2025 Summer Policy Committee Meetings: Presentations & Recordings

WEEK ONE: Gunnison, CO

Day#1 Recordings

Day#2 Recordings

Telecommunications

• BEAD Panel & Update– Eli Weiner, Economic Policy Advisor- Office of Senator Michael Bennet, Brandy Reitter, Executive Director- Colorado Broadband Office

  
  

Transportation

• CDOT Transportation Survey

  Mike Goolsby & Mike McVaugh

• April 2025 TPR

Business Affairs

• Career and Technical Education Innovations in Western Colorado

  Mark Gregory-MaEd. -CTE Coordinator- Educational Pathways to Innovative Careers- Parachute, CO

  Kristin Davis- President- Bishop Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning, Inc.- Glenwood Springs, CO

• Employee Ownership as Business Growth, Transition and Community Development Strategy

  Jasper Welch, Consultant & Advisor- Four Corner Management Systems, DurangoSpace. Club 20 Chairman- 1990

• Federal Housing Policy Update and What’s New at CHFA 

  Jerilynn Martinez Francis- Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) Chief Communications and Community Partnerships Officer 

Health Care

• Health Solutions West

  Jason Chippeaux, CEO

• Gunnison Valley Health

  Jason Amrich, CEO

• Health Insurance Affordability Board Updates

  Rich Cimino, Executive Director- Peak Health Alliance

Tourism

• Colorado HB1247 County Lodging Tax Expansion

  Matt Salka, La Plata County Commissioner

• Notable Tourism Issues across Colorado

  Mary Jo Coulehan, Executive Director- Pagosa Springs Chamber of Commerce

Education

• Colorado Mountain College: Blending Workforce and Education Across the Western Slope

  Kathryn Regjo, Vice President of Academic Affairs- Colorado Mountain College.

• Legal and Legislative Events in the Higher Education Landscape – Relevant to the Western Slope.

  Lucia Padilla, General Counsel- Colorado Mountain College.

WEEK TWO: Steamboat Springs, CO

Day#1 recordings

Day#2 recordings

Energy

• Transmission in Colorado Panel- Ryan Hubbard, Senior Manager, Tri-State Transmission and Generation, Jared Luner, Regulatory Policy Specialist, Xcel Energy

  
  

Agriculture

• New Washington DC Directives - Kristin Sleeper, USDA Deputy Undersecretary, Natural Resources and Environment & Courtney Stevens- Chief of Staff

• Colorado Wildlife and Biodiversity Protection Act Initiative- Gaspar Perricone-Colorado Wildlife Conservation Project

  
  

Public Lands & Natural Resources

• State Lands Update- Erin Karney Spaur – Executive Vice-President, Colorado Cattlemen’s Association

• Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT), Secure Rural Schools (SRS) Act, Permitting Update- Riley Scott – Deputy District Director for Representative, Jeff Hurd

• US Forest Service Update – Budget / Staffing / Priorities- Chad Stewart, Forest Supervisor – Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison NFs Acting Forest Supervisor – Medicine Bow, Routt NFs, Thunder Basin National Grasslands

• BLM Update – Budget / Staffing / Priorities- Doug Vilsack, BLM State Director

  
  

Water

• Colorado Legislative Review

• Colorado River Future Operations Shoshone Permanency Project, Amy Moyer, Colorado River District

• State of the State’s Rivers, Jason Ullmann, State Engineer -Division of Water Resources.