Military and Veterans Affairs Task Force 2012 NCSL Summit Agenda (As of July 30, 2012)

Day 1, Monday, August 6, 2012

NCSL Military and Veterans’ Affairs Task Force Convenes
Presiding:
Senator Leticia Van de Putte, Texas
Delegate Sally Jameson, Maryland

Self Introductions – Task Force members and All Participants
 
Review of Meeting Summary from May 2012 Denver Meeting of the Task Force

Update on the  U.S. Army Reserve 

Speaker:
Major General Marcia M. Anderson (USAR), Deputy Chief, Army Reserve (IMA), Office of the Chief, Army Reserve, Washington, D.C.

Presentation of NCSL study on state efforts to assist veterans with transportation 

Speakers:
Erik Weber, Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.
Jaime Rall, Senior Policy Specialist, NCSL, Colorado

Special Panel Presentation 

The Urgency of Now: Protect, Sustain and Engage with your Military Installations
 
This session will focus on the Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), an established mechanism by which DoD partners with outside organizations to protect habitat and land uses that are compatible with the military mission.  In a world of fewer resources and more demand, the ability of the military to train in the future will depend on the ability to form partnerships with private landowners, local governments, non-government organizations, state agencies and other federal agencies to mutually plan a future on multiple scales that include protecting the military mission footprint, while achieving the goals of the other partnership organizations and entities, in a complementary and supportive manner.
 
Panelists:
Nancy Natoli, Program Director, Readiness and Environmental Protection Initiative (REPI), U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C.
Brigadier General Bob Barnes (Ret, U.S. Army), Senior Policy Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, Washington, D.C.

Special Presentations

Panel Discussion: Public and private sector veterans employment initiatives

Panelists:
Bill Wilson, Committee Director, Texas Senate Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military Installations, Texas
Ann Randazzo, Center for Energy Workforce Development, Washington, D.C.
Gary Profit, Senior Director of Military Programs, Walmart
Joe Quinn, Senior Director, Issue Management and Strategic Outreach, Walmart

Department of Veterans Affairs Telemedicine Initiative

Speaker:
Shari Grewe, Patient Advocate program Manager and Seamless Transition and Integrated Disability Evaluation Coordinator, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Kansas City, Missouri

 Speaker:
 Representative Tim Moore, Kentucky Admissions Liaison Officer Director, Kentucky

Adjourn

Next Task Force Meeting: December 5-7, 2012, Hilton Washington, Washington, D.C.