2020 Legislative Workshop Agenda

*Agenda subject to change.

10 February

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm NGAUS Resolutions & Membership IT Training (Montgomery Room, NGAUS)

State Association POCs only

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm No-Host Social (The Dubliner, 4 F Street, NW, Washington, DC)

11 February

*All events will take place in the NGAUS Montgomery Room unless otherwise noted.

7:00 am – 7:50 am CHECK-IN & CATERED BREAKFAST

NGAUS Hall of States

7:50 am – 8:05 am NGAUS Welcome, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) J. Roy Robinson, NGAUS President

8:05 am – 8:10 am Schedule Review & Administrative Notes

8:10 am – 9:45 am Defense Spending & Priorities in Congress, Mark Harkins, Senior Fellow, Georgetown Government Affairs Institute (GAI) | View Presentation

9:45 am – 10:00 am NETWORKING BREAK

10:00 am – 10:30 am Adjutant General Perspectives, Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire, The Adjutant General, Arizona & NGAUS Chairman of the Board

10:30 am – 11:30 am NGAUS Legislative Update & Fiscal Year 2021 Legislative Priorities, NGAUS Legislative Staff

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Air National Guard Fiscal Year 2021 Update, Maj. Gen. Jon Mott, Special Assistant to the Director, Air National Guard

12:00 pm – 1:15 pm LUNCH | On Your Own

1:15 pm – 1:45 pm National Guard State Perspectives

Ms. Marcy Weldin, Director of Government Affairs, Texas Military Department | View Presentation
Lt. Col. Brian Winter, Director of Government Relations, Minnesota National Guard | View Presentation

1:45 pm – 2:15 pm Adjutants General Association Perspectives, Maj. Gen. Matthew Quinn, The Adjutant General, Montana & President, AGAUS

2:15 pm – 2:45 pm Perspectives from the Governors

Mary Catherine Ott, Homeland Security & Public Safety Legislative Director, National Governors Association & Council of Governors
Stephanie Groen, Director of State-Federal Relations, Office of Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa)
Annie McColaugh, Director of Federal Affairs, Office of Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.)
Morgan Wilson, Deputy Director, D.C. Office of Gov. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

2:45 pm – 3:00 pm NETWORKING BREAK

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm National Guard Bureau Legislative Update, Col. Chunae Zoh, Deputy Director, National Guard Bureau Office of Legislative Liaison (NGB-LL) | View Presentation

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm National Guard Caucus Fiscal Year 2021 Priorities

Craig Abele, Office of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
Patrick Large, Office of Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.)

4:00 pm – 4:45 pm The National Guard in Congress, Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

4:45 pm – 7:00 pm EVENING RECEPTION

NGAUS Downstairs Foyer

*For more information or questions, please email mark.malizia@ngaus.org or blaise.lemke@ngaus.org.