Innovative Approaches to Climate Change: A State-Federal Workshop

February 7th and 8th, 2005
St. Regis Hotel
923 16th and K Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006

Presentations

Opening Panel
Steve Owens, Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

William Ross Jr., Secretary, North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Gina McCarthy, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
(pdf) [1]

Panel #2. Regional initiatives
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Nancy Seidman, Director, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (pdf) [2]

West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative: David Van’t Hof, Governor’s Sustainability Advisor, Oregon Governor’s Office (pdf) [3]

Powering the Plains: The Honorable Jon Nelson, North Dakota State Representative
(pdf) [4]

Western Governors’ Association’s Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative:
Craig O’Hare, Special Assistant for Renewable Energy, New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department (pdf) [5]

Kevin Moran, Washington DC Office Director, Western Governors’ Association (pdf [6])

Lunch keynote speaker
Daniel Richard, Senior Vice President for Public Affairs, PG&E Corporation

Panel #3. Electric Utility Solutions Part A
Paul Hudson, Chairman, Public Utilities Commission of Texas (pdf [7])

Paul Kjellander, Chairman, Idaho Public Utilities Commission

Jay Braitsch, Director of Strategic Planning, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy and Jackie Bird, Director, Ohio Coal Development Office (pdf [8])

Panel #4. Transportation
Eileen Tutt, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary for External Affairs, California Environmental Protection Agency (pdf) [9]

Tyler Duvall, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation

Marlin Gottschalk, Senior Policy Advisor, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources (pdf) [10]

Keynote dinner speaker
The Honorable Jim Cooper, United States House of Representatives

Panel #5. Electric Utility Solutions Part B
Lola Spradley, former Speaker of the House, Colorado General Assembly

David Stewart-Smith, Assistant Director for Energy Resources, Oregon Department of Energy (pdf) [11]

Robert Scott, Director, Air Resources Division, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (pdf) [12]

Edward Garvey, Deputy Commissioner, Energy and Telecommunications, Minnesota Department of Commerce (pdf) [13]

Panel #6. Solutions in agriculture and forestry
Alec Giffen, Director, Maine Forest Service (pdf) [14]

Dan Desmond, Deputy Secretary for Energy and Technology Development, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (pdf) [15]

Cydney Janssen, former Assistant Director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture (pdf [16])

Lunch Keynote Speaker:
David Miller, Director of Research and Commodity Services, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (pdf) [17]

Panel #7. Cross cutting themes and lessons learned: Congressional staff perspectives
Energy: Bob Simon, Democratic Staff Director, Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee (pdf) [18]

Environment: Tim Profeta, Legislative Assistant and Counsel, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman

Agriculture: Aaron Whitesel, Legislative Assistant, Sen. Richard Lugar

Wrap Up
Barry Rabe, Professor, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan