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.
