Sunday, January 22
4:00 pm
Hotel check-in available
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Welcome Dinner
Join us in the Kelsey’s room to for a welcome dinner and for final visit prep with Julie Suarez and the ELC team.
Monday, January 23
7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 am
Welcome
Gather for the ELC morning welcome and overview of the day.
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Legislative Visits
Evening
Free time
The evening is yours to enjoy Albany and spend time with your fellow EDs. Dinner is on your own in self-selected groups this evening.
Tuesday, January 24
7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 am
Keynote Address
Commissioner Richard Ball, NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets
9:45 – 10:00 am
Break
10:00 – 11:00 am
The CCE – Farm Bureau Connection & Discussion
– Renee Ciardi, Farm Bureau Field Rep
– Rob Carpenter, Administrative Director Long Island Farm Bureau
– John Wagner, Director of County Farm Bureau Relations & Development
– Vanessa Lockel, Executive Director, CCE Suffolk
– Diane Held, Executive Director, CCE Erie
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Intro of NYSDAM Program & Division Leadership & Lunch Conversations
12:30 – 1:30 pm
The CCE – DEC Connection
– Katie Petronis, Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources, NYS DEC (Katharine.Petronis@dec.ny.gov)
– Matt Walter, Bureau of Ecosystem Health, NYS DEC (matthew.walter@dec.ny.gov)
– Josh Stiller, Wildlife Biologist, NYS DEC (joshua.stiller@dec.ny.gov)
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Final Updates & Wrap Up
