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Welcome Reception Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Agenda
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Agenda
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Morning Session:
National Media Keynote by Molly Ball, National Political Correspondent and Author
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Option 1: The Future of Gaming Post COVID-19 with the American Gaming Association
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Afternoon Session: Hail to the Chiefs Keynote
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National Media Keynote Molly Ball
National Political Correspondent and Author Tuesday, September 15, 2020 9 a.m.
Meeting Topic:
Molly Ball will discuss the impact that media coverage has in today’s political environment. She will speak about how that role is evolving with the evergrowing 24-hour news cycle and its impact on American politics. Ball will also share her observations from her unique perspective during her career as both a national media correspondent and covering Nevada politics.
Keynote Speaker: Molly Ball
National Political Correspondent and Author
Molly Ball is TIME magazine’s national political correspondent and a political analyst for CNN. She appears regularly on PBS’s Washington Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, ABC’s This Week, and was a staff writer for The Atlantic, where she was a leading voice in the magazine’s coverage of U.S. politics.
Ball’s recently published Pelosi, a biography of Speaker Nancy Pelosi released in May of 2020, has received critical acclaim and a place on the New York Times Bestseller List.
Ball has been awarded the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism, and the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis for her coverage of political campaigns and issues.
Ball previously reported for Politico, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Las Vegas Sun. She has worked for newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia, as well as the New York Times and the Washington Post.
She is a graduate of Yale University and was a 2009 recipient of the KnightWallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan. In 2007, she won $100,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”
Source: Pulitzer Center
American Gaming Association
The Future of Gaming Post COVID-19 Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10 a.m. Option 1
Mission:
The American Gaming Association (AGA) opened its office in Washington, D.C. in 1995 with the fundamental goal of creating a better understanding of the gaming entertainment industry by bringing facts about the industry to the general public, elected officials, other decision makers and the media through education and advocacy.
The AGA represents the commercial casino entertainment industry by addressing federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting its members and their employees. The AGA focuses on federal issues such as taxation, internet gaming and tourism.
Furthermore, the AGA has an aggressive public education program designed to educate target audiences in the nation’s capital and across the country about the positive role that commercial gaming plays in communities across the country. The AGA also serves as the industry’s first national gaming information clearinghouse, providing the media, elected officials, other decision makers and the public with timely, accurate gaming industry data.
Overview:
Millions of Americans play various gambling games on the Internet, even though the businesses are typically illegal, unregulated and offer no consumer protections. An estimated 1,700 offshore sites accepted these bets, with the annual market estimated at $150 billion.
The AGA believes the technology now exists to properly regulate Internet gambling with appropriate law enforcement oversight to provide proper consumer protections for individuals gambling online.
The AGA also believes that online gambling operators and suppliers should be held to the same level of probity to which AGA members adhere in their traditional land-based operations.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
Overview and discussion on how the AGA has responded to COVID-19 by working to promote and shape a positive and compelling image of the casino gaming industry with congressional members.
Discussion will also focus on the important role that Nevada plays as a leader in gaming in regard to employee and customer safety, implementation of new safety standards and what that means to the industry’s economic recovery post COVID-19.
Economic Impact:
Contrary to recent revenue declines, commercial casinos demonstrated strong consumer demand at the beginning of 2020. Before all 989 (including tribal gaming) brickand-mortar casinos in the United States closed their doors in March 2020, combined commercial gaming revenue for January and February was up 10.4 percent year-over-year comparison.
COVID-19 resulted in a 79% Year-Over-Year Drop in 2020 Q2 Commercial Casino Gaming Revenue compared to 2019 Q2. However, there is market demand for gaming and that there will be a strong basis for gaming’s recovery.
In 2019, Gaming in the United States has an approximate annual economic impact of $261 billion and $43.6 billion in tax revenue. The gaming industry accounts for 1.8 million jobs with casinos operating in 44 states across the county. Commercial casinos paid a total of $10.2 billion in direct local and state taxes across the United States.
The gaming industry nationwide generated $43.6 billion, growing at an annual rate of 3.7 percent. 14 of the 25 states that allow commercial gaming saw record numbers in reportable revenue.
National Data: • Economic Impact: $261 billion • Jobs Supported: 1.8 million • Wages: $17 billion • Tax Revenue: $43.6 billion • Number of Casinos: 579 • Number of states with Casinos: 25
Nevada: • Economic Impact: $67.6 billion • Number of Employees: 450,100 • Wages: $18.8 billion • Tax Revenue: $969.3 million • Number of Casinos: 219
The top five U.S. commercial markets are: • Las Vegas: $6.59 billion • Atlantic City: $2.70 billion • Chicagoland: $1.94 billion • Baltimore-Washington, D.C.: $1.88 billion • New York City: $1.49 billion
Tribal Gaming: America’s tribal gaming sector continues to grow across the country. The industry is overseen by the National Indian Gaming Commission, which is an independent federal regulatory agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior.
In 2018, the tribal gaming segment continued its trend of growth and expansion. The industry segment represents 490 casinos, operated by 244 federally-organized tribes in 29 states that collectively generated an estimated $33.7 billion in gaming revenues, which grew at a rate of 3.4 percent compared to the previous year. Tribal gaming is expected to surpass non-tribal gaming revenue by 2030.
The top three states for Indian gaming revenue: • California: $8.4 billion • Oklahoma: $4.3 billion • Florida: $2.56 billion
Staff Member: Bill Miller
President & Chief Executive Officer, American Gaming Association
Bill Miller has more than three decades of experience on Capitol Hill and representing business interests in Washington. Prior to joining the American Gaming Association in January 2019, Miller served as Senior Vice President at Business Roundtable, overseeing all outreach to Capitol Hill and the Administration on behalf of the association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. corporations.
Before his six-year stint at the Roundtable, Miller was a Partner at an international corporate communications firm Brunswick. He also assisted several global investment firms on potential and actual crisis situations.
A veteran lobbyist, Miller previously led the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Political Affairs & Federal Relations efforts and served as National Political Director, advising the business association’s CEO and overseeing its legislative, advocacy and lobbying tactics. Miller also served as Chief of Staff to Representative Constance A. Morella where he oversaw her legislative and political agenda from 1994 to 1999.
A successful entrepreneur, Miller has started several businesses including a bank, restaurants, and a television pilot, as well as financed several technology start-ups. Miller holds a B.A. degree from the University of Maryland and a law degree from American University. He resides in Washington, D.C.
Source: American Gaming Association, RubinBrown LLP, National Indian Gaming Commission, Nevada Resort Association
March 18, 2020
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy Republican Leader U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
Dear Congressional Leaders: The Honorable Chuck Schumer Democratic Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510
Thank you on behalf of all Nevadans for your leadership and the work that you are doing for our country during these unprecedented times. Your leadership is essential to the recovery of our nation. As Nevada’s largest and broadest-based business organization, the Vegas Chamber is committed to addressing issues on behalf of its members and their approximately 230,000 employees, especially those employed in the state’s tourism and gaming industry.
Tourism is the backbone of Nevada’s economy. Southern Nevada welcomes more than 42 million tourists annually and has a population of approximately two million people. The total economic impact of tourism in Southern Nevada is approximately $57.6 billion, while supporting 367,900 jobs, nearly half of the total private employment.
As you know, the President of the United States declared a national emergency on March 13 because of the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak. In an abundance of caution for the health of our visitors and employees, Nevada’s Governor on March 17, 2020 directed the closure of all of Nevada’s casinos for 30 days. Hundreds of thousands of room nights have been cancelled by large convention groups and businesses continue to cancel through May and June. While we understand the need for taking extreme precautions to curtail the further spread of the Coronavirus, these closures are having a devastating impact on our economy, employees, and families.
Additionally, Nevada’s state and local governments are heavily reliant on tax revenues from the gaming and tourism industry. Governmental services including K-12 education, social services, health and human services, and public safety are facing extreme pressure because of COVID-19. By helping including hotels, resorts, and casinos in federal support for the tourism industry, state and local government services will benefit as well.
Many of our employers are doing their very best to support their employees during these challenging times, but the reality is as COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, the economic impact is hitting Nevada’s employers and employees hard because of the nature of our tourism-based economy. Our employees and their families are dependent on the tourism industry and are asking for
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Congressional assistance for our Nevada families by providing financial assistance to Nevada’s gaming and tourism industry.
We need your help for the sake of our Nevada families. I am asking that the federal assistance packages that are being created to help businesses and employers include help for Nevada’s tourism industry, including hotel, resort, and casino properties. It is imperative that we receive financial resources in this unprecedented crisis. This need is for the sake of the 367,900 Nevadans employed in Southern Nevada; this assistance will help working families that are dependent on the state’s tourism industry. Many of you have tourism and gaming in your state and any assistance would help those employers and employees as well in your community.
Las Vegas was one of the cities hit hardest by the Great Recession. Only recently have the tens of thousands of jobs that were lost–many in the gaming and tourism industry –been restored. We need help from Congress to make sure that we can protect these businesses and the men and women they employ and the small businesses they support.
Thank you for allowing the Vegas Chamber to reach out to you during these difficult times but with your help, I know we will be back stronger as a community and as a nation. If we can be of any assistance or provide you with any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us at 702.575.8020.
Thank you,
Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO
Championing the Voice of Small Business in D.C. Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10 a.m. Option 2
Mission:
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. The mission of the Small Business Administration is “to maintain and strengthen the nation’s economy by enabling the establishment and viability of small businesses and by assisting in the economic recovery of communities after disasters”. The agency’s activities have been summarized as the “3 Cs” of capital, contracts and counseling.
Overview:
Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. The SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses. SBA loans are made through banks, credit unions and other lenders who partner with the SBA. The SBA provides a government-backed guarantee on part of the loan. SBA helps lead the federal government’s efforts to deliver 23 percent of prime federal contracts to small businesses.
SBA has at least one office in each U.S. state. In addition, the agency provides grants to support counseling partners, including approximately 900 Small Business Development Centers (often located at colleges and universities), 110 Women’s Business Centers, and SCORE, a volunteer mentor corps of retired and experienced business leaders with approximately 350 chapters. These counseling services provide services to over 1 million entrepreneurs and small business owners annually.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
The discussion will focus on who the Small Business Administration is and what it does. Dialogue will touch on how small businesses are represented by the agency and how businesses are heard.
The agency will also discuss what they have been working on to better serve small businesses in our state and nation as well as what new research they’ve embarked on to better respond to the business needs of the future.
Staff Member: Stephanie Fekete
Stephanie Fekete has been the Assistant Chief Counsel for Congressional & Legislative Affairs at the Office of Advocacy since January 2019. She also served in Advocacy as the Law Clerk from 2016 to 2017, and Regulatory Fellow and Intern in 2014. Prior to 2019, Fekete worked as Counsel for the House Small Business Committee, where she managed a portfolio of issues affecting small businesses, including the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, regulatory reform, regulations, environment, intellectual property, and immigration.
Fekete has published in the Catholic University Law Review: “Litigating Medical Device Premarket Classification Decisions for Small Businesses: Have the Courts Given the FDA Too Much Deference? The Case for Taking the Focus Off of Efficacy.” She received her Juris Doctor from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and is licensed to practice law in Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Sustainability, minor in music, from the University of Portland.
Source:Small Business Administration
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11 a.m. Option 1
Meetings Topics & Policy Agenda:
Discussion will be focused on transportation infrastructure issues with Las Vegas business leaders which informs them of current infrastructure legislation and efforts in Washington, D.C. and how they impact Southern Nevada.
The panel will also discuss several federal transportation issues impacting Nevadans including I-15 Corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, I-11 corridor between Phoenix and Las Vegas and other intermodal transportation options and technology that are emerging within the region.
Panel Members: Trevor Dean
Senior Policy Advisor for Transportation and Technology and Director of Investment, Office of U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
Trevor Dean has more than ten years of experience developing legislative and political strategies on campaigns, Capitol Hill, and within the Federal Government and has deep experience in transportation policy. Before joining Senator Cortez Masto’s staff, Dean served the Obama Administration’s Department of Transportation in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration.
Steve Hill
Under Steve Hill’s leadership, the Las Vegas Convention Center is undergoing an expansion as well as developing the first commercial underground people mover throughout its campus in partnership with The Boring Company.
Hill owned Silver State Materials from 1987 until its purchase by CalPortland in 2008. At CalPortland he served as a Senior Vice President until 2011 when he was appointed Director of the newly established Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) by Governor Brian Sandoval. During his tenure, GOED lured numerous businesses to the state, including Tesla, Apple and HyperloopOne.
Hill also serves on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Travel Association, the national association that represents and advocates on behalf of the travel and tourism industry and serves as Chair of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority, overseeing the construction of the nearly $2 billion Allegiant Stadium, the home to the Las Vegas Raiders.
M.J. Maynard
As Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), M.J. Maynard leads the only agency nationwide that is responsible for a region’s public transit system, traffic management, roadway design and construction funding, and transportation and overall planning efforts – all under one roof.
Maynard joined the RTC in February 2007 and served as Assistant General Manager of Administrative Services and later as Deputy Chief Executive Officer prior to leading the agency. Maynard worked in Las Vegas’ hospitality industry for more than 25 years prior to joining the RTC, where she served as Vice President for Hard Rock Hotel and Casino for more than a decade.
She was recently appointed to serve on the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) Board of Directors. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Ben Rosenbaum
Deputy Chief of State and Director, Office of Congresswoman Dina Titus (NV-1)
Ben Rosenbaum serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director to Nevada’s First Congressional District Representative Dina Titus. A native of the Florida Panhandle, he has been with Congresswoman Titus since 2013. In addition to his titles, Ben also manages the Congresswoman’s work on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure where she serves as Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management in addition to serving on the Aviation and Highways & Transit Subcommittees. He also manages her role as Chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus. Prior to joining the Congresswoman’s office, he served Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York managing her work on the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee.
Kristina Swallow
Director, Nevada Department of Transportation
Kristina Swallow was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak in January of 2019 to serve as Director. Within her role at the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), she is responsible for overseeing the state highway system and leads a team of approximately 1,800 people.
Swallow joined NDOT with 25 years of diverse experience in engineering, public policy and community advocacy. As a practicing civil engineer, Kristina has worked in several technical areas including flood control, traffic impact analysis and mitigation, land development, public works and transportation policy. Bridging industry gaps, she has been a small business owner, a consultant and also served as a program manager in city government. Additionally, she worked in the U.S. Senate on transportation policy including the passage of MAP-21 and as a lobbyist for local government during the 2013 Nevada State Legislative Session.
Kristina received her Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona and a Master of Science in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a licensed civil engineer in Nevada.
Source: Nevada Department of Transportation, Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and U.S. House of Representatives
Mission:
The mission of the International Economic Development Council (EDC) is to provide leadership and excellence in economic development for communities, members, and partners. The Council embraces the following core values. They reflect and support their mission, and guide their decisions, actions and provision of services:
Social responsibility and a dedication to building healthy, just, and competitive communities Creation of wealth for individuals, businesses, and communities Advancement of both the economic development profession and professional Cooperation and collaboration Diversity, tolerance, and equity
Overview:
The IEDC is a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization serving economic developers. With more than 5,000 members, IEDC is the largest organization of its kind. Economic developers promote economic well-being and quality of life for their communities, by creating, retaining and expanding jobs that facilitate growth, enhance wealth and provide a stable tax base.
From public to private, rural to urban and local to international, IEDC’s members are engaged in the full range of economic development experience. Given the breadth of economic development work, our members are employed in a wide variety of settings including local, state, provincial and federal governments, public-private partnerships, chambers of commerce, universities and a variety of other institutions. When we succeed, our members create highquality jobs, develop vibrant communities, and improve the quality of life in their regions.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
Discussion will focus on the impact of the economic stimulus packages passed by Congress through the CARES Act as well as what is currently being worked on by Congress for additional economic stimulus and what that might look like.
Nevada employers will be able to further how stimulus packages can help kickstart the economy and facilitate in bringing their business back to pre-pandemic profitability.
Staff Member: Jeff Finkle
President & Chief Executive Officer, International Economic Development Council
As President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), Jeff Finkle is a recognized leader and authority on economic development. With the formation of IEDC in 2001 following the merger of the Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) - where he was president for 15 years - and the American Economic Development Council (AEDC), Finkle set the course for a more effective and influential organization. Today, IEDC is the world’s largest economic development membership organization and is a $5 million annual operation that is renowned for its leadership in professionalizing and diversifying the field of economic development.
Finkle previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development In 2011, he was lauded by the U.S. Department of Commerce for his 25 years of stewardship over CUED and IEDC. Moreover, as a longtime leader in community service and philanthropy, in 2005 Finkle organized 250 economic development volunteers to work in Gulf Coast communities endeavoring to recover from Hurricane Katrina. In 1989 he also founded the Bollinger Foundation, a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to children who have lost a parent who worked in the field of economic development.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications in 1976 from Ohio University in Athens and pursued graduate studies in business administration at Ohio State University.
Source: International Economic Development Council
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 1 p.m.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
Several of the Chiefs of Staff from Nevada’s Congressional delegation will share their thoughts and perspective on policy issues that are important to the business community. Discussion will range on a variety of topics and what congressional actions they expect to see happen for the remainder of 2020.
Chief of Staff Members: Reynaldo Benitez
Reynaldo Benitez serves as the Chief of Staff to Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, a role he’s held since December 2018. Prior to serving as Chief of Staff, Reynaldo served as the Senator’s Special Advisor and Communications Director. Benitez also worked as a Press Secretary in former-Senator Harry Reid’s Hispanic Media and as a Senior Adviser. He is a graduate of Utah Valley University and earned a Master’s in National Security from John Hopkins University.
Dara Cohen
Dara Cohen currently serves as the Chief of Staff to Senator Jacky Rosen, a position she previously held in then Congresswoman Rosen’s House office. Cohen brings over a decade of political and government experience, most recently serving as Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Norma Torres (CA35) and Deputy Chief of Staff for Congressman Bill Enyart (IL-12). Cohen is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and received her master’s in public policy from Georgetown University.
Bruce Miller
Bruce Miller currently serves as the Chief of Staff to Congressman Mark Amodei, a role he’s held since 2015. Prior to serving as Chief of Staff, Miller served as Legislative Director to Congressman Amodei. Miller has also worked for the Republican Study Committee, as a Senior Legislative Assistant to Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-07), as a Legislative Assistant to Congressman Bob Beauprez (CO-07), and as a Grassroots Organizer to the Bob Beauperez for Congress Committee. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder.
Navigating the New Economy – What Employers Need to Know Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2 p.m. Option 1
Mission:
Early on, Greenberg Traurig developed a strong commitment to giving back to the community. Attorneys and business staff striving to make a difference by leading, volunteering, and donating to a rich spectrum of causes. Fifty years after its founding, Greenberg Traurig has more than 2,200 attorneys and 41 locations on three continents.
As each new office opened, this unique culture was replicated, but never duplicated. The firm grew by way of laterals who fit in and had a passion for quality work and collaboration, and in response to client needs. Greenberg Traurig has never added lawyers through a merger and remains one firm. Each new office can be traced to an opportunity to better serve clients.
There never has been a headquarters office. From Day 1, people have been empowered to do the right thing and the best thing no matter where they were sitting. These qualities have allowed the firm to thrive along with its valued clients, attorneys, and staff.
Overview:
Created with the specific mission of answering such business-critical needs, Greenberg Traurig’s Health Emergency Preparedness Task Force: COVID-19 is a multidisciplinary, collaborative legal team drawn from the firm’s offices around the world. The firm helps clients proactively identify, prepare for, and address current and future legal issues. The Greenberg Traurig team focuses on minimizing exposure to legal liability and maximizing access to business opportunities that arise in the aftermath of a health emergency.
Greenberg Traurig has strategically structured resources to advise clients on both short-term responses and the long-term business strategies for addressing the impact of COVID-19 on legal issues ranging from labor and employment to real estate, litigation, insurance, privacy, and more.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
The panel will discuss how the nation’s economy is being impacted by COVID-19 and how that will impact employers and the workplace. The discussion will be focused on both the short-term and long-term effects that it will have on the workplace, policy directives and costs to employers.
Panel Members: Jonathan Becker
Washington, D.C. Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Jonathan Becker is a Shareholder in the firm’s Government Law & Policy practice. He has nearly two decades of experience working at the intersection of law, policy, and politics.
Before joining Greenberg Traurig, Becker worked in government relations for a major U.S. airline and in all three branches of the federal government, including positions in the Senate, the White House, and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. On Capitol Hill, Becker spent six years working for Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), first as Chief Counsel and then as Chief of Staff. In that capacity, he advised the Senator on her work as a member of the Judiciary and Commerce Committees and provided guidance on policy issues including technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, media, and transportation.
Kelly Bunting
Philadelphia Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Kelly Bunting is Co-Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s Workforce Compliance & Regulatory Enforcement group. She litigates federal and state class and collective actions alleging wage and hour violations, misclassification, overtime, minimum wage and off-the-clock work.
She also defends employers around the country in single plaintiff litigation involving gender, age, disability, race, national origin, religious and pregnancy discrimination, harassment and retaliation; whistleblower claims; theft of trade secrets; breach of duty; breach of employment agreements and restrictive covenants. Bunting has appeared before the EEOC, the NLRB, the DOL and many state agencies.
Alisa Nave-Worth has more than a decade’s-worth of experience with politics and government affairs. She has deep legal, political, and public policy experience in Nevada, which she uses to implement and advocate legislative strategies before state and local agencies for a wide range of corporate clients. She maintains strong relationships with lawmakers and regulators and has a reputation for honesty and integrity to her clients.
Nave-Worth represents clients with legislative, regulatory, and administrative issues across all policy areas, with an emphasis in transportation, construction, entertainment, infrastructure and campaign finance compliance in Nevada. She has experience advocating for clients before the Nevada legislature and assisting clients with the rule-making process and advising on regulatory matters before state agencies, boards and commissions. Alisa is an experienced campaign consultant with experience in Presidential campaigns and was directly responsible for building expansive grassroots and political coalitions throughout the state.
Jamie Rich
San Francisco Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Jamie R. Rich represents employers in all areas of labor and employment law before state and federal agencies and in courts across the country. Rich focuses much of her practice on traditional labor law, representing management in collective bargaining negotiations, arbitrations, and unfair labor practice proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board.
She helps clients navigate representation proceedings and union organizing drives. Rich also maintains an active employment litigation practice, defending clients against harassment, discrimination, and retaliation lawsuits. She also regularly handles administrative charges before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and state agencies.
Mike Taylor
Northern Virginia Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
Michael Taylor is Chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment Practice’s OSHA group. He focuses his practice exclusively on representing employers regarding Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Chemical Safety Board (CSB) matters across the country.
Currently, Taylor is providing guidance to employers regarding appropriate engineering, work practices, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment when dealing with COVID-19 in the workplace. He also provides OSHA compliance counseling, OSHA inspection counseling, OSHA whistleblower representation, and OSHA due diligence reviews, and CSB investigations for clients. Taylor has wide-ranging experience in the workplace safety field, including his prior public service as General Counsel to the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, the federal agency in charge of the trials and appeals of workplace safety and health disputes between federal OSHA and the regulated community.
Source: Greenberg Traurig
Future of Work and Impacts of the Pandemic Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2 p.m. Option 2
Mission:
The Bertelsmann Foundation is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit think tank in Washington, D.C. dedicated to a strong and lasting transatlantic relationship.
Overview:
The Bertelsmann Foundation (North America), Inc., established in 2008, was created to promote and strengthen the transatlantic relationship. Through research, analysis, forums, and audiovisual and multimedia content, the Foundation seeks to educate and engage our audience on the most pressing economic, political, and social challenges facing the United States and Europe.
At a time when many are asking what people from all parts of the U.S. and Europe think about global issues, the Foundation’s aim is to bring our work to audiences outside Washington and Brussels. Through discussion forums, documentary film screenings, and other events, the Foundation presents their materials to diverse audiences of students, educators, community organizers, journalists, and policymakers. Their goal is learning together how the transatlantic relationship affects us all, and how we can shape it in the future.
Meeting Topics and Policy Agenda:
Discussion will focus on what federal policy changes are likely in a COVID/post-COVID world including how those changes may be perceived. There will also be dialogue about what do business, education, and government leaders need to be focused on for recovery and work.
Staff Member: Jeffrey Brown
Head of Technology Policy, Bertelsmann Foundation
Jeffrey Brown joined the Bertelsmann Foundation in August 2015. In his current role, he manages the Foundation’s project streams on the future of work and artificial intelligence. Brown’s research activities include the geopolitical and workforce implications of artificial intelligence and the impact of the future of work on cities and regions in the United States and European Union.
Brown obtained his master’s degree in political science and European studies from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) in May 2015, where he participated in the Transatlantic Master’s program. While studying at UNC-CH and Sciences Po Paris, he completed an internship with the U.S. Department of State in Tbilisi, Georgia, where he analyzed political developments in Abkhazia and South Ossetia and implementation of Georgia’s free trade agreement with the European Union. He also completed internships with the U.S. Commercial Service in Paris and Lisbon. Prior to joining the Bertelsmann Foundation, Brown worked in local government elections, international legal compliance and as a university instructor in Besançon, France.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from St. Olaf College. He speaks French and Portuguese.
Source: Bertelsmann Foundation
