Agenda

Links to conference presentations below

8:00 – 8:30 AM

• Registration and Breakfast

8:30 – 9:45 AM

• Welcome/Breakfast
  Welcome/Morning Keynote:  Charlotte Kahn, The Boston Foundation

10:00 – 11:30 AM

• Session 1:  Community Case Studies
  • Chantal Stevens, Executive Director, Sustainable Seattle
    (Presentation PDF:  Sustainable Seattle:  From Measuring Progress to Changing the Future)
  • Mary Thomas, Executive Vice President, The Spartanburg Community Foundation
    (Presentation PDF:  The Spartanburg County Foundation)


• Session 2:  Government Use of Indicators
  • Bruce Botka, Analyst, Washington State GMAP
    (Presentation PDF:  Washington State Government Performance and Accountability)
  • Rita Conrad, Executive Director, Oregon Progress Board
    (Presentation PDF:  Using Results Indicators in Oregon)
    (Presentation PDF:  Measuring Results Brief)
  • Robert Lincoln, Planning and Information Analysis Manager, Spokane Police Department

11:30 – 12:45 AM

• Lunch Keynote:
  • Mark Hurtubise, Inland Northwest Community Foundation
  • Patrick Jones, Community Indicators Initiative of Spokane County

1:00 – 2:30 PM

• Session 3:  Benchmarks for Early Learning
  • Elizabeth Bonbright-Thompson, Executive Director, Washington State Childcare Resource & Referral Network
    (Presentation PDF:  Data-Driven Public Policy)
  • Douglas P. Fagerness, Director, North Idaho College Head Start
    (Presentation PDF:  Measuring Community - Developing the Yardstick in Idaho)
  • Christopher Blodgett, Director, Washington State University Child and Family Research Unit


• Session 4:  Indicators and the Natural Environment
  • Eric de Place, Senior Researcher, Sightline Institute
    (Presentation PDF:  Indicators and the Environment)
  • John Erickson, Washington State Department of Ecology
    (Presentation PDF:  Environmental Indicators for Washington)
  • Robyn Miller, Inland Northwest Conservation Manager, The Nature Conservancy

2:45 – 4:15 PM

• Session 5:  Indicators for Resource Allocation – How Funders Use Indicators
  • Mark Hurtubise, President and CEO, Inland Northwest Community Foundation
  • Patty Gates, Executive Director, New Priorities Foundation
  • Karla Miller, Product Development Manager, Northwest Area Foundation


• Session 6:  Using Indicators to Link Health and the Environment
  • Carrie McLachlan, Assessment and Community Development, Island County Health Department
    (Presentation PDF:  "The Island County Story")
  • Bob Lutz, MD MPH
    (Presentation PDF:  Health-Environment & the Public)
  • Bob Scarfo, Associate Professor, Washington State University Interdisciplinary Design Institute
  • Jim VanDerslice, Senior Epidemiologist, Washington State Department of Health


• Session 7:  Indicators for Business Strategy
  • Roger Woodworth, VP of Sustainable Energy Solutions, Avista Corp.
    (Presentation PDF:  Indicators for Business Strategy)
  • Nancy Vorhees, Chief Operating Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services
    (Presentation PDF:  Using Community Indicators in the Health Care Setting)
  • Shaun O’L. Higgins, Director of Sales and Marketing, The Spokesman-Review

4:15 – 5:15 PM

• Plenary:  Indicators In Action – How Will Indicators Be Used Locally
  • Sandi Bloem, Mayor, Coeur D’Alene, Idaho
  • Dennis P. Hession, Mayor, City of Spokane
  • Diana Wilhite, Mayor, City of Spokane Valley

5:15 – 7:00 PM

• Reception