claire C. McCaskill, Democrat - Missouri

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Jason Rauch is a Legislative Assistant to Senator Claire Conner McCaskill. Senator McCaskill is the senior United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Democratic Party. She is the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri.

Before her election to the U.S. Senate, McCaskill was State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007. She previously served as Jackson Country Prosecutor and a member of the Missouri House of Representatives (1983-1988). She is a native of Rolla, Missouri and a graduate of the University of Missouri.

In the U.S. Senate, McCaskill serves as a member of the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Special Committee on Aging. She is chairperson of the Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight.

4:00 Return to the Hotel / Free Time

Dinner on your own

Saturday, May 11th

Morning Free Sightseeing/Shopping

12:30 Bus Leaves Hotel for Dulles International Airport

3:25 UA 3372 Departure to St. Louis

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2013 Open World Delegation Moscow School for Political Studies St. Louis Curriculum May 11-May 18, 2013

Saturday May 11th

4:40 PM Arrival at St. Louis Lambert International Airport

5:00 Transfer to the Hotel

Drury Plaza Hotel at the Arch 2 South 4th St. St. Louis, MO 63102 314-231-3003

8:00 St. Louis Symphony Concert David Robertson, Conductor Powell Hall, Grand Center

Beethoven Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy Bruckner Motet: "Christus factus est" Berg Act III from Wozzeck

Sunday, May 12th

9:30 Leave the Hotel

9:45-11:00 Missouri Botanical Garden

11:15-12:15 Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour

12:45-6:00 St. Louis Outlet Mall (Shopping)

6:00 Back to Hotel

7:00 Welcome and Introductory Reception Drury Plaza Hotel

 Dr. E. Terrence Jones, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Administration, UM-St. Louis.  Tom Rhodenbaugh, Program Coordinator, Supporters of Civil Society in Russia

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 Russ Signorino, Executive Director, Gateway EITC Community Coalition  Julianne Stone, Director, Local Government Partnership  Jerol Enoch, Coordinator, International Programs, UM-St. Louis

E. Terrence Jones is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. His specialties include metropolitan governance, voting behavior, and public opinion. He is the author of numerous books and articles addressing research methods, governmental reform in the St. Louis region, metropolitan politics, and regional trends. He can often be heard as a commentator on local public radio and has served as a consultant for numerous public, private, and non-profit concerns.

Thomas Rhodenbaugh is the Program Coordinator and Consultant for Supporters of Civil Society in Russia (SCSR). He provides program planning, development, and fundraising support to non-governmental organizations in the U.S. and abroad. Previously he served as Director of U.S. and Eastern Caribbean programs for Save the Children and Christian Children’s Fund and as President of Designs for Rural Action.

Russ Signorino is the Executive Director of Gateway EITC Community Coalition. He previously served as the Vice President of the United Way of Greater St. Louis. He also has extensive experience in workforce development as a Workforce Coordinator with the St. Louis County Economic Council and as a Labor Market Analyst with the State of Missouri.

Julianne Stone is the Director of the Local Government Partnership, a collaborative of the East- West Gateway Council of Governments and University of Missouri. The partnership provides training, technical assistance, outreach, and information to local government officials. She has also worked for the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and as Policy Assistant to the Mayor of the City of St. Louis.

Jerol Enoch is the Coordinator of International Programs for the Office of International Studies and Programs at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He serves as the coordinator for numerous international training programs sponsored by the University. He is currently a PhD student in the school of Education, focusing on teaching and learning processes.

Monday, May 13th REGIONALISM

8:30 Leave Hotel

9:00-10:00 Regional Planning and Collaboration East-West Gateway Council of Governments Ed Hillhouse, Executive Director Jim Wild, Assistant Executive Director One Memorial Dr. Suite 1600

This session will concentrate on issues of regional planning and provide an overview of the region: geographically, politically, and demographically.

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East-West Gateway Council of Governments (EWG) provides a governmental forum for cooperative planning and regional problem-solving. It has a 21-member policy and decision- making board of directors, comprised of the chief elected officials from the eight-county, two- state region. Among EWG’s many activities, it is designated by state and federal agencies as the metro planning organization for the area and has responsibility for selecting the road, bridge, and transit projects in the region that will receive federal funds.

Ed Hillhouse is Executive Director of East-West Gateway Council of Governments, where regional collaboration among local governments is one of his highest priorities, both to better coordinate services and to share resources so that financially constrained municipalities and counties can better serve their citizens. Ed previously served as Presiding Commissioner of Franklin County, Missouri and prior to that, he served as Superintendent for schools for the Meramec Valley School District. He holds Doctorate in Administration from St. Louis University.

Jim Wild was appointed Assistant Executive Director in 2012 and is responsible for the day-to- day operations of the agency and assists the Executive Director in his responsibilities. He joined East-West Gateway as a Transportation Analyst in June 1993 and was appointed Manager of Project Programming in 1994, Division Manager in 2000, and Senior Manager in 2009. He received his B.S. in Community and Regional Planning from Iowa State University in 1990. Prior to coming to East-West Gateway, Jim worked at Tri-County Regional Planning Commission, the Metropolitan Planning Organization for Peoria, IL

10:15-11:15 Reconnecting Downtown, our National Landmarks, and the River The CityArchRiver 2015 Carly Fleming, Communications Coordinator

CityArchRiver 2015 will make the Arch easier and safer for everyone to experience by connecting, invigorating, and expanding the park’s grounds and museums. CityArchRiver 2015 connects the Gateway Arch grounds with the East and West riverfronts of the Mississippi and the region. The project is possible because of public-private partnerships and funding sources among local, state, and federal government entities, civic organizations, private businesses, and citizens working to connect, invigorate, and expand the Gateway Arch grounds.

Carly Fleming is the Communications Coordinator for CityArchRiver 2015 Foundation. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization originally created as the sponsoring organization, partnering with the National Park Service, the City of St. Louis, and other civic interests, of an international design competition to create solutions for the unique challenges of the Gateway Arch grounds. The Foundation is now supporting the implementation of the winning design through ongoing collaboration with public partners and fundraising for the CityArchRiver 2015 project.

11:45-1:15 Regional Community Engagement FOCUS St. Louis Christine Chadwick, Executive Director Yemi Akande, Vice-President of Leadership and Alumni Programs Old Post Office, 815 Olive St. Suite 110 Lunch will be served

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This session will concentrate on issues surrounding community involvement, engagement, and dialogue around concerns of regional importance.

FOCUS St. Louis is a nonprofit organization aimed at improving the St. Louis region by developing leaders, influencing policy, and promoting community connections. It has about one thousand members and its leadership programs have produced over four thousand graduates.

Christine Chadwick is the founding Executive Director (since 1996) of FOCUS St. Louis, a non-profit organization that works to strengthen the St. Louis region by developing leadership, influencing policy, and promoting community connections. She also directs the Leadership St. Louis and Experience St. Louis programs and serves as lead consultant/project manager on many customized programs for clients such as Pfizer, Commerce Bank, Monsanto, Parkway Schools, East-West Gateway, and others.

Yemi Akande joined FOCUS St. Louis in 2012 to serve as vice president of leadership and alumni programs. She is responsible for developing and managing implementation of programs, activities, and events. Akande, who holds a doctorate in communication from the University of Oklahoma, most recently was managing partner of the leadership development consultancy Y&A Group, based in Cleveland, Ohio.

1:30-2:30 State Judicial System Missouri Court of Appeals Judge Lawrence Mooney, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District Old Post Office, 815 Olive St.

This session will concentrate on the organization and role of the state and local judicial system.

The Missouri Court of Appeals (Eastern District) is the State of Missouri's largest appellate court. Its fourteen judges handle about half of the appeals from the state's trial courts. It typically operates through three-judge panels.

Lawrence Mooney serves as a Judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. He was appointed in 1998 to the Court of Appeals and retained in office by election in 2000 for a 12-year term. He served as Chief Judge from 2002-2003. Before joining the bench, he served as executive assistant to the St. Louis County Executive, prior to which he was a prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County.

3:00-4:30 Regional Philanthropy United Way of Greater St. Louis Gary Dollar, President and CEO Kathy Gardner, Senior Vice President for Community Investment Rick Skinner, Vice President for Volunteer Services 910 N. 11th St.

This session will concentrate on issues of philanthropy and regional support for not-profit programs and organizations that better the society and region in which we live.

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The United Way of Greater St. Louis is a local organization, helping about 1 million people in 16 counties in Missouri and Illinois. Operating in St. Louis since 1922, the organization unites people of different backgrounds and interests who work together to strengthen health and human services by efficiently raising and allocating funds to support a strong network of quality agencies and services; providing information, management, and technical resources; identifying critical issues and unmet needs; and building collaborations with the public and private sectors to meet those needs.

Gary Dollar has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Way of Greater St. Louis, the region’s federated funding entity, since 2001. The United Way raises almost $70 million annually to help fund over 200 nonprofit social service agencies.

Kathy Gardner is the Senior Vice President for Community Investment. Her division supports more than 400 volunteers who strategically allocate funding, raised by the United Way, to a system of more than 170 member agencies and administers a number of fund-distribution programs.

Rick Skinner is Vice President for Volunteer Services at United Way. The United Way uses hundreds of volunteers to execute its mission. He also provides leadership to selected community initiatives.

4:30 Back to hotel

Tuesday, May 14th LOCAL GOVERNMENT

8:30 Leave hotel

The morning sessions will concentrate on local government in the City of St. Louis (the largest city in the region).

The City of St. Louis is located on the Mississippi River, the eastern boundary of the State of Missouri, just below its confluence with the Missouri River. With a population of approximately 320,000, the City occupies 61.74 square miles of land and its area has remained constant since 1876. The City, a constitutional charter city not part of any county, is organized and exists under and pursuant to its Charter and the Constitution and laws of the State of Missouri. While the City was originally incorporated as a town in 1809 and a city in 1823, the current City charter was adopted in 1923 by the electorate.

The law making body of the City of St. Louis is the Board of Aldermen. There are twenty-eight aldermen, one from each ward in the City, and a President who is elected at-large. The Board of Aldermen meet every Friday, except during summer recess and on holidays.

The executive branch of the City of St. Louis is headed by the Mayor, who is elected in a city- wide election. Francis Slay was sworn in as the 45th Mayor of the City of St. Louis in 2001. He was re-elected in April 2005 and April 2009. This Administration’s priorities include making neighborhoods safer, bringing more and better jobs to St. Louis, creating a more sustainable city, and giving parents the educational options they deserve.

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9:00-10:00 City of St. Louis Office of the Mayor Jeff Rainford, Chief of Staff St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market St. Room 200

Jeff Rainford is the Chief of Staff for City of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, a position he has held since 2001. Mayor Slay has just been elected for a 4th term and is now the longest serving Mayor of the City of St. Louis. Rainford’s position is chief policy and political advisor and gatekeeper for the Mayor. Rainford was also in charge of the three of the Mayor’s election campaigns. He previously served as a reporter for KMOX radio and for KMOV television.

10:15-11:30 City of St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed, President of the Board of Aldermen Alderman Craig Schmid, 20th Ward St. Louis City Hall, 1200 Market St. Room 230

Lewis Reed serves as the President of the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen. He is elected to this legislative position in a city-wide contest and presides over the business of the 28 member Board of Aldermen (City Council) representing the 320,000 residents of the City of St. Louis. He previously served as the Alderman from the 6th ward for 8 years. President Reed has also served as chairman of the St. Louis Port Authority. He has a background in data networks and telecommunications.

Craig Schmid has served as alderman of the 20th ward since 2003. Prior to that he served as alderman of the 10th ward from 1995 to 2003. He currently serves on the Legislation (Chair); Neighborhood Development; Health & Human Services; Housing & Urban Development; and Intergovernmental Affairs (Vice Chair) Committees of the Board. Previous to his aldermanic service he was a practicing attorney.

Noon-1:15 Lunch C.J. Muggs Restaurant 200 Central Ave. Clayton

The afternoon sessions will concentrate on local government in St. Louis County.

1:30-3:00 City of Clayton – Municipal Services Craig Owens, City Manager Senior Municipal Staff City of Clayton City Hall, 10 N. Bemiston, Clayton, Council Chambers

This session will concentrate on local government municipal services as offered by a smaller municipality in the region. Clayton is one of 91 municipalities that sit in St. Louis County.

Incorporated in 1913, Clayton combines a bustling downtown with secure residential neighborhoods. Just west of the City of St. Louis, Clayton is the seat of St. Louis County. Clayton's central location and convenient access to several interstates and major arteries place it within minutes of just about anywhere in the region. While 81% of Clayton's land is dedicated to

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residential or park use, the City's Central Business District combines 7,000,000 square feet of office space with 1,000,000 square feet of retail space.

The legislative powers of the City Government are vested in Clayton's elected officials, which include the Mayor, who is elected at-large for a three-year term, and six Aldermen, who are elected from the City's three wards on a staggered three-year term basis. The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen represent Clayton's various constituencies in establishing municipal policies and priorities and are assisted by the City administration and various advisory boards and commissions. Clayton is a full-service city with 9 departments offering all city services.

Craig Owens has served as the City Manager of Clayton, Missouri, since 2008. His 20 years experience in City Management includes positions in Rowlett, Texas, O’Fallon Illinois. and Hazelwood, Missouri. He oversees 7 departments with a municipal budget of over $37 million. Clayton is a full service city including police and fire departments and also serves as the center of St. Louis County government. Its population of 16,000 increases to 80,000 during the workday. He will be joined by his senior staff.

St. Louis County has a population of approximately 1 million residents and covers 508 square miles. County government is responsible for providing services to those residents and businesses that do not reside within an incorporated municipal jurisdiction as well as protecting the health and safety of all the citizens within its boundaries. St. Louis County is a charter county, which means that it is governed by a local charter.

3:30-5:00 St. Louis County, County Executive and County Council County Executive Charlie Dooley County Council Chair Kathleen Kelly Burkett, Genevieve Frank, Chief of Staff St. Louis County Administration Building 41 S. Central Ave, Clayton

The executive branch of St. Louis County government is run by the County Executive who is elected by a vote of all St. Louis County voters. The St. Louis County Council is the legislative body for St. Louis County. Each of its seven districts has about 140,000 citizens. The councilpersons serve part time and the council meets once a week. The councilpersons are elected on a partisan ballot to four-year terms.

Charlie Dooley is the St. Louis County Executive, the chief elected official of St. Louis County. He has held that position since 2003 and was reelected for a third term in 2010. Previously, he served as a member of the St. Louis County Council and, prior to that, was the Mayor of the City of Northwoods. His priorities include economic development and intergovernmental collaboration.

Kathleen Kelly Burkett represents the 2nd County Council District and is currently the Chair of the Council. She was elected to her seat in a 2002 special election and then reelected to a four- year term in 2008 and again in 2012. She has a special interest in public safety issues. She managed a small service business for nearly 30 years and continues to work in the same field as a consultant.

Genevieve Frank is the St. Louis County Clerk and Administrative Director for the St. Louis County Council. Her duties as county clerk include attending meetings of the council and keeping

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a record of the proceedings of the council and other permanent records of the county as required by law or ordinance. She is an attorney and has served as president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.

5:00 Back to hotel

Wednesday, May 15th NON-PROFITS/NGOs

8:30 Leave hotel

9:00-10:30 From Dependence to Independence Independence Center Michael Keller, Executive Director, 4245 Forest Park Ave

The Independence Center is committed to providing a comprehensive system of high quality programs and services that help adults with serious and persistent mental illnesses live and work idependently, and with dignity, in the community. To accomplish its mission, the Center promotes rehabilitation and employment; provides educational, social, and housing opportunities; and offers training in its approach to community-based care.

Michael Keller is Executive Director of the Independence Center, a leading Clubhouse model program for adults with mental illness, servicing more than 240 members each day. He has twenty years experience in non-profit management and leadership, having previously served for ten years as President of St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf and three as Vice President of Marketing for the St. Louis Regional Chamber.

11:00-Noon Serving the Homeless St. Patrick Center Gregory A. Vogelweid, Chief Operating Officer 800 N. Tucker Blvd.

St. Patrick Center is a nonprofit organization that is the largest provider of homeless services in Missouri with 28 housing, employment, and mental health programs assisting more than 9,000 people annually who are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless.

Gregory Vogelweid serves as Chief Operating Officer for the St. Patrick Center, a position he has held since 2001. He served as the agency's Director of Finance from 1995 to 2001 and, prior to that, had over thirty years experience in financial and operational management in the private sector.

12:15-1:30 Lunch Hunan Manor 217 N 7th St.

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2:00-4:00 Housing and Community Revitalization Old North St. Louis Restoration Group Office 2700 North 14th St.

This session focuses on providing affordable housing and community development. It addresses financing issues, neighborhood context, and design considerations as it relates to neighborhood level efforts at community revitalization.

Panel Discussion: Stephen Acree, President & CEO, Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance Joe Cavato, President, JAC Consulting Matt Nordmann, Housing Finance Consultant Karl Guenther, Community Development Specialist, Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri - St. Louis - Moderator

Old North St. Louis: Revitalization History and Tour Sean Thomas, Executive Director, Old North St. Louis Restoration Group

The Old North St. Louis Restoration Group is a community-based nonprofit organization established by neighborhood residents in 1981 to revitalize the physical and social dimensions of the community in a manner that respects its historic, cultural, and urban character. The Restoration Group has evolved from an all-volunteer organization to an effective community development corporation with a professional staff and a broad range of community-building activities.

Stephen Acree has been with the Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance since 1999 and has been its Executive Director and President since late 2002. He was born and raised in the City of St. Louis, worked in three successive City of St. Louis Mayoral administrations, and is the former Director of the City of St. Louis Community Development Agency.

Matt Nordmann is a housing finance consultant. He has served as Vice President and community development manager at Enterprise Bank as former Vice President for Acquisitions at the St. Louis Equity Fund, a major funder for affordable housing in the St. Louis region. His specialties are commercial development, banking, and law.

Joe Cavato is the President of JAC consulting. Previously, he was Senior Vice President of the Community Program Development Corporation, working on real estate development activities involving affordable housing, redevelopment, and finance. He headed the St. Louis County Planning Department and arranged public financings as an investment banker with A.G. Edwards and Bank of America Securities. He had a role in helping finance major projects such as MetroLink, the St. Louis Convention Center, and numerous housing developments here and around the country.

Karl Guenther is a community development specialist at the Public Policy Research Center where he facilitates a network of community development organizations. He worked for the Incarnate Word Foundation on strategic initiatives in North St. Louis and is co-founder of Invest

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STL, an initiative to raise funds to support community development in the region. He holds a master’s degree in social work with a specialization in economic and community development.

Sean Thomas is Executive Director of Old North St. Louis (ONSL), a community-based nonprofit organization pursuing a comprehensive revitalization strategy rooted in the community’s vision of creating a sustainable and welcoming neighborhood in an area of St. Louis that had experienced a high degree of disinvestment. Sean previously served as the deputy director of the St. Louis Association of Community Organizations.

4:45 Back to Hotel We will visit Crown Candy Kitchen for Ice Cream before boarding the bus.

7:15 St. Louis Cardinals vs. New York Mets Baseball Game (Dinner on your own at the game)

Thursday, May 16th UNIVERSITY DISCUSSIONS

7:45 Leave hotel – Metrolink to University

Today’s program will be held at University of Missouri –St. Louis, Millennium Student Center, Century Room C

9:00 Welcome Chancellor Thomas George, University of Missouri-St. Louis Professor of Chemistry and Physics

9:15-10:15 Federalism in the United States Dr. David Robertson, Curators Professor of Political Science

David Robertson is Curators Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a specialist on American political development. His most recent book is titled, The Original Compromise: What the Constitution’s Framers Were Really Thinking. Robertson is Associate Editor of the Journal of Policy History and also appears as political analyst for KSDK Television (NBC).

ROUNDTABLES These roundtables will allow delegates to talk informally with members of the university community, the local government community, and the non-profit community.

10:30–Noon University Roundtable Discussions The University of Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Administration Program is nationally recognized for its three major initiatives: (1) Master of Public Policy Administration, (2) Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program and Certificate, and (3) Local Government

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Partnership and the Local Government Management Certificate. The University also supports the Public Policy Research Center and the Center for Ethics in Public Life.

Dr. Deborah Balser, Director, Public Policy Administration & Associate Professor, Public Policy Administration & Business Administration Dr. Andrew Glassberg, Founders Associate Professor of Political Science & Public Policy Administration Dr. Wally Siewert, Director, Center for Ethics in Public Life Dr. Mark Tranel, Director, Public Policy Research Center, Jean Germain Gros, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Dr. Terry Jones, Professor, Public Policy Administration & Political Science Dr. William Winter, Research Analyst, Public Policy Research Center Julianne Stone, Director, Local Government Partnership.

Noon-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 Local Government Roundtable Discussions

The St. Louis region has almost 300 municipalities. Most of those with populations over 5,000 have part-time, elected officials, typically a mayor and a legislative body ("board of aldermen" or "city council"). A professional administrator ("city manager" or "city administrator") often directs the daily operations.

Mayor Norman McCourt, City of Black Jack Mayor James Knowles, City of Ferguson John Marquart, Village Administrator, Village of Shiloh Scott Williams, City Manager, City of Collinsville Eric Fey Administrative Assistant, 5th St. Louis County Council District Lance LeComb, Spokesperson and Manager of Public Information, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

3:00-5:00 Nonprofit Roundtable Discussions

The St. Louis region has thousands of nonprofit organizations ranging from those with annual budgets exceeding $10,000,000 to those having just one or two staff members. Most specialize in addressing a specific problems (e.g., the environment) or working with a specific demographic (e.g., youth or older adults).

Jim Braun, Chief Executive Officer, Youth in Need Suzanne LeLaurin, Senior Vice-President for Individuals and Families, International Institute Cheryl Gardine, Executive Director and Co-founder, Center for Life Solutions Colleen Starkloff, co-founder and co-director Starkloff Disability Institute David Hilliard, President and CEO, Wyman Rich Patton, Executive Director, Vision for Children at Risk Russ Signorino, Executive Director, Gateway EITC Community Coalition Susannah Fuchs, Director of Environmental Health, American Lung Association in Missouri, St. Louis

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4:30 Back to hotel

Friday, May 17th MEDIA, SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND COMMERCE

8:30 Leave hotel

9:00-10:45 Media Patrick Murphy, Vice President of Production, The Nine Network (TV) Alvin Reid, Writer, Commentator and Former Editor (TV, Print, Online, Radio) Margie Freivogel, Founder and Editor, St. Louis Beacon (Online) Tim Eby, Director and General Manager, St. Louis Public Radio Nine Network Studios/St. Louis Public Radio Building. 3655 Olive St.

This session will focus on media in the St. Louis region.

The Nine Network and St. Louis Public Radio are respectively the region’s public television and radio stations. They are supported primarily by private donations but do receive some national government support. The St. Louis Beacon is an on-line newspaper (no print edition) founded by journalists who had retired from the region's major daily newspaper, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The region also has various outlets whose mission is to serve specific geographic or ethnic/racial communities.

Patrick Murphy is Vice President of Production for Nine Netwok. He is an award-winning producer and an on-camera talent. He has been at the Nine Network for over thirty years.

Alvin Reid has held editors’ positions at the St. Louis American and St. Louis Argus, both newspapers that serve the St. Louis African-American community. He is a regular panelist on Donnybrook, the region’s top public affairs program and a commentator for the Nine Network. He has also been a sports commentator for ESPN radio.

Margie Freivogel is the founder and editor of the St. Louis Beacon, an online news outlet. She spent 34 years as a reporter, editor, and Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post- Dispatch.

Tim Eby is the Director and General Manager of St. Louis Public Radio since 2009. He has more than 25 years of public radio experience. Eby was a member of the Board of Directors of National Public Radio from 2002-2008.

11:15 – 1:15 Secondary Education Clayton High School Dan Gutchewsky, Principal 1 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton

This session will allow participants to visit a local high school and meet with educators and students.

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Clayton High School is one of the region's premier public secondary schools, educating 845 students in Grades 9 through 12. Over 98% of its graduates go on to higher education. Their test scores on national examinations rank among the highest in the United States.

2:00-3:00 Regional Commerce St. Louis Regional Chamber Jim Alexander, Vice President for Business Recruitment One Metropolitan Square, St. Louis

This session will concentrate on issues of regional commerce, business attraction, and job creation challenges, opportunities, and strategies.

The St. Louis Regional Chamber is the regional chamber of commerce with over 4,000 member organizations. It helps coordinate economic development for the entire metropolitan area including advocating for pro-business public policies initiatives at the state and national levels.

Jim Alexander is the Vice President for Business Recruitment at the Regional Chamber. The goal of the business recruitment team is to attract new jobs and investment to the 16-county, bi- state St. Louis region and work closely with state, county, and local economic development professionals to identify, qualify, manage, and successfully close business recruitment projects for the region. His previously served in management positions with Honeywell, Praxair Electronics, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Centerior Energy.

3:00 Back to Hotel

3:30 Certificate Ceremony at Hotel

5:30 Leave Hotel for Farewell Celebration

6:30-9:00 Farewell Celebration

9:00 Back to Hotel

Saturday, May 18th

8:30-10:00 Trip to the Top of the Arch (optional)

11:00 Leave Hotel for Airport

1:29 UA 3691 departs to Chicago O’Hare International Airport

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