NLC TV 2008 Congress of Cities and Exposition

General Sessions

Kathy Novack Acceptance Speech

Awards for Municipal Excellence

Presiding: Kathleen Novak, Mayor,

Presiding: Kathleen Novak, Mayor, Northglenn, Colorado; NLC President. Keynote: Ken Duberstein, former White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan. Host City Welcome: Buddy Dyer, Mayor, Orlando, Florida. Speaker: Cynthia McCollum, Former Council Member, Madison, Alabama; NLC Past President.

Friday General Session

Presiding: Ronald O. Loveridge, Mayor, Riverside, Ca., NLC First Vice President - Entertainment: Huitzilin Aztec Dancers, David Penaflor, Director, Orlando, Fl. - Presentations: 2008 American City and County magazine; Municipal Leader of the Year; National League of Cities Awards for Municipal Excellence; Speaker: Thomas L. Friedman, Foreign Affairs Columnist, the New York Times and Author Hot, Flat and Crowded

General Session: City Innovation and Leadership

Presiding: James Hunt, Councilmember, Clarksburg, West Virginia; NLC Immediate Past President - Entertainment:The “Negro Spiritual” Scholarship Foundation, Orlando, Florida - Presentations: John G. Stutz 25-Year Service Awards, NLC Fifty-Year Milestone Awards, NLC Leadership Training Institute Diamond Level Recipient Recognition - Moderator: Michele Norris, Host, All Things Considered, `National Public Radio, Washington, DC - Panelists: Ralph Becker, Mayor, Salt Lake City, Utah; John Hickenlooper, Mayor, Denver, Colorado; Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor, Charleston, South Carolina; R.T. Rybak, Mayor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Featured Interviews

Debbie Sullivan, Vice President Site Management

Terri Kelly, Managing Director Community Outreach

Tom Roper President, Millennium Risk Managers, LLC

A. Adams interviews Terri Kelly, National Crime Prevention Council & Ray Kinard, IBM

Terri Kelly, National Crime Prevention Council and Ray Kinard, IBM

Susan Mays, Marketing & Communications Director, Ch2M HILL

Interview with Matt Riebel

President of Nationwide Retirement Solutions

Interview with Kirby Bessant and Ron Loveridge

Interview with:
H. Kirby Bessant, VP Consumer Programs CVS Caremark
Ron Loveridge, First Vice President NLC, Mayor, Riverside, CA

Gregory Dyson, Sr VP of Marketing ICMA-RC & Robert Stewart, City Comminisor

Interview with Gregory Dyson, Sr VP of Marketing ICMA-RC

Gregory Dyson, Sr VP of Marketing ICMA-RC

Interview with Gabriella Dow, VP of GovPartner

Gabriella Dow, VP of GovPartner, speaks with Audrey Adams about how their CRM software helps local governments manage their customer relationship management needs.

Selected Workshops

Moderator: Elizabeth Bailey, Principal 2B Communications, Manhattan Beach, California Speakers: Susan Thornton, former mayor of Littleton and current consultant, Denver, Colorado. Terri Morris Downs, former special assistant to the mayor and current executive director of the Immigrant Welcome Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. Ricardo Gambetta, former Indianapolis mayor’s director of Latino Affairs and current NLC Manager of Immigrant Integration Programs, Washington DC.

Facilitators: Ray Kinard, Solutions Executive, IBM, Destin, Florida John L. Whitehead, III, Deputy City Manager for Operations, City of Valdosta, Georgia

Foreclosure Crisis: Stabilizing Neighborhoods

Emerging Issues and Trends/Building Economically and Fiscally Fit Cities
In the aftermath of legislation to stabilize the home mortgage and credit market crises, local government leaders need up-to-the-minute information about progress or problems associated with these proposed solutions. This program will explore conditions on the ground in cities and towns, specific details about federal solutions (such as the Neighborhood Stabilization Program), and the interconnections between action steps to mitigate the impacts of foreclosures and local initiatives to end homelessness.

Moderator: Nancy Schmidt, Partner Creative Qualitative, Los Angeles, California
Speakers: Stan Gimont, Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance,U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC
Jim Hunt, Councilmember, Clarksburg, West Virginia
Philip Mangano, Executive Director United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, Washington DC