Summer 2018 Annual Meeting

Summer 2018 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 – Friday, August 24, 2018
Grand Rapids, MI

Thank so much to everyone that joined us in Grand Rapids for a fantastic three days of good ideas and beautiful weather! We sincerely hope you left inspired and with many new ideas to improve the quality of life in your own city. Another big thank you to our Summer Meeting hosts, Mayor Bliss and her amazing team in Grand Rapids.

The Summer 2018 Annual Meeting was an opportunity for Mayors and senior staff to see and learn about the great work happening in cities up close while still digging deep into the most pressing challenges (and solutions) that most cities face.

All presentations and Briefing Book materials, as well as information about the attendees and our sponsors, are below.

See full agenda here

Presentations and Briefing Book

Attendees

Stephanie Adams, Executive Director, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks
Linda Anderson, Mayor, City of Douglas, MI
Ralph Becker, Speaker, Independent
Ty Beckering, Business Development Manager, Triangle Associates
Christine Berg, Mayor, City of Lafayette, CO
Melissa Bertolo, Certified Welcoming Manager, Welcoming America
Dave Bieter, Mayor, City of Boise, ID
Rosalynn Bliss, Mayor, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Garrett Brinker, Product Manager, Neighborly
Tyler Bump, Senior Economic Planner, City of Portland, OR Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Patrick Burtch, City Manager, City of Jackson, MI
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor, City of South Bend, IN
Rafael Carbonell, Executive Director, Harvard Kennedy School Taubman Center for State & Local Government
Bill  Carpenter, Mayor , City of Brockton, MA
Josh Carpenter, Director of the Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity, City of Birmingham, AL
Nate Carver, Corp. Acct. Mgr. Lead, Consumers Energy
Chris Clark, Councilmember, City of Mountain View, CA
Rodney Craig, Village President, Village of Hanover Park, IL
Paula Cunningham, State Director, AARP Michigan, AARP
Gretchen DeBacker, Legislative Director, City of Toledo, OH
Brian Donoghue, Director of Civic Innovation, City of South Bend, IN
Dennis Doyle, Mayor, City of Beaverton, OR
Tarsi Dunlop, Policy and Program Manager, Local Progress
Jermale  Eddie, Owner, Malamiah Juice Bar (Guest of DGRI)
Tim Eder, Program Officer, Mott Foundation
Kathy Ehley, Mayor, City of Wauwatosa, WI
Neal Elliott, Sr. Director for Research, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Julia Fahl, Mayor Elect Lambertville NJ, City of Lambertville, NJ
Eric Finch, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, City of Spokane, WA
Adria Finch, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Syracuse, NY
Karen Firehock, Executive Director, Green Infrastructure Center Inc.
Jennifer  Fuerstein, AARP Grand Rapids, AARP
Josh Griffin, Partner, Bullpen, Inc.
Andy Guy, COO, Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc.
John Hamilton, Mayor, City of Bloomington, IN
Jamie Harkins, City Councilor, City of Lafayette, CO
Al Heggins, Mayor, City of Salisbury, NC
Pam Hemminger, Mayor, Town of Chapel Hill, NC
Thomas  Hogenson, Mayor, City of Big Rapids, MI
Adrienne Holloway, Chief Innovation Officer, City of Aurora, IL
Bobby Hopewell, Mayor, City of Kalamazoo, MI
Rebecca Hopp, Mayor, City of Ferrysburg, MI
Veneeth  Iyengar, Assistant Chief Administrative Officer, Parish of East Baton Rouge, LA
Taif Jany, Policy Coordinator, Young Elected Officials Network (YEO Network)
Ceri Jenkins, Senior Associate, Mayors Innovation Project
Suzanne Jones, Mayor, City of Boulder, CO
Mike Kasperzak, Former Mayor, City of Mountain View, CA
Tim Kelly, CEO, Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc.
Andrew Kieve, CEO and Co-founder, Tolemi
Mark Kleinschmidt, Steering Committee Member, MIP
Dan  Kupratis, Director of Capital Markets, Neighborly
Dave Lang, Assistant to the General President Governmental Affairs & Public Policy, International Association of Fire Fighters
Eric Letsinger, CEO, Quantified Ventures
Kim  Lundgren, CEO, Kim Lundgren Associates, Inc.
Steve Ly, Mayor, City of Elk Grove, CA
Karen Majewski, Mayor, City of Hamtramck, MI
Karen  McCarthy, Community Affairs Manager, Consumers Energy
William McLeod, Mayor, Village of Hoffman Estates, IL
Joane McLeod, Commissioner, Village of Hoffman Estates, IL
James Meeks, CEO, Move Systems (Guest of DGRI)
Kerri Miller, Senior Vice President/Principal , Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.
Emily Miota, Senior Associate, Mayors Innovation Project
Julio Morales, Exec. Dir., Strategic Customer Relations, Consumers Energy
Marcus Muhammad, Mayor, City of Benton Harbor, MI
Joshua Naramore, Mobile GR Director, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Nickole Nesby, Mayor, City of Duquesne, PA
Melanie Nutter, Principal, Nutter Consulting
Laura Olson, Acting Assistant to the Mayor, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Laura O’Sullivan, Chief of Staff, City of South Bend, IN
Josh Owens, Administrative Analyst, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Amber Pence, Intergovernmental Affairs Director, City of Boise, ID
David Pope, President/CEO, The Residence Corporation / Oak Park Housing Authority
Cory Poris Placsh, Vice President, Customer Success, Polco
Andrew Radvansky, Exec. Dir., Community Engagement & Corporate Citizenship, Consumers Energy
Satya Rhodes-Conway, Managing Director, Mayors Innovation Project
Carrie Rivette, Stormwater Manager, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Joel Rogers, Director, COWS
Tracey Ross, Associate Director, PolicyLink
Richard  Rothstein, Research Associate & Author, Economic Policy Institute
Andy Schor, Mayor, City of Lansing, MI
Suzanne Schulz , Managing Director of Design and Development, City of Grand Rapids, MI
Amna Seibold, Mayor, City of East Grand Rapids, MI

Sponsors