CORPORATE PARTNER

REPRESENTATIVES

  TOPICS/ISSUE AREAS

Brooks Rainwater - Director, Public Policy

Tatyana Brown - Manager, Public Policy

• Green building policy, livable communities, and sustainability.
• Community design and its impact on health.
• City innovation and the positive impact of local government experimentation.

Sarah Magruder Lyle - Vice President, External Affairs

Chris Coleman - Director, External Affairs

• The economic and environmental benefits of natural gas power generation and natural gas powered vehicles and manufacturing.
• The economic benefits of safe and responsible development of natural gas to local communities.
• Job generation and economic growth in local communities through workforce development initiatives in the natural gas industry.

Susan Mays - Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Initiatives

Chris Thomas -Vice President, State & Local Government Affairs

• Public-private partnerships - community development and public works functions.
• Sustainable cities - balancing economic, environmental and social issues in engineering, construction and operations projects.
• Economic growth and development - evaluating greenfield and brownfield properties to determine suitability for manufacturing, technology, research and development, or corporate relocation.

Bob Fry - Vice President, Sales

• Health care reform - How health care benefits have changed with the introduction of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.
• Health care benefit strategies to improve quality and access while containing cost increases.
• Municipal and government strategies to help employers choose the right health and wellness programs and promote them in a simple and helpful way.

Beth Thibodaux - Manager, State & Local Government Affairs

• Economic development
• Health and wellness
• Sustainability

Terri Jones - Government  Team

Kevin Flanagan, Government Team

• Enterprise content management (ECM) for government
• Document management for government
• Efficiency, cost and time saving strategies for cities

Michael Batt - Director, Dynamics, U.S. State & Local Government

• Microsoft Dynamics government solutions to increase operational efficiency and improve citizen outcomes.
• Business intelligence through SQL Server to drive mission-critical decisions.
• Cloud Computing to streamline IT, reduce costs, and scale for demand.

Amanda Rieter - Senior Manager, State Strategy & Policy

• Kids LiveWell program, a joint program created by the NRA and HealthyDining to showcase the restaurant industry's commitment to offer healthful options for children.
• NRA's Conserve/Sustainable Action Zones-  the roadmap to environmental responsibility for the restaurant industry.
• Job Creation and job training  in the restaurant industry, the second largest private sector employer.

Jack Grashuis - Government Sales Management

John Woodley - Executive Director, Sales

Ken Hanaway - Account Executive, City Revenue Solutions

Tom Mahoney - Director Marketing

• Increasing revenue without increasing taxes through best practices in collection methodology.
• Executing tax amnesty programs.
• Centralized collection units and early-age collections.

Hilda Pinnix-Ragland - Vice President, Corporate Public Affairs 

• Energy sector careers
• Balanced energy portfolio
• Supplier diversity vendor opportunities

Michael Halpern - Director of Community Initiative

• Maintaining vacant properties, preserving property values and protecting quality of life through partnerships between municipalities and the mortgage servicing industry.
• Accessing Compliance Connections, a free web-based platform that allows cities to identify and communicate directly with the servicer/responsible party & then expedite the compliance at a vcant property, thereby saving the city time & resources.

Chuck Hall - Senior National Manager, Public Sector

Tom Phillips - Director, Local Government Affairs

Jerry Drummond - Team Leader, New England Area

• Sustainability
• Budget neutral infrastructure improvements
• Smart infrastructure
• Future proofing

Dr. Allan Yang - Director of Corporate Sustainability

• Sustainability and management
• Neighborhood dealership
• Affordable housing and local storage services
• Green building and energy management
• Porous pavement

Ryan Davids - Vice President, Business Development

• Creating transparency in towing, impound and abandoned vehicle auction programs.
• Generating revenue through towing, impound and abandoned vehicle auction programs.
• Increasing involvement of local, disadvantaged business enterprises in towing programs.

Marie Day - SVP, Regional Servicing Director, Northeast

Tyler Smith - Vice President, Real Estate Owned, Community Development

Michael E. Mckeeman - SVP, Government & Institutional Banking

Ron Coccaro - Senior Vice President, Business Banking Area Manager for NY & CT

• Preserving homeownership - dealing with mortgage delinquency or foreclosure: how can elected officials help, steps homeowners should take, available programs.
• Wells Fargo Real Estate Owned (REO) properties, including utilizing repairs to minimize days on market and maximize owner occupancy. Priority to purchase homes by qualified non profits and veterans. Partnering with municipalities to manage property preservation, code violations, and vacant property registrations throughout default.
• Comprehensive treasury and liquidity management solutions - capital improvement and infrastructure financing through structuring and underwriting debt securities or balance sheet loans; retirement plan asset management, custody and trust services; balance sheet and insurance services risk management.
• Small to mid-sized businesses with annual sales of $2 to $20 million. How do businesses manage their cash flow, plan for growth and utilize other financial management products and services to support their business needs. Current lending environment today and most recent trends