9:00 - 10:00 AM  Legislative Update / State of MAC
 

Steve Currie, Executive Director, MAC
Deena Bosworth, Director of Governmental Affairs, MAC

10:15 - 11:45 AM  Improved Communication is Key to Staff Engagement
 

Steve Palmreuter
Owner, Boost Value Consulting

 

10:45 - 11:45 AM  The County Apportionment Process in Michigan
 

John Amrhein, MSU Extension
Eric Walcott, MSU Extension

 

 

10:45 - 11:45 AM  County Veterans Service Grant Fund
 

Robert Price
Director Strategic Outreach, MI Veterans Affairs Agency

10:45 - 11:45 AM  Metropolitan Planning Organizations
 

Jim Snell
Tri-County Regional Planning Commission

 

12:15 - 1:45 PM   Stories of Why: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism
 

Zoe Lyons
County Director, Jackson MDHHS

12:45 - 1:45 PM  Leading In Times Of Great Change
 

Tim Rahschulte
CEO, Professional Development Academy

12:45 - 1:45 PM  Michigan’s Failing Septic Policy
 

Jon Beard
Director, Public Sector Consultants

12:45 - 1:45 PM  Leveraging Federal Relief Grants
 

Sean Carlson
Deputy County Executive, Oakland County

9:00 - 10:00 AM  Legislative Roundtable


House Speaker Jason Wentworth (R-Clare)
Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Jackson)
House Minority Floor Leader Yousef Rabhi (D-Washtenaw)
Senator Curtis Hertel (D-Ingham)


10:15 - 11:45 AM  Workplace Diversity and Sensitivity Training
 

Steve Girard
Clark Hill

 

10:45 - 11:45 AM  Legislative 101
 

Deena Bosworth, Director of Governmental Affairs, MAC
Meghann Keit-Corrion, Governmental Affairs Associate, MAC

10:45 - 11:45 AM  Labor Negations in the Current Environment
 

Matt Nordfjord
Attorney, Cohl, Stoker & Toskey, P.C.

10:45 - 11:45 AM  Dispelling the Myths of DEI in County Work
 

Robyn Afrik
Director of DEI, Ottawa County Office of Diversity

Qualifies for credit in County Commissioner Academy

 

11:45 - 12:15 PM  Implementing the American Rescue Plan to Rebuild Local Economies
 

Judge Gary Moore, President, NACo
Matthew Chase, CEO/Executive Director, NACo

12:50 - 1:00 PM  NACo-MAC Flag Retirement Program
 

John Losh
Associate Membership Director, NACo

1:00 - 1:45 PM  CCA 'Graduation'

 

Hosted By: Steve Currie

2:00 - 3:30 PM  State Licensure and Federal Certification Regulatory Update
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Larry Horvath
Bureau Director, State of MI - Bureau of Community and Health Systems, LARA

2:30 - 3:30 PM  The Cause of Death Is What Now?
 

Lisa M. Kaspriak
Small Business Owner / Administrator, Mid Michigan Medical Examiner Group

2:30 - 3:30 PM  Personal Property Taxes and Replacement Options
 

Tim Dempsey
VP, Public Sector Consultants 

 

2:30 - 3:30 PM  Juvenile Justice
 

Elizabeth Clement
Justice, Michigan Supreme Court