MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 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 1030 BREAK 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 1200 BREAK 100 MICHIGAN’S BUDGET -- REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES MARY ANN CLEARY, Director, House Fiscal Agency CHRIS HARKINS, Director, Senate Fiscal Agency MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Legislative Leadership Program MONDAY DECEMBER 7, 2020 ONLINE VIA ZOOM PAGE 2 215 STATE AGENCY MEETUP 255 BREAK 305 ACROSS THE PARTISAN DIVIDE BRENT HILL Director, Next Generation Program, National Institute for Civil Discourse 400 QUESTIONS/CONCLUSION MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Legislative Leadership Program TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 2020 ONLINE VIA ZOOM PAGE 3 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 1020 BREAK 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) 30 11 IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS AND PITCHING SOLUTIONS MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY Legislative Leadership Program TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 2020 ONLINE VIA ZOOM PAGE 4 1200 BREAK 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. .