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
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
