2nd Annual Higher Education Policy Meeting

  
Monday, February 10th, 2020
 
4:00 – 5:30 – Welcome & CSPEN’s Federal Legislative and Regulatory Update By Tom Netting & Jeri Prochaska
 
5:30 – 7:00 – Welcome Reception
 
 
Tuesday, February 12, 2020
 
8:00 – 9:00 AM – Opening Keynote: Higher Education Policy for Our Nation’s Workforce
                                   
American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Co-Chairs
 
Ms. Ivanka Trump
Advisor to the President, White House
                                   
Mr. Wilbur Ross
Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce
 
9:00 – 9:45 AM – Higher Education Policy from Top-level Republican Staff Perspectives

Panel Discussion:
                                   

Robert M. Moran
Director of Education Policy, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Majority)
                                   
Alex Ricci
Senior Staff, House Committee on Education and Labor
 
9:45 – 10:00 – Break
 
10:00 – 10:45 AM – Higher Education Policy from Top-level Democrat Staff Perspectives               
Panel Discussion:
 
Mary Nguyen Barry/Bryce McKibben
Senior Policy Advisors, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Minority)
 
Katherine Valle
Senior Policy Advisor on Higher Education, House Committee on Education and Labor
 

11:00 AM – Noon – Higher Education Policy from External Entities Perspectives
 

Panel Discussion:
                                   
Jason D. Delisle
Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Mary Clare Amselem
Policy Analyst, Heritage Institute
 
12:00 – 1:30 PM – Lunch
 
1:30 – 2:45 PM – Higher Education Policy from the Media’s Perspective

Panel Discussion:
                                   
Michael Stratford
Education Reporter, Politico PRO
 
Eric Kelderman
Senior Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
 
Michael Vasquez
Senior Investigative Reporter, The Chronicle of Higher Education
 
Dr. Drumm McNaughton
CEO, The Change Leader
 
2:45 – 3:00 PM – Break
 
3:00 – 4:30 PM – Higher Education Policy from the U.S. Department of Education’s Perspective
 
Panel Discussion:
AnnMarie Weisman , U.S. Department of Education
Gregory Martin, U.S. Department of Education
James Moore, U.S. Department of Education

4:15 – 5:30 PM – Higher Education Policy from Advocates’ Point of View    
                                   
Conwey Casillas
Vice President, Federal & Government Affairs, Apollo Group
 
Alex Nock
Partner, PennHill Group
 
Jeff Andrade
Senior Vice President, McKeon Group
 
Daniel Elkins
Founder/Director, The Veterans Education Project
 
5:30 – 7:00 PM – Higher Education Policy Reception
 
7:00 – Dinner (On Your Own)
 
 
 
Wednesday, February 12th , 2020
 
8:30 – 9:30 AM – Higher Education Policy Up to the Minute
 
9:30 – 9:45 AM – Closing Remarks and Encouraging Words
 
9:45 AM – Institutions Free to Schedule Meetings on The Hill