February 13—16, 2017 Marriott Wardman Park Hotel Washington, D.C. 02 Sponsored by in collaboration with17 1 20 7 2017 NLS PROGRAM TABLE OF CONTENTS Summit at a Glance 2 Helpful Information 3 Schedule of Events 4 ACCT Board of Directors 18 AACC Board of Directors 20 SUMMIT AT A GLANCE HELPFUL INFORMATION MONDAY WEDNESDAY LOCATION OF MEETING ROOMS All meeting rooms are on the ballroom level unless otherwise indicated. FEBRUARY 13 FEBRUARY 15 Meeting times are subject to change. 9:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. 7:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Registration TICKETS Registration Tickets are required for the General Session Luncheon (Tuesday), Capital Awards and Entertainment Banquet (Wednesday), and the TUESDAY 7:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. General Session Breakfast (Thursday). If you have not purchased tickets FEBRUARY 14 State Breakfast Meetings in advance and wish to attend, check at the Summit Registration Desk (at hotel) for ticket availability. 7:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. Registration 10:30 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. BADGES Community College During the sessions, please wear your badge as a courtesy to fellow Congressional Forum on registrants and as an indication that your registration has been 8:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Capitol Hill completed. It is not advisable to wear your badge away from the hotel Opening General Sessions except during Capitol Hill visits. 12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M. 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. EVALUATION FORMS Taste of D.C. Roundtable Seminar for Evaluation forms are in each participant’s materials packet or can be (lunch on your own) Community College Lawyers filled out electronically via the ACCT App. Please turn in your evaluation forms to the Summit Registration Desk no later than Thursday at 10 a.m., or mail or fax them to ACCT after the close of the summit. 10:15 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. AFTERNOON Visits to House, Senate, and Community College Priorities Executive Branch Offices Session TRAVELING AROUND DC Maps the southeast corner. The Hart 12:15 P.M. – 2:15 P.M. 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. A map of Capitol Hill can be Senate Office Building adjoins the General Session Luncheon * Congressional Reception found near the back of the Dirksen Building. (See map inside Honoring Our Nation’s Congressional Directory in this this program or your ACCT App.) Community Colleges program. Maps of the Summit 2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. hotel floor plan can be found in Subway Directions to the Policy Focus Sessions on Capitol Hill the ACCT App. House Side From Woodley Park/Zoo Metro 7:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M. 2:30 P.M. – 3:30 P.M. station, take the Red Line to Capital Awards and Directions to the Subway (Metro) Student Session from Hotel Metro Center Station and transfer Entertainment Banquet * To reach the Metro station from to either the Orange Line in the 5:30 P.M. – 6:30 P.M. the hotel, exit the 24th Street direction of New Carrollton or the Blue Line or Silver Line in National Capital Reception THURSDAY entrance and turn left. The Metro FEBRUARY 16 stop is Woodley Park/Zoo on the the direction of Largo Town Red Line. Center. Exit at Capitol South Station (five stops). After you 8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Subway Directions to the leave the Metro station, keep General Session Breakfast * walking in the direction you Senate Side From Woodley Park/Zoo Metro exited (up the hill on First Street, MORNING station, take the Red Line in the SE), one block to Independence Visits to House, Senate, and direction of Glenmont to Union Avenue. The Cannon House Executive Branch Offices Station. Exit at Union Station via Office Building is on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue. At the Independence and First Streets, SE. The Longworth House Office AFTERNOON top of the escalators, turn toward the rear and you will be facing Building is one block west on Download the ACCT Visits to House, Senate, and the Capitol. Go left, and walk Independence Avenue. The app from the iTunes Executive Branch Offices around Union Station Circle to Rayburn House Office Building is or Google Play store two blocks west. (See map inside * Tickets Required First Street, NE. Proceed south two blocks to the intersection this program or your ACCT App.) All meetings take place at the Marriott of First and C Streets, NE. The Russell Senate Office Building Taking a Taxi to Capitol Hill Wardman Park Hotel on the Ballroom Level is on the southwest corner at Taxis are available at the entrance unless otherwise noted. Meeting times are the intersection. The Dirksen of the hotel. subject to change. Senate Office Building is on 2 2017 National Legislative Summit Program 2017 National Legislative Summit Program 3 CARMEL MARTIN, Speaker SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Executive Vice President, Policy, All meetings take place at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel on Center for American Progress the Ballroom Level unless otherwise noted. Meeting times are @CarmelMMartin subject to change. Carmel Martin is the executive vice *Tickets Required president for policy at Center for American Progress (CAP). Before joining CAP, Martin was the assistant secretary MONDAY for planning, evaluation, and policy development at the Department of Education. In this position, she February 13 led policy and budget development activities and served as a senior advisor to Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Prior to coming to 8:30 A.M. – 11:00 A.M. the Department of Education, Martin worked for several senators, Meeting: ACCT Board of Directors including Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), and Maryland Suites A, B, & C Tom Daschle (D-SD). 9:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M. ELOY OAKLEY, Speaker Registration Chancellor, California Community Colleges Summit Registration Desk @EloyOakley The California Community Colleges 4:00 P.M. – 5:30 P.M. Board of Governors appointed Eloy Meeting: State, Province and Territory Coordinators Ortiz Oakley as chancellor for the Virginia Suites A & B California Community Colleges on December 19, 2016. Chancellor Oakley is 6:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. best known throughout California and Reception: Community College Students Meet and Greet the nation for implementing innovative programs and policies McKinley Room, Mezzanine Level that help students succeed in college. Oakley strongly believes that California’s emerging economies demand a workforce with quality credentials and that the state’s 113 community colleges TUESDAY play a pivotal role in moving California forward. Under Oakley’s leadership, the Long Beach Community College District has February 14 received numerous awards and recognitions for its efforts to improve student completion rates and for directly supporting 7:00 A.M. – 2:30 P.M. a strong small business and entrepreneurship ecosystem Registration throughout the greater Southern California region. Summit Registration Desk NANCY L. ZIMPHER, Speaker 8:00 A.M. – 9:00 A.M. Chancellor, The State University of Opening General Session New York Marriott Ballroom, Salons 2 & 3 @SUNY BAKARI G. LEE, ESQ., Greetings In 2009 Nancy L. Zimpher became the Chair, ACCT Board of Directors 12th chancellor of The State University of Trustee, Hudson County Community College, NJ New York. With nearly 463,000 students and 64 campuses, SUNY is the nation’s largest comprehensive system of higher CONNIE HORNBECK, Introduction education. Zimpher leads a diverse set of initiatives at SUNY in Vice Chair, ACCT Board of Directors several areas, including research and innovation, energy, health Trustee, Iowa Western Community College care, global affairs, and the education pipeline. She has been a vocal advocate for groundbreaking legislative reforms that KIMBERLY HEFLING, Moderator ensure SUNY can provide broad access to higher education while Senior Education Writer, Politico maximizing its impact as an engine of economic revitalization across the state. 4 2017 National Legislative Summit Program 2017 National Legislative Summit Program 5 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. MICHAEL STRATFORD, Speaker Education Reporter, POLITICO Pro General Session @mstratford Marriott Ballroom, Salons 2 & 3 Michael Stratford is an education reporter EMILY YIM, Introduction for POLITICO Pro. He most recently Chair-Elect, ACCT Board of Directors covered federal higher education policy Trustee, Edmonds Community College, WA and student loans at Inside Higher Ed, with previous bylines at The Associated ANDREA HENDERSON, Moderator Press, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Executive Director, Oregon Community College Association and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine. Stratford grew up in Belmont, Massachusetts. and graduated from Cornell University, where he was managing editor of The Cornell Daily Sun. ERIC KELDERMAN, Speaker Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Higher Education @etkeld Seminar: Roundtable for Community College Lawyers Delaware Suite A Eric Kelderman, a staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education, covers IRA SHEPARD, Speaker state policy, the future of public higher ACCT General Counsel; Partner, Saul Ewing, LLP, Washington, DC education and accreditation, and occasionally legal issues and music. Kelderman joined The Chronicle in 2008 from Stateline.org, a ROB DUSTON, Speaker project of the Pew Center on the States. He has also covered Partner, Saul Ewing, LLP, Washington, DC education and state politics for The Gazette in Montgomery County, Maryland. In 2010, Kelderman was part of a team This interactive seminar will cover the latest legal developments of Chronicle reporters that won first prize from the Education in (1) Overtime regulation and compliance; (2) Title IX Writers Association for their articles. enforcement, sexual harassment, and sexual discrimination concerns; (3) ADA developments applicable to higher education; and (4) a higher education litigation review. All are essential ASHLEY A.