Agenda (subject to change)

Sunday, April 22
1:15 p.m. Orientation

Highwoods Properties Wintergarden

Sponsors –
Highwoods Properties
Rex Healthcare

3:30 p.m. Transforming Pittsburgh

Google
Barbara McNees, President, Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Tom Murphy, Former Mayor of Pittsburgh
Cathy Servanti/Todd Templeton, Community Affairs Team, Google

5 p.m. Check in Hotel

6:15 p.m. Depart for Welcome Reception

Gateway Clipper Fleet Tour of the City

Sponsors –

Credit Suisse
SunTrust Bank


Monday, April 23

7:30 a.m. Breakfast

David Lawrence Convention Center

Sponsors –

BJAC, pa
ColeJenest & Stone, PA
Ellis & Winters LLP
The Noel Group

8:30 a.m. Transportation

David Lawrence Convention Center
Steve Bland, CEO, Port Authority of Allegheny County
Mark Minnerly, Director of Real Estate, The Mosites Company
Robert Rubinstein, Director, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
Ken Zapinski, Senior Vice President of Energy & Infrastructure, Allegheny Conference

10:30 a.m. Higher Education's Role in Economic Development

G. Reynolds Clark, Chief of Staff for the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Community Initiatives,
University of Pittsburgh
Tim McNulty, Associate Vice President for Government Relations, Carnegie Mellon University*

Noon Community Partner Lunch

Community Development through Foundations
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Kevin McMahon, President & CEO, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Janet Sarbaugh, Director, Arts and Culture Programs, The Heinz Endowments

Sponsor –

Progress Energy

2 p.m. Manchester Bidwell/Pittsburgh Promise

Saleem Ghubril, Executive Director, The Pittsburgh Promise
Jose Picart, Executive Director, Raleigh Colleges Community Collaborative
Bill Strickland, CEO, Manchester Bidwell Corporation

4:15 p.m. Return to Hotel

6 p.m. Salute to Elected Officials Dinner

Phipps Conservatory

Sponsors –

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP
WakeMed Health & Hospitals

Tuesday, April 24
8 a.m. Downtown Pittsburgh: A Destination City

Renaissance Pittsburgh
Jeremy Waldrup, Immediate Past Chair, Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership
Craig Davis, President and CEO, VisitPittsburgh
Ed Fritsch, President and CEO, Highwoods Properties

Breakfast Sponsors-

BJAC, pa
ColeJenest & Stone, PA
Ellis & Winters LLP
The Noel Group

Program Sponsor-

Highwoods Properties

9:30 a.m. Shale Energy: Economic Windfall or Environmental Disaster?

Renaissance Pittsburgh
Stanford Baird, Partner, K&L Gates
Bill Flanagan, Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations, Allegheny Conference on Community Development
Marcellus Shale Coalition
Davitt Woodwell, Vice President, Pennsylvania Environmental Council

11:40 a.m. Conference Adjourns

Questions?
Call 919.664.7090 or email Mary Kernan.

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