Speaker Biographies
Participant list as of 3.25.2022
Tuesday, March 29
Noon – 5:00 p.m.
Registration Open
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Exhibitor set-up
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Pre-Conference Session: What’s Your Organization’s Climate on Climate Change?
- handouts will be emailed to registered participants
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
MIT Reception with Senior Advisors
6:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Welcome First Time Attendees, Scholarship Winners, & New to the Profession
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception hosted by Downstate/SWICMA
Wednesday, March 30
6:45 – 7:30 a.m.
Yoga hosted by The Legacy Project and Sponsored by Gallagher Benefit Services
7:30. – 8:45 a.m.
Breakfast
10:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Resume Reviews/Mock Interviews
8:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome/Introductions
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Opening Keynote
A.R.M.E.D. by Mary Kelly
A.R.M.E.D. Presentation
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Break in Exhibit Hall
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Gaining Community Engagement in Budgetary and Financial Decisions
Session 2: Are you Feeling the Burn? Recruiting, Retaining, and Rewarding Talent During the Great Resignation
11:45 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch followed by ICMA Update and Member Feedback on ICMA Board Initiatives: Cheryl Hilvert, ICMA Midwest Regional Director and
Molly Mehner, ICMA Midwest Vice-President
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
The Intersection of Lived and Learned Experience Through the Lens of ‘Belonging’ by Alonzo Kelly
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Break in Exhibit Hall
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Manager/Police Chief Relations: Partnering to Support the Police Department in Defusing Tense Encounters
Session 2: The Evolution and Solution of Revenue
4:00 – 4:10 p.m.
Break
4:10 – 5:00 p.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Q & A for Aspiring Managers/Administrators
Session 2: Senior Insights
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6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Dinner at Destihl Brewery
8:30 – 11:30 p.m.
IAMMA Social
Thursday, March 31
6:15 a.m.
ILCMA 5K Run/1.5M Walk Meet in Marriott Lobby
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Note: Schedule Change! Breakfast with Brad: How the Legislative Process is Just as Scrambled as Your Eggs by Brad Cole, IML Executive Director
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: “You’ve Taken Your First Steps into a Larger World” Learning the Fundamentals of Cybersecurity.
Session 2: Manager-in-the-Middle: How to Handle a Contentious Board
10:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Break
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Closing Keynote Sustainovation by Nick Kittle
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