Session #1: Colorado’s Experience with TABOR
Scott Pattison, Executive Dir, National Assn of State Budget Officers
Charlie Brown, Director, Colorado Futures Ctr at Colorado St Univ
Mike Feeley, Shareholder, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, Schreck
Session #2: Colorado and Washington’s Experience with Marijuana Legalization
Sjoblom Marijuana Legalization in State of Washington
Session #3: Regional Transportation: Walking Tour, Denver Light Rail
Ryan Mulligan, Regional Transportation District-Denver
Session #4: Substance Use Disorders and the Role of the States
Maria Schiff Director, State Health Care Spending Project Pew Charitable Trusts
Session #5: ACA Implementation/Medicaid Expansion
Intro & NYS Experience: Kent Gardner
Colorado Medicaid Expansion: Gretchen Hammer
Indiana’s Healthy Indiana Plan: Seema Verma
Wisconsin’s Response to ACA’s Medicaid Expansion: Rob Henken
Session #6: Testing & Accountability in K-12 Education
Natasha Ushomirsky, Senior K-12 Data and Policy Analyst
Mebane Rash CEO, Editor-in-Chief, EducationNC
Dan Jorgensen, Colorado Department of Education and Board Director/Treasurer, Adams-Arapahoe 28J (Aurora Public Schools)
Session #7: Tools for Visualizing & Disseminating Policy Research
Brenda Morrison, Engaged Public
Emily Antoszyk, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, North Carolina State University
Joe Adams, Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama
Christopher Collard, Utah Foundation
Session #8: Award winners
2015 Policy Conference