2023 Summer Policy Presentations

Below are the presentations made during Club 20's 2023 Summer Policy Committee Meetings. Not all speakers had presentations or made their presentations available for distribution. If you have any questions regarding a presentation please contact Club 20 Staff.

Healthcare Committee

Behavioral Health on the Western Slope, Patrick Gordon, CEO, Rocky Mountain Health Plans

Learning from 2023 and Looking Ahead to 2024, Joshua Ewing, Vice President of Government Affairs, Colorado Hospital Association

Transportation Committee

Evolving Context of Transportation Policy and Funding in Colorado, Carla Perez, Move Colorado Chair and Principal Consultant for Advisory Services at HDR Engineering, Move Colorado

Wolf Creek Pass, Jennifer Allison, PE, Region 5 Traffic & Safety Program Engineer, Colorado Department of Transportation

Tourism Committee

Colorado Tourism Office, Jill Corbin, Deputy Director of Destination Stewardship, Colorado Tourism Office

Business Affairs Committee

Citizens For Space Exploration, Stacey Defore, Co-Chair, Colorado Citizens for Space Exportation

Water Committee

Reconstruction of Past Colorado River Streamflow: What Tree Rings Can Tell US About Drought, Connie Woodhouse, Regents Professor, School of Geography, Development, and Environment, Laboratory of Tree- Ring Research and Department of Geoscience, The University of Arizona

Colorado Precipitation Outlook Rest of 2023 & 2024- Was Last Winter/ Spring A Fluke?, Don Day, Jr., President and Meteorologist, Day Weather Inc.

Energy Committee

Policy Update in Colorado's Gas Patch, Chelsie Miera, Executive Director, West Slope COGA

2023 Winter Policy Meeting Presentations

Below are the presentations made during Club 20's 2023 Winter Policy Meetings. Not all speakers had presentations or made their presentations available for distribution. If you have any questions regarding a presentation please contact Club 20 Staff.

Agriculture

Wolf Management Update, Bonnie Brown, Executive Director, Colorado Wool Growers Association

AgNext, Robbie LeValley, County Administrator, Delta County

Business Affairs Committee

OEDIT Overview, Kat Papenbrock, Director, Rural Opportunity Office

Energy Committee 

Rare Earth Minerals and The EV Revolution, Jim Sims, Chief Communications Officer, NioCorp Developments, Ltd.

Tourism Committee

The Economic Impact of the Continental Divide Trail , Jordan Williams, Colorado Conservation Fellow and Liz Schmit, Community and Outreach Program Manager, Continental Divide Trail Coalition

Water Committee

Navigating Federal Funding Opportunities , Amy Moyer, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Raquel Flinker, Senior Water Resources Engineer, Colorado River District

2022 Winter Policy Meeting Presentations

Below are the presentations made during Club 20's 2022 Winter Policy Meetings. Not all speakers had presentations or made their presentations available for distribution. If you have any questions regarding a presentation please contact Club 20 Staff.

Business Affairs Committee

Colorado Division of Housing Update, Andrew Paredes, Director of Housing Finance  and Sustainability, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)

Rural Housing Initiatives, Jerilynn Francis, Director of Marketing and Community Relations, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)

Education and Workforce Development Committee

Trends in Higher Education, Dr. Kathryn Regjo, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Colorado Mountain College

Health Care Committee

Medicaid Behavioral Health Access, Patrick Gordon, CEO, Rocky Mountain Health Plans

Public Lands and Natural Resources Committee

Joint Letter USDA and DOI on the 10 Year Wildfire Crisis Strategy, Chad Stewart, Forest Supervisor on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison NF

Wildfire and Watershed Management Planning, Weston Toll, Watershed Program Specialist, Colorado State Forest Service

Telecommunications Committee

Federal Broadband Funding, Kate Sneed, Economic Recovery Officer, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Transportation Committee

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) 10 Year Plan Project Pipeline, Michael Goolsby, Region 3 Director, CDOT

Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) 10 Year Plan Update, Michael Goolsby, Region 3 Director, CDOT

Water Committee

The Colorado River Compact: A Review of the Law of the Colorado River and Current Status, John McClow, General Counsel, Upper Gunnison Water Conservancy District

Conservation Board